The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-14
WOMEN CHOSE JAIL
AND IA GOT II
DisgraceruI Scenes in London, During
Which Immense Mob of Suffrag-
cites Stormed Parliament.

London, Oct l4.-Still militant after
night of rioting, mob of suffragettet
today repeatedly tried to storm the courr
room where the cases of the 81 arrested
yesterday were called for trial. A hun
dred surrounded the building and an ex
ira police guard drove them back. A
charge by mounted police alone prevent
ed a rescue when the prisoners wer,
driven to Jail. A dozen women were
injured.
Fourteen were sentenced to Jail fol
from one to two months. The other
cases were postponed. Given a choice
of Jail or a promise to desist from sim.
liar outbreaks, they without exception
chose Jail.
The climax Of the sufTragette cam
paign was reached last night, when an
enormous mob hemmed in parliament
and stopped the traffic in all streets
leading to Westminster For more than
three hours the crowds scuffled good
naturedly with the police, interfered
with theatre goeTs, broke windows and
disorganized things generally in the CEN
ter of London.
The heroine of the dav was Mrs. Tray
ers Symons, formerly secretary to James
Keir Hardie, the socialist and indepen.
dent member of parliament, who reached
the door of the House of Commons by
strategy. The House was solemnly de-
batting a bill to prevent children from
cigarette smoking, when the woman
dashed past the doorkeeper to a position
in front of the speakers chair and
shouted shrilly: "Leave Off discussing
children and talk about the women"
Three officials seized Mrs. Symons and
carried her out bodily. She was then
led to the outer door and dismissed As
a result of the coup, an order was issued
that hereafter women should not be ad
mitted to the building on any pretext
whatever, and in thief uture the historic
grille win not screen feminine specta-
tors.
Parliament Besieged.
Parliament was in a state Of siege
last night. A close ripple line of police
was drawn around the three sides of
the square in front of the building. The
yard within the gates swarmed with
police and 200 guarded the terrace in
the rear against assault by water
the women twice attempted. A small
fleet of police boats also patrolled the
Thames approaches.
All the mounted police in London and
suburbs had been modified at this cen
ter and loads of hay were unstaeked in
the streets for the horses. The whole
police force, together with cavalry, in
fantry and marines numbering more
tan 5000 were kept busy in restraining
the pushing, struggling masses, especial
ly about Trafalgar square where the
Nelson monument looked down upon
dense crowds in all directions, with
busses, motor cars and cabs, mostly
filed with sightseers, trying to thread
their way through.
The police kept the streets adjoining
the House of Commons clear; elsewhere
they endeavored to the best of their
ability to keep the people moving. The
crowd cheered, sang songs and hooted,
that London crowd is capable of.
These were aimed in semi good -natur-
ed manner at the suffregettes, who, dis
tinguished by their orange sashes,
swarmed everywhere distributing tracts.
1t is feared that repetition Of such
scenes will result in the death of many
women and force the resignation of the
cabinet, The latter body to-day for the
first time is seriously considering the
demands of the sutfragettes The police
say that last evenings outbreak was the
worst the women have ever precipi.
tated.