The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-23
WOMEN
ASSAULT
II 49, ASQUITH.
ENGLISH sUFFRAGETTEs
HIT PREMIER; MANY
IN JAIL
CHIEF SECRETARY FOR
IRELAND ATTACKED
Oetachments Of Police Break
Through Gordon Of MlIH-
ant Women
lRy Associated press.l

London. Nov. 23-The political
campaign is being waged with a
fiereeness almost Unknown in Eng
land, both BY politicians on the stump
and suifragettes on the battle field
The battle OF Downing street.
fought Tuesday afternoon, when sew
eral hundred suffragettes attempted
to storm the premier's residence, as
saulted Mr.. Asquith and Augustine
BirriH, clief secretary for Ireland,
and broke many windows in the gov
ernment Offices, surpassed all prev
ious spectacles of the sort. About 100
women and several men supporters
are in the police station.
Following an announcement by the
prime minister in the house OF COM
mons that II he were still in power
at the next session OF parliament the
government would give facilities for
the consideration of suffrage bill, a
large body of women, inflamed rath-
er than placated by this promise.
which was characterized as nothing
more nor less than an insult to the
cause" left Caxton Hall in search OF
the premier.
Women Dragged From Scene
They came uDon nim on the way to
Downing street, and Immediately
formed hostile Gordon around Mr..
Asquith, who recently las resorted to
all kinds of subterfuges q keep him
self clear Uf the hands of the militan>
women, One Of them, Henrietta VII.
liams, struck the government leader.
and tae premier would have Jared
! badly had not large delachments OF
police come to his rescue. The po
! lice had great difficulty In putting
down the disorder. ana many OF IN,
women had to be dragged from the
scene, with clothes nalf torn from
their backs.
Inc rioting continued into the
evening, when SQUADS of women at
tacked the residence OF Sir Edwaru
Grey, the foreign secretary; Winston
spencer Churchill, the come secre
cary, and Lewis liariout, secretary o.
state for the colonies Stones crasne,.
through the windows OF the houses,
Sir Edward Greys bearing the brun,
of tae attack.
One band spied Mr. Brill stroll
ing through St James park TO Inc
Atnenaeum cub and swooped down
upon the aged statesman, knocKins
Ills hat over his eyes and kicking hin.
about the legs. When nelp came tne
women were driven of, Mr. Birrii
iimped to mis- motor car on the arms
OF policemen.
Determined 10 Get in Jail
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the lead
er of the suffragettes, was amons
those taken to Jail. Her sister, Mrs.
Grant. denied admttance, threw q
missile through the jail window She
was also incareerated.
Miss Grace Johnson was the only
American arrested Miss Annie Mar
tin, OF Nevada, who was taken to the
police station and later was released.
was not among those arrested.
Mr. Churchill addressed a big
meeting from which several men ad
aerents OF the womens cause wer,
dragged out by police. Mr.. Caurchil
strongly defended the propriety OF
irish-Americans contributing to ihe
home rule cause. The cry of Amer
can dollars was likely to be used as
retort by the liberals, he said,
since Waldorf Astor had announced
taat he was again tae candidate oil
the conservatives for Plymouth.