The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-23
Enraged Females Strike Mr.. AS
quith and Attack Yener-
able Mr.. BirrelI.
MRS. GRANT HURLS STONE
THROUGH WINDOW OF JAIL
Many Suffragettes Hailed to the
Lookup With Their Clothes
Torn to Tatters.

LONDON. Nov 22.-The political cam
paign is being waged with a fierceness
almost unknown in London. both by poll
ticians on the stump and the suffragettes
on the battlefield.
The battle of Downing street fought
this afternoon when several hundred
suffragettes attempted to storm the pre-
mier's residence, assaulted Mr.. Asquith
and Austin Birrell. ~chief secretary for
Ireland. and broke many windows in the
government offices. surpassed all pre-
vious spectaclcs OF the sort.
About 160 women and several men
supporters are In the police station TO-
night.
Following an announcement by the
prime minister in the house OF commons
that IL he were sLlll in power at the
next session OF parliament the govern
ment would give facilities for the con-
sideration OF a suffrage bill. large body
OF women, infiamed rather than placated
by this promise. which was characterized
as nothing more or less than an in
suit TO the cause" left CaSton hall i'll
search Of the premier.
They came upon him on the way to
Downing street and immediately formed
a hostile Gordon around Mr.. .Asquith. who
recently has resorted TO all kinds OF
subterfuges to keep himself clear OF the
hands OF the militant women.
Woman Strikes Premier.
One of them. Henrietta Williams. struck
the government leader and tho premier
would have Jared badly had not large
detachInenis of police came TO his res
cue. The police had great difficulty TO
putting down the disorders and many of
the women had to be dragged from the
scene with clothes half-torn from their
backs
The roting continued until evening.
when squads or women attacked the resi-
dcnces OF Sir Edward Grey, the foreign
secretary, of Winston Spencer Churchill.
,l Her
court. secretary OF state Tor the colo
mics.
Stones crashed through the windows Of
the houses. Sir Edward Grey's bearing
tho brunt OF the attack.
One band spicd Mr.. BTcll strollinG
through st. James TO the Atheuacum club
and swoopcd down upon the aged states
man knocking his hat over his eyes and
kicking him about the legs. When help
camo and The women were driven off, Mr.,
Birrell Ijmped TO his motor car on the
arms OF policemen,
One American Arrested
Mrs. EmmeIinc paukhurst. leader OF
the Suffragettes. was among those taken
10 Jail. Her sister, MIS-. Grant. denied
admittancc. threw Il missile through the
Jail window. She was also inCarccratcd
Miss Grace Johnson was the only
American arrested Miss Annie Martin
station on Friday and was released. was
not among those arrested tonight.
Mr.. Churchill addressed big meeting
this evening: from which several men
adhorents OF the women's cause were
dragged out by the police. Mr.. Churchill
strongly defended the propricty OF Irish
Americans contributing 10 the home rule
cause The cry OF American dollars was
likely to be used as a Ictort by the Lib
erals he said, since Waldorf Astor had
announced that he was again the cam
didate of the Conservatives for Plym-
outh.
Battcrsea promises to be an interest
Ing campaign ground. Sir John llarring-
ton who married the d1ughtcr OF Sen9-
tor Mcmillan, having thrown down The
gauntlet as the Conservative candidate
TO John Burns. president of the local
government board.
The principal move OF the day was
Premier Asuuith's attempt TO placate the
laborites by promising To introduce leg
islation solving the difficulty which has
arisen on account of the OSBORNE tudg-
mcnt which was that labor unions could
not use their funds for the payment OF
their representatives In parliament.