The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-22

 DEFY JUDGE 10
 DO HIS WORST
22O Frowzy Women Face Trial in Police Court For Raid on Parliament Prisoners Willing to Undergo MartyrdOm Prefer Jail Sen- tence to Option of Fine
Especial from United Press.)

 London, Nov 22-Dispelled from frowzy from the inconveniences of a night in jail, 220 suffragettes were on hand at Bow street police court, to- day, to answer for participation in yesterday evenings raid on the House of Parliament
 Miss Mary Oldham, charged with obstructing traffic, assaulting the po- lice and malicious destruction of property, was the first arraigned. She boldly defied the court to do it's worst, saying she would willingly undergo martyrdom. She was sentenced to Ii days Imprisonment, with the option of $17.5O fine, and promptly elected to go to jail
 Following disposition of Mrs. Old hams case, the court graduated the prisoners sentences according to the extent of the damage they were ac- 'cused of having done. Where the damage exceeded s25, the offenders
 The trials will probably cover sev- eral days.
 A riotous crowd surrounded the court when the van loads of prisoners arrived and an army of police had AdIu w OI lO Keep OiU6I.
 Many of the women were badly bat tered in their fighting with the blue- coats, in Parliament Square. Black eyes and swollen faces were numer- OuS.
 They charge that the police were under orders to make arrests only when absolutely necessary, as the au- thorities do not want the jails swamp ed with them, but to handle them brutally, by way of discouraging them They assert the officers struck them in the face, pinched them, twisted their arms, ripped off garments and in some instances treated them with actual in dency.
 The leaders say the methods will not deter them an instant from continuing their campaign. They plan to fill the jails so there will be room for no more of them and to go on with the strug- gle even then. They will do their ut will refuse to work, the prison attend ants will be, resisted, there will be hunger shrieks and the prison furni- ture will he smashed.
 | The authorities know from experi- ence these are no empty threats. In last nights encounter, scores of po- licemen were hurt. Several were knocked down and trampled. A num- Der were stabbed with hatpins. Oth- CTS were hit by flying stones. Others had their eyes b'ackened, their noses bruised, teeth knocked out by brass knuckles.
 '"This is real war; said Miss Christ abel Pankhurst, the militant suffrag- cite leader, today, "and the govern ment may just as well understand it. For months we granted the authorities an armistice believing that they were about to come to terms. Our reward was to learn that the cabinet had not intended to do anything
 'iNo great reform is ever won with out a physical struggle.
 ''We intend to go just as far as we must to get what we want. First we talked. Then we t~,k to peaceful demonstrations. Next we began inter- ruptfng pubic meetings and to fore ing our way into the House of Com mons and the homes of members of the cabinet. AS another step we be- ban destroying property Some time ago we reached the stage of physical violence. As time has passed we have become more and more violent and we shall get more so as time goes on. You can judge for yourself what point must be reaehed-unless, in the mean time, the government grants us the ballot"