The Detroit times., 1911-11-22
OVER TWO HUNDRED
SUFFRAGETTts N COURT !.
FOR PARLIAMENT RIOT
"Ill Undergo Martyrdom For the
Cause" " Says One as She Is
Sentenced To Jail.
BIG CROWD AT HEARING.
Trials of Women Who Stormed
Building In London Will
Occupy Several Days.
IG CROWD AT HEARING.

LONDON, Nov. 2S.-Disheyelled
from their combat with the police and
Iatgued from the inconveniences OF a
night In jail. 220 suffragettes were on
nand at Bow-st. police court today to
answer for participation In yesterday
evenings raid on the houses OF par
lament.
Miss Mary Oldham, charged with
obstructing trafflc, assaulting the po-
lice and malicious destruction OF
property, was the first woman ar
raisned. Undaunted by all she had
been through, she boldly defied the
court TO do it's worst. saying she
would willingly undergo martyrdom
for the cause In which she Is enlist
ed. She was sentenced to fourteen
days imprisonment, with the option
OF a $3.50 fine. and promptly elected
to go TO jail. The trial will probably
cover several days.
FoiIVwing the disposition OF Miss
Oldham's case, the court adopted the
method OF graduating the prisoners
sentences according to the extent of
the damage they we're accused OF hay-
Ing done. Where the damage excsed-
ed $26, however. the offndrs are bing
bound over for trial by a superior
court.
A somewhat riotous crowd sur
rounded the court when the vanloads
OF prisoners arrived and an army OF
police had hard work to keep order.
Black eyes and scratched faces
were numerous among the prisoners
and several declared that their entire
todies were masses OF bruises.
They charge that the people were
undr orders TO handle them as brutal-
ly as possible, short of infiicting seri-
GUS injury, by way OF discouraging
them: To this end. they assert, the
officers struck them i'm the faces,
pinched them, twisted their arms and
ripped of garments.
The leaders say these methods will
not deter them for an instant from
continuing their campaign until suf-
frage is granted them.
They will also do theiF- utmost to
create disorder In jail as outside it.
They will refuse to work, the prison
attendants will be resisted, there will
be hunger strikes, the prison furni-
ture will be smashed and every meth
cd resorted to to force the govern
ment to surrender.
In last nights encounter scores of
policemen were hurt. A number
were stabbed with hatpins Some had
their eyes blackened, their noses
bruised or teeth knocked out by brass
knuckles in women's hands
This is real war said Miss Chris
tobel Pankhurst, the militant sur
fragette leader. today, "and the gov
ernment may Just as well understand
II first os last. No, we are not un-
greatest moderation. No great reform
Is ever won without physical strug-
gle We are determined upon this re-
form and We do not shrink from the
struggle. How far do We intend to
go? We intend to go just as far az
we must to get what We want--the
ballot"
The suffragette raid yesterday re-
suited in a pitched battle between the
women leaders and the police. The
police withstood the attack OF the
women and prevented them from en-
tering the house of commons More
than 100 women were arrested in the
first few minutes of rioting, and be-
fore the affair was over, more than
200 had been taken in custody. There
were many minor casualties. the wom-
en- resisting the police bitterly and
forcing them TO use their clubs.
All the streets converging on the
houses OF parliament were jammed
with suffragettes.
The women became veritable
Viragoes when efforts were made to
turn back the head OF the marching
army, and they attacked tho police
with fury. The streets were soon
Uttered with women's hats, capes and
parts OF gowns.
Thousands of women resorted 10
desperate tactics, picking up stones
and stonlng government buildings.
Hundreds of persons were struck by
the flying missiles and in some cases
injuries were severe.
lament houses announcing their IN
The women attempted TO raid par
tention of iorcing their way into the
house OF commons 20 force Premier
Asquith to reconsider his determina-
tion not to make women's suffrage
one OF the administration issue in
the parliament which has just con-
vened. -
The women were notified in advar 6.
that they would not be permitted TO
enter the house OF commons where
upon they announced their intention
to force their way i'm. The police
we're ready for them and the battles
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