The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-08
IN
AN UPROAR
And Trouble is Experienced
in Managing the Suffra-
gettes Reports of Soil
tary Confinement and
Cold Cells.
0InILed press Leased wIre.l

NOnlltu IItSs Ichhtu WHtsJ
London, March S-Bitterly resenting
the action of the authorities in taclSing
the hard labor clause on their prison
sentences, the convicted suffragettes
have set Holloway prison in an up
roar. Led by Alice Wright, the AL
bany, N. y. girl who came from Paris
to assist in the window breaking
campaign, and whose work was SO tell
ing she was given TWO months sen-
teLce. while the majority of her ac-
ccmplices got only thirty days, the
suTragettes have dehed the prison Of
ncias When they were ordered into
the robing room to take off their or
dlnary clothing, take their cOmpql1
sorry bath and don the prison gaq.-
Iments, the women rebelled. The ward
resses OF Holloway prison. are chosen
for their muscular ability rather than
foi their good looks, and they started
to make the prisoners obey the prison
rules,
While details are carefully guarded
and difficult 10. obtain. IT IS certain
that the riot that followed was the
greatest in the recent history OF the
noted prison. TWO or the wardresses
had their clothing torn almost COM
pletely from their bodies while they
had to use fetters to subdue the war
ring gcntlcwomen and make them
take their baths and put on the prison
uniforms.
Afterward, when the suffragette
f,,tn NO nV1r
room to sew on bags as per the pri-
son rules and the terms Of their SEN
tence another row followed. They
Rad learned Of the intention Of the au-
thorities to prosecute all of the lead
ers under the conspiracy act and were
exceedingly angry At a given signal
ali of the suffragettes jumped up those
who were working ar machines tore
them apart as well as they could with
out tools, and for n time the entire
workroom was I'm an uproar.
Finally the wardresses regained con-
troll OF the situation. The suffragettes
were returned to their cells and short
ly afterward the prison governor ord
cred all of the rlngleaders in the dis
turbance placed in solitary confine-
ment where II is understood they still
are.
The form Of solitary confinement Is
extremely severe under the rules of
Holloway prison. The solitary cells
are underground ans very dismal
places. 1t Is said that tney are aiso
very cold so that those incarcerated
there, garbed as they must be in only
the rough prison clothing, are certain
70 suffer severely at this time of year
While friends OF Miss Wright fear
that she is now undergoing solitary
| f. Is impossible to ascertain the facts
Representatives Of the United Press
today made formal application to the
prison commissioners ror an order tC
see the young American girl. The
laDplication was curtly refused.
"Under no circumstances will anN
one be admitted to see the woman,
declared the secretary. "She is hare
labor prisoner ana unGer our rule
Iprsoners whose offense is such tina
the committing magistrate consider
Ithe hard labor provision necessary, ar
; entitled to no privileges and cannot b
seen by anyone untii they have com
. pleted their term"
I When a request was made for lis
of sufiragettes who are held IN soil
! tary confinement for violation of IN
lprson rules, IT was also refusCd.