Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-03-15
MILITANT TACTICS
SAVE SUFFRAGE'S
MARCHING ARMY
Washington Crowd
Cot Tit for at
from Paraders.


examples of militant suffrage were
mittee investigating the disorder
which attended the suffrage parade
on March 3, DR. Mary d. Mark, Of
Maryland. told of her physical efforts
to defend the girls in the parade from
the attentions of men in the crowd.
DR.. Mark is robust woman, and she
drew considerable applause when she
said.
Some of them attempted to man
handle me. | carried a baton. and
they got the worst of It,"
DR. Mark said that the police all
along the line displayed "jellyfish in
difference"
Police Thought 1t Great Fun.
II marched in the Maryland college
women's section" she said. THE
Maryland section just ahead of us
carried a large Maryland State flag.
The police stood by idly while the
crowd which surged close about the
marchers spat on the flag and threw
lighted cigarettes and matches anto 1t.
The police appeared to get great
deal of pleasure out of the parade
and the antics of the crowd They
jeered and smiled at the marchers.
zone woman who was a marshal
of the section preceding mine was
pinched by men ali along the line of
march. The police made no effort
to interfere. I could see them pinch
her from where l marched. She
showed me her arm afterward. 1t
was black and blue from wrist to
shoulder.
Tried to Embrace Marching Girl.
Il saw a man leave the crowd and
chuck a girl in the line under the
chin, tear her sash and try to put
his arm around her | went to her
assistance and hit him a crack on
the nose. and he disappeared in the
crowd I think his nose is swollen
to this day"
Did anyone attempt to interfere
with you?" asked Senator Dilling
ham,
Some of them attempted it, but
they got the worst of It," replied DIR.
Mark emphatically.
another man broke into the pa
rade and almost tore a girls coat
from her back. I hit another one
of them pretty badly" she con-
tinued. II heard him make a very
ugly remark to woman in front of
me. He prepared to say something
to me. but as he opened his mouth
An AooaiIontaI1,f CT ~,
the mouth"
Il think his teeth went down be-
cause he gulpeds a great deal.
haven't yet heard what he was going
to say"
Miss Bliss Finley, who marched
with section of striking girl gar
ment workers from Baltimore, told of
number of attempts by men in the
crowd to e ill-treat girls in her sec
ton. She said that several times she
was forced to go to the assistance of
girls whom men tried to pull from the
parade.
THE police made no attempt to in
terfere with these men, said Miss
Finley.
Several other witnesses said that
they believed the police had done all
in their power to control the crowd.
Admiral Defends Police.
Admiral George w Baird, retired,
defended the conduct of the ponce,
declaring that from the point at
which he saw the parade they did all
that could be expected.
A dramatic recital of the progress
of the head of the parade through
Pennsylvania avenue was given by
Mrs. Richard Coke Burleson, the
grand marshal who rode on horse
back. She said that for a block
after the parade began the way was
clear.
suddenly l found myself in the
midst of this bowling mob she
continued; there did not seem to be
a policeman anywhere The automo-
bile platoon and the mounted police
seemed to have disappeared | was
unprotected, alone and terrified.
1.-The crowd surged all about me
and between me and Miss Milhol-
land, who rode some distance to the
rear. l could see her surrounded by
the crowd. She was alone; not a
policeman was near her. She tried to
force her horse through the crowd.
/ was afraid the crowd would pull
her to the ground"
A squad of police in the hearing
room marched in review before Mrs.
Burleson, that she might attempt to
identify a policeman who she said
had been insolent to her. She was
unable to find the man.
She said throughout her ride up
the avenue she observed the police
seemed Indifferent and were having
a good time rather than attempting
70 control the crowd