The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-04
Followed by Acts of Vio-
lence by British Suf-
fragettes
RAILROADS PATROL
THEIR PROPERTY
Conviction of Mrs. Pank-
hurst Stirs Up the
Women

Iondon, Apfll 4'--N aThliiSs were SUM
out to-day by the directors of the rail-
road systems throughout the United
Kingdom to the effect that militant SUI
fragettes had threatened to burn sta
tions in various parts of the country.
Patrols were ordered to be organized at
all stations and in tunnels. Some empty
trains were greatly damaged by explo-
sves near Stockport, Cheshire, during
the night and suffragettes are suspected
OF having committed the outrages.
Two girls, thought to be militants,
were arrested here before dawn to-day.
They sought to escape the police by
dropping their bags and running, but
were overtaken. The bags were found
to coDtain paper saturated with oil can
dies, matches, cotton WOOL patent fire
lighters and a paper, reading: Beware
how you treat Mrs. Pankhurst." The
girls gave their names as Phyllis Brady
and Millieent Dean.
As protest against the action of the
court against their leader, suffragettes
raided the Manchester art gallery, and
smashed the glass of IA pictures, in
some cases the glass piercing the can
vases Three women, Mrs. Forester,
Miss Manesta and Miss Annie Briggs,
were arrested.
Threats of Reprisal.
Following the conviction yesterday of
Mrs. Emmeline Panlhurst for melting
her followers to destroy property one OF
the militant leaders, in announcing the
intentions of the suffragettes, went so
far as to say that even human life would
no longer be respected. In London, Glas- |
gov and other places throughout the
country enthusiastic meetings were held |
fast night and every mention of Mrs. |
Pankhurst brought forth loud cheers
Those who are to carry on the fight /
during the leaders Incarceration, whicn |
nobody believes will be for long, /
breathed defiance to the government and /
promised that the fight would be waged /
more fnriously than ever. One OF the |.
leaders, whose name is suppressed, gave'l
out the following statement: Human
life is now in peril, for we have resolved +
no longer to respect it, and trouble OF I
all sorts must be faced"
This statement did not cause surprise,
for the women, who at first only set
fire to unoccupied houses, have made at
tempts in the last few days against oc-
cuped residences. While the speakers
at the public meetings did not 90 so far
as the anonymous leader, they promised d
that the agitation would be very actively
conducted, and appealed to the women
to show their Indignation at the sent
ence by some definite deed Threats OF
this kind made by Miss Annie Kenney at
London found an echo at Glasgow, where Z
Mrs. Johns, one of the most militant {
among the suffragettes, declared that the '
militancy of the past would be "the '
merest pinpricks to what would happen !
almost at once all over the country"
She described what the women intended le
to do as "the coming reign of terror"
and said that it was left for those on the
outside to go on with the militant tae-
tics.
Other women declared that what they
would do would more than stagger hu
manity."
Scotland Yard has sent out warnings to
owners and tenants of property of pos q
sible developments, and the police every .
where are taking unusual precautions. f.
in closing a meeting held under the
auspices of the Woman's Social Political Y
union last night, Annie Kenney appealed 0
to those who were indignant at the long
sentence passed on Mrs Pankhurst to \
come forward in the next As hours and g
show their Indignation by some definite o
Iced. 1t is always the lawbreakers d
who make things GO she added. b
There were repeated cheers at every
mention of Mrs Pankhurst's name. Miss Q
Kenney. who presided belabored the gov n
arnment and said that if Mrs. Pankhurst u
we're sent to Holloway Jail for what was 4
called "inciting her followers to destroy q
Sir Edward Carson. +. +. {
Smith and other Obstetrics and unionists
ought TO be sent to Pentonville, for they Il
had not only melted their followers in G
Ulster to destroy property but also life. ?
Pentonville is the prison to which those Il
guilty OF the more serious crimes are
sent
The suffragettes, who were robbed of q
IN opportunity to demonstrate when Z
Mrs Pankhurst left the court, rushed to i
Jail and cheered the prisoner n
Is she drove up in cab. The women o
gathered outside the prison, sang suf-
rage songs and cheered until late in the II
.vening NJ
The newspapers generally support the a.
entence imposed on Mrs Pankhurst. some Io
II them even considering it too light for q
second offense. II j. pointed out that p'
IS the sentence is one of penal servitude.
frs. Pankhurst can be released on
icense when her condition becomes seri-
'us. and rearrested when she has recov- Il
red.