The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1913-05-08
SOCIALISTS DEFY
LONDON POLICE
COMMISSIONER 8BoWEFED WITH
EGCs AND OTHER ME-
sELC FETtEEs.
SUHAGETS SCORE A VICTORY
~ Strikes Officer Win Psnnsnt
STAFF; Prisoners Rescued 81
Frsrct-Fesr % Arrest
the Women.

Lo-dor.-Wud scenes RI disorder
5-c1rred Sunday in the denomination
- Trafalgar square, under the aus
-1az q t1e free speech defense com
--z--ae. The police tried ~ prevent
E-s=c1es from the Whitehall side Of
the pltrth Of the Mellon column
s-1 only the Intervention u James
Ea5- Esrdie socialist and independent
labor member Of the house Of com
mons. who was chairman Of ths meet
l-z. prevented a serious riot
As il vas, the disorders, many times
eliminating in fist fights. continued
FOR almost two hours.
b the time the marching socialist,
labor and other organizations, with
bands playing the Marseillaise,
reached Trafalgar square, 10000 per
sons had gathered there and as many
more in the surrounding streets.
Permission 10 hold a meeting was
given al the last moment on the un-
6erstanding that no suffragets should
BE- allowed TO speak. Unable 10 Sc
cure permission 70 march as an organ
ization the supporters Of the Won
ems Social and Political union
marched with the lockers, their colors
flying. preceded By a huge banner, in
scribed:
Where there's a will, there's a
way"
Flags Of the Women's Social and
Political union were holsted on the
plinth, from which they waved during
The meeting
Speaking Causes Riot.
rCuble began when a socialist start
ed 70 address the crowd from the
Whitehall side of the column. The
promise had been given that no speak
ing should take place on this side be.
cause Of interference with traffic A
husky police sergeant standing on the
plinth, hurled the speaker down on
the heads Of the crowd below.
The crowd then rushed the plinth
and endeavored TO replace the speak
er. 1t looked for a time as if their
efforts would prove successful, but
mounted police ruthlessly rode down
the rioters. James Keir Hardie tFen
iEteryened and the socialist speaker
was allowed 70 regain his place.
In a moment a suffraget attempted
70 climb the plinth. The police below
tried 70 pull her back, but sympathiz-
ers on the platform succeeded in drag
ging her up, after she had sacrificed
some clothes left in the hands Of the
police.
In retaliation a policeman snatcheL
q suffraget banner from a girl who
was waving it from the back OF
one Of the LANDER lions. She struck
the policeman in the face and her
friends regained the banner, minus
the staff
Police Commissioner "Egged."
The struggle angered the crowd and
the disorder became so general that
Commissioner Wells, commanding the
mounted police, ordered the White
hall side cleared. The order was car
lied out so roughly by the horsemen
that Commissioner Wells, noting the
temper of the crowd, retired in favor
of another commissioner. AS he was
leaving, Wells was showered with
eggs and oranges and other missiles
Fights between the police and the
people then became general, the chief
results of which were battered faces
and minor injuries. Several rioters
were arrested but the crowd succeeded
in resCuing most of the prisoners.
There was a large number of isolated
sympathizers.
Mrs. Despard and other sufragets
spoke without interference, in spite Of
the interdict Any attempt to arrest
the women, in the temper of the as
Bemblage, probably would have result
ed in a dangerous situation.
Addresses denouncing the govern.
ments alleged interference with the
right Of free speech were made by
several members of parliamnt, includ-
ing Mr. Hardie, Josiah Clement
Wedgewood and Joseph Martin, lib
erals, and Robert Cuningham-G Graham.
ScutarI Evacuated.