Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-06-08
M|LITANTS HAVE
BUSY SUNDAY IN
ENGLISH CAPITAL
Churches Are Invaded and
Services Interrupted by
Suffragettes Women Put
Under Arrest.

London, June S.-Suffragettes, for
the first time, yesterday invaded Catho-
lie churches and created scenes by at
tempting to harangue the congrega-
tions. Worship was disturbed in both
Westminster cathedral and the Church
of Oratory. Brompton.
Father Barnard Vaughan had Just
taken his place in the pulpit In West
minister cathedral during the evening
service when a woman we'll dressed
and apparently Of refinement rushed up
the steps into another pulpit and wav-
ing her arms, shrieked: "In the pres
ence of the Blessed Sacrament / pro-
test against the forcible feeding Of
women
The congregation. shocked by the
woman's action. rose from their seats
Murmurs of protest at the sacrilege
ran through the edifice One of the
woman worshipers tried to persuade
the suffragette to descend from the
pulpit, but she remained waving her
arms and yelling ineoherently until the
yergers forcibly pulled her down the
steps and led her to the door, where
she was turned over to the police. She
declined to give her name.
A band of militant suffragettes, in
terrupted the midday mass in the
Church of Oratory by chanting: God
save Emmeline Pankhurst and all our
noble prisoners; open the eyes of this
church and of the priests to put an
end to the torture; in the name Of the
Blessed Joan of Arc, hear them in
their hour Of need"
Suffragettes Are Elected.
A scene of disorder ensued. A suf-
fragette rose and started prayer. But
she had scarcely uttered word when
woman worshiper clapped her hands
over the mouth Of the suffragette.
Struggling fiercely, and screaming. the
suffragettes were forced by ushers and
male parishioners down the aisle to the
doors and into the street. Many of the
members of the congregation followed
the evicted suffragettes to the side
walk, where a well dressed woman hit
| a militant sister in the face which bled
profusely. The crowd cheered the
woman who struck the blow. Only two
of the suffragettes who caused the dis
order were arrested.
Wild scenes followed the ejectment
of the suffragettes from the Church of
the Oratory. A woman lay on the steps
of the church and refused to move.
Her mouth had been injured by blow
| from a mans fist. People tramped
| past and across her PROSTATE form.
Her hat was torn off and her dress dis
| ordered and muddied.
| Finally the police arrested her with
several others of the disturbers. All
of them later were discharged except
two, Christine Andrews and Mrs. Mary
| Funston, whose husband bailed her out
| The growing hostility on the part o.
| the public toward the militant suf-
| fragettes was shown by assaults yes
/ terday on several open air meetings
| Speakers were mobbed. stands were
torn down and the women were saved
by the police from duckings or beat
! ings A crowd at Hampstead Heath
knocked over the platform from which
party of militant suffragettes were to
/ speak and scattered the suffragettes in
all directions. They tried to drag two
of the women to a pond for duckine
but police rescued them.
! A similar scene occurred in C1apham
common. When militant suffragette
advocated the use of bombs the speaker
and those on the stand with her were
pelted with mud. The police helped
the women to escape on a motor bus.
A meeting in Hyde Park ended ir
the same manner.
Sylvia Pankhurst In a speech deliv-
cred at a meeting in the east end OF
London declared that when she went
to see Premier Asquith next Wednes-
day she would ask for deputation to
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the premier. but to threaten him.