New-York tribune., 1919-03-05
Six Women
Suffragists
Are eArrested
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ners, broke them and used them for
clubs.
"Why don't you arrest u.s." the
women cried.
Officer, save me from those thugs"
cried Miss Berta Dell
"They're helping me. lady the Of
fcer is said to have replied.
Realizing lmme ediately that his men
we're incapable of handling the rapidly
growing mob, Captain Hanna called for
the reserves. Forty additional police
men appeared at once and soldiers and
sailors were relieved of the task of
assisting.
If They Would Be Quiet
"Do you like to treat women this
way?" some one demanded of Captain
Hanna.
"No, | don't" he answered. "If they
would only hold their meeting quietly
we would let them alone
A private, giving his name as H. L..
Garrett, of the Sd Cavalry, and wearing
two gold service stripes, tore the last
remaining banner from the hands of
the sufrragists. The others were al
ready shreds of cloth and kindling
wood. The last banner, borne by Miss
Florence Deshon, bore this inscrip-
ton:
"President Wilson. what will you do
for the suffragists ?"
Across Broadway at Fortieth Street
was line of policemen. The parade
with the carrier of the Stars and
Stripes at the tip of the flying wedge
hit the bluecoated rank like a mass
play in football.
The police tried to hold, but their
line was bent back. Women screamed
and spectators on the sidewalk shouted
and broke away to join the fray.
The flag and its accompanying ban
ners were torn from the hands of the
women and trampled underfoot by
soldiers and sailors
The women fought back desperately
Get back shouted one policeman,
graphing with two frenzied women,
"If you want us TO act like bulls, We'll
do it,"
After moment. the superior weight
of the bluecoats told. and the women
were thrown back. All of them were
dishevelled. Many had their clothes
torn. One of them, Mrs. Beatrice
Castleton, charged one of the police
men with unnecessary roughness. The
parade was hustled into side street
and vanished in the ranks Of the hoot-
ing crowd, a few Of whom cheered the
women.
Fighting Men Enjoy 1t
n Il
laughing. joined with the police in
pushing back the women Two soldiers
tore the American flag from the grasp
OF Miss Margaretta Schuyler Torn vel
low and purple suffrage banners fell
in the street, and the women struck
right and left with the bare wooden n
poles, to which they clung desperately.
One tiny sufragist, Miss Marya
Ratavtich. fell in the street and in
jured her eye. Her friends claimed she
had been knocked down, but the police
men nearest said that she had tried
to dart between his legs and had
slipped. She was picked up, dazed and
hysterica.
Just then Mrs. William L. Colt, of
BronXville, suffragist. came through
the street in her limousine, and offered
to take the girl back to suffrage head
quarters, at 13 East Forty-first Street.
but she refused.
II don't know that woman. don't
know where she wants to take me-" she
cried
She Has Blackened Eye
She walked back to Headquarters.
whore she was nurscd for black eve
and a spralned wrist, and went home.
After making a second attempt to
rush the police line the women. head
ed by Or. Grace Cross, Of Boston, asked
Captain Harmon to allow them escort
to the subway on Broadway. They re
fused, however, to give their word of
honor to stay in the subway.
I'VE want to go down to the Thir-
friends" they said.
The captain said he would be de-
lighted to oblige. He commander d
an automo obilc that was standing in the
street and hustled all the women in.
Two patrolmen stood guard outside.
and away they went, yellow, purple and
white flags flying, down Sixth Avenue.
Arrived at the police station, they
G 6scovered that the six women ar
ested earlier in the evening had been
released, and their joy ride ended back
IN their headquarters on Forty-first
Street
friend from inside the Metropoi-
tan Opera House-Miss Taul said last
night it was newspaper n,an-brought
to the headquarters copy of Presi-
dent Wilson's speech.
The Mooney demonstration came
first. This consisted of five young
girls, each carrying banner, and un-
der the command of Pauline Turkel
The women were carried from the
Bible House to Broadway and Thirty
fourth Street by automobile.
There they disembarked, formed in
line, and tramped up Broadway to
Forty first Street. The police lines
had not been formed at this time, and
the young women proceeded on their
way uninterrupted.
Legends on their banners were:
"Presdent Wilson. what about
democracy for labor7''
'Presidcnt Wilson, labor wants JUS