Evening star., 1932-11-02
Leaders Are Jailed In Battle
With Police Outside House
of Commons.
SCORES ARE INJURED
IN BITTER STREET RIOT
Effort to Make Mass Presentation
Of Petition to Parliament Is
Blocked by Police Force.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, November 2.-Balked last
night in their third attempt to enforce
their demands by violence, the unem-
ployed hunger marchers" who strag-
gled into London last week turned
homeward today.
w. A. L. Harrington, the Communist
agent who organized the march of the
idle from Scotland, Wales and the in
dustrial centers of England was in Jail.
His associates who precipitated a riot
in Parliament Square last night also
we're in the hands of the police.
So this morning 80 ragged men who
had trudged with the others through
the rain last week climbed aboard a
charabanc and started back for Brigh-
ton, whence they came. Other con-
tingents prepared to go back home be-
fore the end of the day.
81 Are Arraigned.
Twenty-seven men, arrested after last
nights disorders, were arraigned this
morning. Two were sentenced to SIX
months at hard labor, several were
fined small amounts and other cases
were held over for week
Meantime the historic precincts Of
Parliament Square were in the hands
of police after a mass attack by thou
sands of jobless had precipitaLed the
bloodiest of four recent riots.
The disorders began at dusk in the
heart of the capital and quiet was not
completely restored until nearly mid
night. Scores suffered minor injuries
Thus was brought to a climax
series Of disturbances that began, as
last night, in a march on Parliament
to protest against the governments ap-
plication of the dole system.
First Disorder October 81.
The first disorder came October 81,
when Parliament reconvened. The ma
tional hunger army's" arrival in Lon
don last Thursday was the signal for
the second, and the third came Sunday
night in Trafalgar Square when rush
was made for Buckingham Palace, the
residence of the King.
AL told, the seriously injured in these
four outbursts have numbered more
than 100, including IS taken 10 hos
| pitfalls last night and released after
treatment.
Despite the arrest Of Harrington the
jobleSS marshaled their strength last
night as they had threatened
And. likewise, the police responded
with strong-arm methods. The police
won in series Of battles that ragged
along Victoria Embankment, Pail Mall,
The Strand, Trafalgar Square and
Whitehall.
The police got the jump on the DEM
onstrators when the jobless drifted to-
ward Parliament Square in small groups
from many directions, Just after dark
Their thousands were augmented by
thrill-seeking spectators.
Police Forces Booed.
BY 8 pm. the huge press of specta-
tors had overfoWed into the streets and
pushed near the massive iron gates
leading into Parliament. At that point
mounted police filed silently out Of
Scotland Yard and converged toward
Parliament Building from three di-
rections
There were boos and catcalls as the
boobies on foot pushed back the thTOngS
into Whitehall toward Trafalgar Square
| and away from the House of Commons.
One charge was made at the Cenotaph.
Britain's most sacred monument. when
the crowd attempted to grab up
Wreaths.
The steady retreat continued until
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