The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-18 00:00:00

THE MOTS AT SHEFFIELD.

The unionists riots at Sheffield—of which our reacler3
were yesterday informed—were most serious. AS Via:
stated, the locked-out colliers were holding "
great demonstration in Hyde Park, under the
presidency of the Mayor. Much excitement :Igen°
to have prevailed throughout, and the colliers
were evidently much exasperated. The exasPer,sa.
tion was fed by the appearance of several non-unionists la
the streets—some of them unduly parading themselves,
one account says—and they were greeted with hisses sua
groans, especially those employed by Mr. Huntsman',ssb
colliery proprietor, who has succeeded in Working In'
pits notwithstanding the strike. The proceeding°
of the day commenced by a procession through
Sheffield to the park where the meeting was ts°
be held. The groans to non unionists were given en':
tinually by the processionists ; but unfortunately the voel'
demonstration of disapproval did not satisfy them, Ds
by-and-by a number left the ranks to attack one of 31-I.*
Huntsman's workmen. This unfortunate man, wh
un "essa.
name is Hatfield, was knocked down and kicked ;
he could not walk without staggering ; and then, it
stated, was thrown into the air by his assailant*
and allowed to fall on the pavement. It seems probahlas
that the mob would have " finished" him as they threatenen
to do, had he not been rescued and taken into a Pnblihe;
house. There was a cry of " Smash the windows," hatt'a-
bolder spirits seem to have thought of better ganie
more decided vengeance. They made way to the cottage°
Oa the
in which some of Mr. Huntsman's men reside.
way another non-unionist was met and served as badlY
the one who had just escaped. He was stoned uniner,,lb.
fully, but escaped into an engine house. Then the 2%,
moved towards the cottages aforesaid. The first he
(says one reporter) which was the subject of at°
is James Mangham's. He and his wife had been An
from home for some days on a visit to the Seaside, an
the house was left in charge of a man named Wills
Ledger. At the time of attack it was tenanted 11
man and by six little children. Without any wrlilli;:
the crowd assembled in front of and behind the hen";
and commenced a regular fusillade of stone-throwil
and continued it until every pane of glass :hi:
almost all the window frames were smashed. -`"
to complete the wreck the door was forced open, but tberf
was very little spoil to be got, for almost every article 0,.6
furniture in the place had been broken. Pictures
knocked to pieces, and everything else damaged. To roar
the work of destruction complete, the crowd seized all t'e
chairs, and taking them outside, deliberatelysmashedtheill
ld
to pieces, broke all the crockery and glass they cou find'
as well as everything else they could get hold
signed the table and dresser to the same lira's
which had received the unfortunate chairs, and scatter
the contents of the drawers and boxes all over the room.
The man Ledger and the children managed to hide then;
selves, and got out of the way of the stones. Nor Wdse,
they discovered by the crowds who searched the 11°"1e
The next dwelling attacked was occupied by a says°i
named Clark. The same procedure was adopted here, s
that rather more damage was done to the interior ;
the house. When the attack began there was the
one in the house except a lodger, but shortly aftellsea
commencement Clark came in. The attack then inereTos
in fierceness, and very soon everything in the Place as
smashed—a pier-glass, several pictures, and other fross,
articles, as well as the more substantial furniture.
the door was forced open and some of the mob Prnceeised
upstairs, breathing vengeance against Clark. He a
out of the bedroom window. Whilst be was on the gr°-,4
he was threatened to be "brained" with large stones, °"0
only escaped by making the most earnest entreaties. 11°.
proof of the force with which the missiles were sent' •sibs
mentioned that at the back of the house stones bad 's:
thrown through a bedroom window which have gone across
the room and stuck in the opposite wall to the dePt%.
three inches, the wall being covered with deep incieSaie
tions. Amongst the articles stolen were a very vaill-„se
writing desk and some vouchers, &c., which could be of ne
to the crowd, but were destroyed through sheer scant°oS
tress. At the next house, which is in the occupaticliics
Daniel Ensor, who is an underground viewer in the ser:
of Mr. Huntsman, the occupants were slightly fniti,ej,
skft e r tea
At the time when the attack on the row conunel),"sess,
Ensor and his wife were seated at dinner, ancli.soday
r
alarmed at some of the neighbouring women and c''.'ssed
coming in and asking for shelter and protection• tbs
shortly afterwards the mob commenced an attack 1113eI(nlae r
house. Ensor is a man who has incurred Alllslie
share of their hatred than the others. here
occupants of the house took refuge in the cellar, woos
they remained, the women and children crying ea.
pitiably, until the door was attempted to be; orced:la
Ensor then went into the room. He was ssunecil: see
struck on the face by a large stone, a wound be
struck
flicted which bled freely ;he was then struck hi other
ruisei
stone upon the shoulder, making a very uglY 5130
and he received two other bruises upon the arm* pa
door was meanwhile being slowly forced i-°'1460%
seeing there was nothing else for it hut out of
a bold stand, Ensor called the woman 1113 °-cesled
the cellar, and telling them to keep in his rear, Proc
to make a poker red hot by placing it in the fire a picli
accomplished, he seized the poker in one hand an', opto
in the other just as the door was forced open. , but
were at once made to disarm him of these weapon:as of
he managed to retain his hold of them, selt eon'
his assailants coming into anything but Pleas°,llhroagli
tact with the poker. At last he forced his way essioa
the crowd, who seemed to he under the har their
that he was carrying firearms. On discovering obe
mistake they immediately commenced to stone hilnescape
retreated. He succeeded, however, in snaking higuiss,bl6.
'to the colliery, the women also finding solve sebsus°
refuge. The work of ransacking and plundering t oia
was then proceeded with. A little over £7 in 133°Ilts th°
some articles of clothing were stolen, in adclitic° vseeelc'
furniture in the house being reduced to
The next place attacked was the house occupied 11;cti of
Taylor. The man Marsh, who first saw the aPPr°.O tbi°
the mob, and suffers therefrom, had taken refuge visas
house, and although the attack upon it was 0° °,ite sQ
to render it almost uninhabitable, it was not cl.ft boo°
badly used as some of its predecessors. In the ne-erienees
lives the man Hadfield, who was the first to el3Bo 00'
the vengeance of the crowd. His house sf th°
suffered very much. Here the sacking 'op 110
houses may he said to have ended. -4-'9,,:seat t(1.
Ensor arrived at the New Winnings Colliery, Pareave°'
a bookkeeper at the Effingham Wharf, naraed °'
asking him to bring a gun to the scene of the ri° weave!
view to overawing the crowd. In due time gr.
a perfect
Itepri
1 °telly'
and the gun came, and the crowd to a °Wl::bolesor
began to disperse, as they had a
dread of firearms. Shortly after this
upon
Normansell arrived upon the scene, and ,0 fth
remonstrating with the men the greater hul'is Par
eft the place with him and proceeded to Istiunci „post
Meanwhile the police had been sent for, and
the scene of the disturbance in time to make th the re
field
late
t
of the courageous and high-souled mob quit
battle at a run. The houses now present a aw, aesoA
Dios
appearance, as though they had been the centre °fosiag
e
desperate conflict. They will require entirely' r`
before they can he again inhabited.

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hoods of
Twickenham, Hounslow, lanworth, ._ or
terrific Hampton
were
thrown into a state of much alarai I)Yrtio
report from the powder mills of Messrs. Cu _,,,
and H
rvey. No lives have been sacrificed, but the threw
mills aknownd as Green Charge Mills have been to.t:elliTy,
destro •
Saffron
3e , and three mill-keepers, named resPecti L.,,,,
have been
Webb, and Smith, are so far injured that ti l.;.
care of Mr. Douglas, surgeon to the estatllaischerna ourI:al:1'i
een removed to their homes, and the neig (~
Hunderstood that the accident will cost Messrs. Curti° 70(''
arvey £3OO. During the last twelve mouths Oil
viol
recently houses have been destroyed on the works. Meetinollo
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m been held in the neighbourhood to WO% vi
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