Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-11-10
THE LONDON SHOW.
HOW LORD MAYORS DAY WAS
CELEBRATED.
Serious Trouble Avcrted by Stringent
Police Regulations-Dem
OF the Socialists.
ESPECIAL BY TELEGRAPH TO THE RnooaD-us1os..

day opened gloomy and dark. There were
few signs in the city to indicate that it was
the day for the Lord Mayors show. The
display of bunting and the decorations
usually made on this occasion, were almost
generally omitted. and the authorities and
populace seemed imbued with sense of
oppression. This condition was due TO
anxiety for the result threatened by the
gathering of Socialists. The police had
made all possible arrangements for resist
ing any attempts at disorder. AT an early
hour shoals of rougbs began TO emerge
from the slums, and made their way
towards the sections where the Socialists
had arranged to assemble. The battalions
of police proceeding TO different points
received hearty cheers from the people
The streets in the west end of the city pre-
sented remarkable appearance. All the
shutters OF the shops were drawn and bar
ricaded, and the iron ratings were boarded
with stout timber. The banks and other
buildings were secured in similar man.
ner These precautions were not confined
to buildings on the route of the Lord
Mayors procession, but extended to
streets far removed. The suburban
police and the reserves had been
posted at prominent points and large
military force and all the household troops
were in readiness if their assistance was
needed. AT II o'clock force proceeded to
the north side of Trafalgar square. Shops
in the vicinity were closed, and the doors
and windows of jewelry establishments
heavily barred Hundreds of students,
armed with sticks, gathered about the
square. A crowd of loafeIs arrived, and
were allowed to proceed to the entrance of
the square. There they were met by a
double line'of police and turned into the
Strand. Mounted police cleared the road
way. The throng at Trafalgar square kept
increasing TO vast proportions. The police
keep admirable order.
THE FIRST TROUBLE.
A trihing encounter occurred in Trafal-
gar square at about noon. A mob of about
500 strong, and marching in body, was
halted by the police and separated. The
police then cleared the square and pushed
the crowd toward the Thames embank-
ment. There the mob halted and hooted
and groaned at the officers. Three hun
dred medical students, marching five
abreast and armed with biudgeons, pro-
ceeded along the Strand to aid the police.
The Life Guards, in passing through Vic
toria street, were saluted with groans by a
small knot of roughs.
COLD COMFORT.
Two Socialists called upon Sir Charles
Warren to-day and requested answer to
their letter of yesterday inquiring why the
proposed Socialist demonstration had been
prohibited. Sir Charles referred them to
his proclamation.
THE PROCESSION.
The procession started at the usual hour
and proceeded over the designated route
without anything happening beyond the
usual horse play incident to the occasion.
The police dispersed the medical students
and refused to allow them to occupy Ira
| falgar square. One thousand policemen
were posted at the square. The Scots
Guards were mustered in st. Georges bar
racks. behind the National Gallery. The
crowd about Trafalgar square at l o'clock
had grown colossal, the rough element pre-
dominating, and accessions were constantly
arriving. The police lined the streets con
/, verging on the square. They also sur
rounded the square and refused to permit
any one to enter. Efforts were made to
keep the crowd moving as far as it was pos
sible
AT TRAFALGAR SQUARE.
When the procession reached Trafalgar
square it met with no demonstration on
the part of the crowd, except unorganized
cheering and hooting, the latter being
especially directed at the Lord Mayor
After the show had gone by the mob at
once surged over into the square and soon
formed dense throng about the Nelson
Monument A number of men mounted
the pedestal at different periods. Some Of
these waved red flags. The square soon
became a scene of excitement. Recognized
Socialist leaders managed here and there
to gather around them groups of men
ready and willing to listen to their speeches,
and in this way the vast crowd was soon
divided up into numberlesS excited groups,
each stirred up by its own spokesman, and
all independently noisy and excited. The
police did not attempt to interfere with the
rush of the mob into the square, but
formed strong Gordon around it.
TYRANNY MUST BE SWEPT AWAY.
Among the speakers who addressed the
groups was Williams, the Socialist leader
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they could hold an orderly meeting to let
the public know the distress which at pres
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