St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-12
ENGLAND'S OPPRESSED.
Starving Poor Of London and the Prov
inces Hold Meetings and Request
Government Aid.
Fears Entertained of Further Riots Unless
the Demands Are Accedsd to and
Assistance Extended.
Nationalist Again United In the Gall
way District and Thanked by Mr..
Parnell in Person.
Rumors OF a Northwestern Mutiny
Trial OF a Wife for Numbering
Her Husband.
Engiand's Suffering Poor.

LONDON, Feb. 11.-No disturbances are
reported in any part of London tonight
and public confidence is restored. The gov
eminent has caused circulars to be sent to
officials throughout the country inquiring
into the extent of the distress existing
among the working people out OF employ
ment and inviting suggestions as to the best
measures for the relief OF the sufferers. A
man named Murray, who carried red flag
In Mondays procession. has been arrested.
He will be will be tried On the charge of in
citing the mob at Hyde park. In the mean
time he has been removed 10 prison. where
he Is TO remain until he succeeds I'm furnish
ing heavy securities for good behavior for
three months The crown solicitors have
advised the government that conviction
can probably be obtained of the sOcialistic
leaders who took part in the mob
professions of Monday. Such con-
yiction would entail two years penal
servitude on each defendant. The mass
meeting OF the unemployed of the southeast
part OF London, called to assemble tonight,
has been postponed till Saturday. Six
hundred police recruits have been engaged
by the government for service in London.
The new men will go on duty at once, and
while waiting for their uniforms will wear
plain cloth with a badge on the left arm.
The movement for the relief OF unemployed
workingmen is spreading to the provincial
towns. Two thousand TatiOns and large
quantity of clothing are being distributed
in Glasgow daily. That the existence of
the distress is owing to the severity of the
winter is undisputed. Mr.. Hugh Childers.
the home secretary. assured a deputatiOn
OF tradesmen. who waited upon him to-day.
that sufficient measures would be taken
to secure order and restore public conf
dence.
Mr.. Gladstone Is preparing bill provid-
ing for the appropriation OF land in Ireland
by meana OF state funds. This bill will
precede the other Irish measures which
the government intends TO present to parlla-
ment The discussion of the home rule
question has been postponed until next
session. The appointments of ladies of the
bed chamber in the royal household have
been filled. The duchess Of Roxbury be-
comes lady in waiting and the dOwager
duchess of Athal, and the other ladies of
the bed chamber retain their posts. Michael
Davltt delivered a speech in Flint, Wales,
this evening. He said Mr.. Parnell was
ready to help the WEIGH farmers against
the landlords, and unless the government
granted home rule To Ireland Mr.. Parnell
would retalate by presenting in parliament
thirty bills dealing solely with England,
Wales and Scotland.
BIRMINGHAM. Feb. lit is stated by
Burns and Hindman, the London social
lists. will speak here next Monday. The
police profess TO entertain fears that the
meeting will be attended with rioting, and
are adopting precautions. A number OF
unemployed wOrkmen paraded here to-day.
A despatch from Leicester says that the
hosiery operatives here are out ON strike.
They are parading the streets and smashing
factory windows. The police charged upon
the strikers, but were unable 10 disperse
them. Four arrests were made. PlaeardS
have been posted in Birmingham calling a
meeting of unemployed wOrkmen for Mon
day next The placards are headed: "Come.
you thousands, why starve amid plenty;
justice to the starving poor" A large
meeting of unemployed workmen was held
at Norwich last night for the purpose of
urging the authorities to give the unem-
ployed laborers and mechanics work on the
new barrack schools and jails instead of
employing eonyiets. Similar meetings were
held at Jarrow and elsewhere.