Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-02-10

one gang attempted to stop the carriages O
members Of the nobility, who were on thei
way to ST. James Palace TO attend a leye,
given by the Prince of Wsles. A force o
police was at hand, however, and drove bac,
the crowd and dispersed them.
4.5o 7. M.-The increasing gravity of the
situation finally alarmed the authorities and
they put forth all their energies to suppress
the incipient riot. The police force on duty
at Trafalgar Square was enormously in
creased and prepared for well-defned and
exhaustive assault A long struggle ensued
which resulted in pushing the mob into the
side streets and thus splitting i, up The po-
lice followed up their work and drove each
fragment of the broken mob till its elements
were distributed in sileywsys and by-wsys to
town.
Every precaution has been taken to prevent
the resssemblage of any mob. Many OF the
rioters have been arrested. Some of these
have been fined and discharged; others have
been remanded for trial, while a number
have been sentenced TO Imprisonment for va
rlous terms, from one to six months
Burns. Champion, Hyndman and Williams.
the four socialists who inspired yesterday 5
riots, called this afternoon upon joseph
Chamberlain, the new president of the local
government board, at his office. Chamber
lain declined to receive the socialists person.
ally, but conveyed TO them his willingness to
give attention TO anything they might have to
say, provided they placed il before him in
writing. Burns and his colleagues there
upon drafted a statement of their wishes.
They said they called to obtain from Cham
beriain declaration of the governments in
tentions in regard TO providing work for sew
eral hundred thousand unemployed people
who were at present starving in the city OF
London and elsewhere in England The
statement contained the assertion that all
workingmens associations had brought to
bear upon the local authorities 10 secure work
for the unemployed and had entirely failed,
and that letters sent the local governme Mt BY
persons authorized to speak for the dis
tressed were unanswered. Burus and his
colleagues added that they had personally
come for some statement of the governments 5
intentions in order to be able to report some
thing definite to meeting of the unem-
ployed workmen of London soon to be held
in that city.
MIR. Chamberlain replied in writing that he
did not think any of the remedies proposed
by the social democratic federation would
prove etfectual to relieve the prevalent want
and misery existing among unemployed work.
men in England. He was, on this account
unable to support these proposed measures.
At the same time he felt the urgent necessity
of having something done, and was now hav-
ing inquiry made for the purpose of ascer-
tanning the exact character and extent of the
distress. Whenever it should be found nee
essary to do so board of guardians would be
authorized to grant out door relief when labor
lists had been arranged sufficient to prevent
Imposture. The question OF government
works is not within the province or the local
government board.
The socialists departed dissatisfied with
the outcome of their visit. Hyndman and
Champion were quite angry over what they
called Chamberlain's evasion of the real
points at issue. They denounced his scheme
of inquiry as a device to secure delay while
the very men in whose behalf the alleged in
9uiry was claimed to have been started were
actually starving to death. The unemployed
of London, these gentlemen continued, do
not want out door relief; they do not want
charity; they want nothing but honest and
useful work which will enable them to earn
bread. The proposition to give them doles,
accompanied by servile and degrading labor
tests. gals them and is calculated to exas
perate them into revolt.