Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-02-11

at hand, however, who drove back the
| crowd and dispersed them. Alarm ia
spreading TO all parts Of the city.
By 8 o'clock the mob at Trafalgar
square numbered 10000, the majority
being loafers and roughs of the worst
| class. A large police force is present, but
efforts TO control the mob are unayailing
and traffic Ia at a stand-still. The spirit
OF the mob is aggressive: every carriage
coming within reach Ia surrounded and
the occupants hooted Missed and insulted.
One beautiful equipage was barely saved
by the police from total destruction. II
was supposed the Lord Mayor was ita
| occupant.
The mob is simply tremendous mass
Of undirected savages, nothing but the
want OF q popular leader preventing them
from bringing about the most disastrous
results. During the afternoon the police
charged on the mob twice, but both efforts
to break il up were futile. Each failure
of the police is greeted with cheers and
yells.
At 8 o'clock the mob Is becoming more
enraged and thousands of men are pour.
ing down TO the scene. Trafalgar Square
on either side is lined with rows Of men
six deep.
i TUE RIOTERS DISPERSED.
/ LONDON, Fob. 9.--The increasing gravity
of the situation finally alarmed the au-
thorities, and the police force was enorm.
ously increased. After long struggle
they succeeded in pushing the mob into
side streets, thus splitting it up and fol.
lowing it up, drove each fragment of the
broken mob until its elements were dissi.
pated in alley-ways and by-ways. Every
| precaution has been taken TO prevent re.
assemblage. Many rioters have beer
| arrested.
LONDON, Feb. 9.-Burns, Champion
| Hyndman and Williams the four Social.
lists who inspired yesterdays riots, called
this afternoon upon Mr.. Joseph Chamber
lain, the new president of the local gov.
eminent board ,at his office. Mr.. Chamber.
lain declined to receive the Socialists per.
| sonally, but conveyed to them his willing,
ness to give attention to anything they
might have TO say, provided they placed
it before him in writing. Burns and his
colleagues thereupon drafted statement
Of their wishes. They say they had called
to obtain from Mr.. Chamberlain declar.
alton of the governments Intentions in re.
| gardto providing work for the several hun.
bred thousand unemployed people who
were at present starving in the city Of
London and elsewhere in England. The
statement contained the assertion that al
the pressure which the workinRmen's
societies had brought to bear upon the
local authorities to secure relief for the
distressed had entirely failed, and that let
ters sent to the local government board
by persons authorized to speak for the
distressed were left unanswered. Burn
and his colleagues added that they ha6
personally come for some statement o.
the governments intentions, in order X
be able to report something definite t.
the meeting of the unemployed workmer
of London which is soon to be held il
the city.
Mr.. Chamberlain replied in writing tina
he did not think that any of the remedie
proposed by the So,ial Democratic Fede
ration would prove effectual 10 relieve TIN
prevalent want and misery existing amonl
this unemployed in England. He was, OF
this account, unable to support these pro
posed measures. At the same time h,
felt the urgent necessity of having some
thing done, and he was now having an in
quiry made for the purpose of ascertain
ing the exact extent and character of th,
distress. Wherever it should be fount
necessary to do SO, the Boards of Guar
dians, unless they were already empowered
would be authorized to grant outdoor re
lief when labor tests had been arranged
sufficient to prevent imposture. tn,
question of public works, continued Mr.
Chamberlain, was not within the PROVING,
of the local government board.
The Socialists departed dissatisfied will
the outcome of their visit. Hyndmal
and Champion were quite angry owe
what they called Mr.. Chamberlain
evasion of the real points at issue. The,
denounced his scheme of inquiry as de
vice to secure delay, while the very mel
in whose behalf the alleged inquiry wa
claimed to have been started were actual,
starving to death.
1.-The unemployed of London" the So
cialists' committee continued, ''do no
want outdoor relief; they do not wan
charity-they want nothing but homes
and useful work which will enable then
to earn bread. The proposition to Civ,
them doles, accompanied by servile ant
degrading labor tests, gals them, and /
calculated to exasperate them into revolt.
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