The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-02-26

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demonstrations a. II . excite the
mob to attack the builtrg, As the
crowd were not yet wrought up to
the pitch of violence, these efforts
failed and then Burns and his col
leagues went to the Carleton Club
and repeated their tact cs. BY this
time the mob was tremendous in
numbers and verging on despera-
ton, but by the efforts Of the police
was divided by being forced down
the different streets. Trafalgar
square was held by numerous
gang of rowdies, and the mob having
overturned two granite pillars across
the street, the way to Charing Cross
railway station was effectually
blocked, defying the efforts of the
police to clear the way FOR traffic.
The main mob took UP a march to
Hyde Park along Regent and Oxford
streets, and being now in destructive
and depredating rood 'hyy smashed
windows and saci I'd pr ylte houses
and hotels ind'scrim ,tely, the
clubhouses being mad, especial OBJ
iects of their hungry wra h. A car
riagc standing against the curb,
which had been abandoned in terror
by its occupants, was bounced on
by the rioters, and in an instant
broken up, wheels, spotes, shafts
and other pieces being carried away
for clubs. There was u savage fight
at the Carleton Club between the
adherents of Blu MS, tha Socialists
and anti-Socialis,s, il which the
latter were victorious. carrying off
the leader and bearing him aloft to
Regent street, whence he led the
mob the whole way to Hyde Park.
Arrived at the Park Burns made
another speech, more violent than
his previous ones. After the con-
clusion of the harangue the mob
broke up into sections, the main
body going back along Oxford
street, which the panic-st 'icken resi-
dents deserted to the unrestrained
fury of the rioters. The latter
smashed every sound window they
noticed, and the wine shops were
broken in and their contents distrib-
uted freely to whomsoever wished to
drink. Beer saloons were similarly
treated. Tailor shops were broken
into and clothes and rolls of cloth
thrown into the street, to be taken by
those who were strongest in the
fights which resulted. Every person
met who looked like a foreigner was
stoned or beaten from the street.
Scores of times policemen attempted
to save the assaied property and
make arrests, but they were every
time beaten and compelled to sur
render their prisoners.
Some time after dark the mob
gradually left Trafalgar square and
went away, satisfied that without
having actually collided with the
police they had won the day. As
the mob dispersed its sections made
havoc in the streets until they
dwindled away. The scenes which
characterized the retreat of that
section of the Hyde Park mob which
went through Oxford street also at.
tended the retreat of other sections
of the crowd. Every street they
entered was surrendered to them
At midnight the police reports con
CURED in stating that never before
in the present generatipn has such 4;
disturbance occurred il London will
so little loss Of blood. some officials
declare that upwards If fifty thou
sand men must have been riotins
for at least six lours with absolut,
possession of every thoroughfar,
they chose to Invade yet no life i
reported taken. If he police hat
been strong enough to attack TIT
mob at any point thee might hav,
been terrible records 10 make, bu
at midnight everything is prett,
much as it was during the day, ant
the whole thing appears to have bee
a sort of nightmare. While it laste'
the city was thoroughly excited, bu
the mob was essentially English. l
made frightful demonstration, wa
not resisted and wen to bed at tn
usual time. Accord O to later est
mate 10000 persons were engage
in the Trafalgar square demonstra
ton. Two thirds of the crowd wer
bona fide unemployed worlingmer
and the remainder Socialists. Th
two sections were not in accord an
there were frequent collisions be
tween them.