Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-02-13

The riot In London last Monday re-
| suited In a reign of terror for over six hours.
Probably 200 shops and dozen club houses
were seriously damaged and about so shops
were pillaged including jewelers., bakers,
butchers and wine shops. Hundred Of inoffen-
sive people were maltreated. When Burns,
the socialist orator. was driven from the Nelson
monument be led the mob to the Carleton club,
mounted the steps and again harangued them.
Then the mob split up into several divisions,
which were forced down different streets by the
occurrences at the clnb-houses, and the various
challenging the. authorities. The invaded
rioters, who, finding themselves no longer
opposed. vented their ill-will against we'll
s9 Rseps b and sgaost the
mob made for Hyde park, where meeting was
shops, sacking saloons, getting drunk, and
smashing windows en- route. On its way to
Hyde park the front of the mob made an effort
the sentinel at the entrance confronted the In
truders with his bayonet. Conspicuous among
ee bn by this mob
pied as residence by Mr.. Arnold Morley, the
neWly-appointsd patronage secretary; The
brushed out of the way by the riotors as so
many men OF straw, and many of the officers
for thsr
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occupied by John Bright, and was well known
to many of the mob: When the rioters ap-
loudly called for help, and a number of brave
policemen for q moment stood in the way of
the men: But finally they were swept aside
up Mr.. Moriey's steps. He had locked and bar
ricaded his door, but it was burst open against
frantic ana proess the
vaders went away they left scarcely sound
pane OF glass in the building. A very great num-
Der of other private houses along the mob s
route Jared much worse than did John Brights
old home.
Hadethetts Hotel is a large and well-known
the mob passed this locality many of the rank
and file were hungry, and these made a rush
for the hotel. They had it in their possession
in moment, and they sacked it Of food and
drink, and left the building badly wrecked AS
the men were leaving the hotel they saw a car
curb by the passing procession, and had been
abandoned by its frightened occupants. 1t was
se ha1 ana in an instant broken up, and the
carried away for clubs. The Turf Clubs house,
being In Piccadilly, presented a temptation to
the rioters as they went by, and they smashed
all its front doors and windows with stones. All
along Regent and Oxford streets, between Pic
cadilly and Hyde Park, houses were attacked
lnd1ScriInlnately and their windows smashed
in.
After Burns had been driven away from the
Nelson monument fight took place between
MS adherents, the socialists, and the anti-so-
cialistS. The battle ragged for some time, but the
SPECIALISTS proved victorious, and they lifted
Burns to their shoulders and bore him aloft to
Regent street, where, with him. they succeeded
In bending the crowd toward Hyde park,
Burns leading the whole way. At the park
Burns again addressed them The speech was
even more violent than the others he had made
When the speaking was over the mob broke up
into sc ctions and disappeared. The main body
went back east, along Oxford street again. The
affrighted residents along this thOrOughfare
were not ayet recovered from their panic and
the mob had the street all to themselves. They
smashed every sound window they noticed.
tents distributed freely. The beer saloons were
similarly treated. Tailor shops were broken
into and the clothes and rolls Of cloth were
thrown out into the street. to be taken by those
strongest in the fight which resulted. Every
person met who looked like foreigner was
stoned or beaten from the street. Scores of
times policemen attempted to save assaulted
property and to make arrests, but were every
time beaten and compelled to surrender their
prisoners