New-York tribune., 1886-11-10
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NOTHING HAPPENS MORE SERIOUS THAN HORSE
PIAY"-ExTRAoRDINARY PRECAUTIONS

NOTHING HAPPENS MORE sEhloOo ihAN iiO''S'
PLAY"-ExTRAORDINARY PRECAUTIONS
TGENERAL PRESS DisPArCHl
LoxDoy Nty9-Lord Mayors Day opened gloomy
and dark and the authorities and populace seemed to
be mbued with sense of opIression-a CONDITION
due no doubt TO an xety for the result OF the threat
ened gathering of Socialists. At early hour shoals
of ruians began to emerge from the sluns ana make
their way toward the quarters where the Sociahs's
arranged to assemble Battaons of police proceeding
to different points received hearty cheers from 'he
people The streets of the City and the West End
presented remarkable appearance. All the shutters
of the shops were drawn and barricaded and the IRON
ratings we're boarded with stout timber. hanks ana
other buildings weIe secured in similar manner
These precautions not confined to the ouiiungs
on the route of the Lord Mayors procession but ex
tended to streets far removed The suburban police
and the reserves were posted at prominent points and
large military force and all the household troops
we're ready to quell any disturbance
At IL o'clock force of police occupied the north
side of Trafalgar Square. The shops in the vicinity
were closed and the doors and windows OF the le%ery
establishments heavily barred. Hundreds OF students
armed with sticks gathered about the square. a
crowd OF oafers arrived and allowed to proceed %
the entrance of the Square. There II was met oy u
doube line of police and turned into the strand
Mounted police cleared the roadway Sir Charles
Warren Commissioner OF the Metropolitan Police,
visited the Square and indicated the positions TO which
the policemen should be assigned. trihlng encounter
occurred III the Square at about noon mou ABOUT
500 strong and marching body was halted by the
police and separated The police then cleared the
Square and pushed the crowd toward the thames I'm,
bankment There the mob halted and booted ana
groaped at the officers Three hundred medical stu
dents marching five abreast, and armed with heavy
bludgeons proceeded along tne sSnn 10 vCtora a To
st. were saluted with grOans ty small Knot 9l
ruHians but the majority OF the collected crowds
watched their progress in silence.
1'na assio rfe1a
without anything happening beyond the usual morse
play incident TO the OCCASION Inc ponce uisPcIseu
the medical students aud refused to allow them TO
occupy Trafalgar Square The crowd about the Square
at | o'clock had grown colossal, the rough element
predominatng. Accessions were constantly aIlVnS. us
Efforts were made TO keep the crowd moving. After
the proccsson had passed the Square the mon srgcd
In and soon formed deuse throng about the Nelson
monument Men mounted the pedestal at different
points Some OF these waved red flags. lhe square
sot II became q scene of excitement. Recognized
socialist leaders managed here and there TO gather
around them groups of men ready and willing TO listen
TO speeches, and. although most OF the harangues
were inaudbe at any distance from the orators yer
expressions and phrases were olsh eausn' ~ @ tI
auditors themselves In this way the vast crowd was
soon divided up into number excited groups eaeh
stirred up by its own spokesmen ana All ihnepeh-
den.y noisy aud excited. The police dld not attempt
to interfere with the rush of the mob INTO the square,
but formed Il strong Gordon around It,
Among the speakers who addressed the groups was
Williams the Socialist leader. lie declared that the
nonulace would show they could hold an orderly
meeting let the public KNOW Inc amount VI uStc's
which at present existed among the workingmen OF
Fngland Another speaker said All the power Oh
the country was invoked TO prevent us from Assem-.
bling in Trafalgar Square. Our reply t9 all Tins Is that
we are here do desire to use rash language bu'
mran all | say. We want food, work ana dWeiiihS
places for all, and all will have them Inc SOCIALISTS
nledged the UNEMPLOYED OF London that ;hey would
make thus demonstration to-day To contrast before the
world the extreme poverty OF Londons unelnPloled
win the extreme wealth and plenty of the ctys
upper classes and Socialists have kept their word
We have given this answer to Sir Charles warren
Resou ions of proper kind Will be adopten ana 'hey
will oe sent to the Marquis of Salisbury and TO Lord
Randolph Churchill, and they will be compelled to
listen 10 them. The Socialists VIII continue their
work until every yestige OF tyranny shall Oe swept
AWAY Our organization is the only one when dares
to take the proper position on behal OF 'ne poor anu
oppressed We not here TO break the peace
We are here to agitate in peaceful manner l0r "orK
for all and ork for none Resolutions asking the
Government to provide work for the unemployed and
TO reduce to eight the number OF hours constituting
day's work were carried amid loud cheerng, and the
group which adopted them and which had by tins time
absorbed nearly all the multitude remaining III tne
Square dispersed. cheering for the promised social
revolution. ,.
Most of the people who had composed this audience
al once went away. Others oitered aeout and loned
various throngs attracted TO the scene number OF
anti Socialists attempted To hold a counter-uemohs
traton in Trafalgar Square. They were attacked ana
roughly handled by their opponents ana driven from
the scene he police and Life Guards nterered and
cleared the Square. Only arrest was made
section of the crowd went to the residence OF the Mar
ous of Salisbury and attempted to make deuonsfa
ton there, but tncN were ulhpcrSru ny pVi'NN
long time after the close of the proceedings IN tDe
Square, large crowds OF men sauntered through the
streets Several ugly rushes occurred between them
and II police but nothing of a serious nature hap
pened and but little looting done. The mounted
police were everywhere hooted and eroaned at by the
moving mon. =. c,.,
At the reception by Lord Chief Justice Cotridge OF
the Lord Mayor Sir Reginald Hanson, at the Court
of Exchequer his Lordshp advised the Corporation OF
London TO fores,a others and themselves undertake
an inquiry into the municipal reforms hch are bound
sooner or later TO be made he said: " The residents
of the greater part OF London are anxious 10 oDian
tnguishes the city proper"
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