Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-09

Nelson uouumens, and Il resulted in
rio'. Proceeding we're opened With th,
assembI4ge Of 1880 people. The 20
lce Sere present 10 large Numbers
hey At once saw that the Socialists,
siers ent Of London greatly predomi ina
ted In the crowd, which vas also man
aged by well known Socialist, and ex
traordinsry vigilance was observed u
preserve the peace az all h4z ards. Con
spieaoa- among leaders Of the multi
tude vas Burns, xho ran as the -ocial
i-tic candidate In nottingham at To,
r-oent s.fciiOn. He speered at To.
police, and acted generally a. II b.
wished 70 bring about eonfiie
between the Pelice and the people
Finally be ascended the pedestal Of tn,
Nelson lumn for the purpose o.
delivering en- harangus. he was vel
aware this act would not b. tolerated
ami the police politely ordered him q
get down This he refused to do, sp
psallng 20 the crowd To resist iptsrfer
ence with the exercise Of popular rights
The otfi oers we're determined, however
and thsy pushed their way through tbs
excited and resisting mass, and by forcs
removed Barns from the pedestal. By
this time tue erord was vastly aug
mented, and the streets adjacent we're
packed with surginR mobs. Tks
elevated spot where the Burns inciden,
took place was easily perc~ptibls oveI
almast the entire area covered by the
ooncnurse, and the sight sf bsimsts anG
uniforms In the struggle w.s
accepted a. visible proof OF
= commencement of the fight against
tie lag. The intelligence Was respond
ed to with . general howl. and an at
tempted rush from all directions to the
point Of interest. Barns bad nov been
removed some distance from the posi-.
tion he had attempted to occupy Ht
beeane ewboldened by the cries of the
thrUhg, and made desperate efforts t.
recover his lost ground. He was sc
effectively help d by the mob that the
officers on the spot were brushed out OF
the way, and the orator vas soon press
ed mp against the monument He
quickly reascended the pedestal. accom-.
panied by q number of other 500 Ialistic
orators. Barns bore red q ae, and be
waved 1t to the assemblsRe ss a signal
Of his triumph over the authoriti :. he
vas greeted With deafeninR shouts again
and again. Buras nov finished his ad
dress. He then read the resolutions
This denounced the authors Of the pres
snt distress In England, demanded that
Parliament start public works to give
employ nent and bread TO tens OF thou
sands of deserving men Who were out of
work through no fault Of their own, but
bee ause of bad government, aRd de-
clared that 1t was tue duty of the Gov
ernI ent to afford every facility for tts
employment OF British capital at hoae
for the profit Of the British people, and
to give British interests the advantage
over foreign hey ass -,ted that the
time had arrived for Parliament to
earnestly legislste for TIE relief of the
depression IN English agricultural in
dustry. One resolution also demanded
the immediate appointment of Minis
Ter Of Commerce and Minister of Agri-
culture, and concluded with the resolve
that copies shenld be forv irded to
Gladstone. tbs Marquis of Salisbury,
parnsli and the Board Of Pablic Works.
Reading Of the resolutions was ac-
eompanied by fierce comment and short
explanatory speeches by various orators
who stood with Barns. Some of these
orators went so far a. to warn the gov
ernmeut that although the starving me
chanics of London we're now attempt
,ng TO draw attention TO their needs by
quiet and peaceful agitation, they we're
hoand to get il by attacking the bakers
shops next, II tke government did not
oome TO their relief. Burns, himself.
in one OF these side speeches, denounced
the present House of Commons as a
body of landlords and capitalists. for
whom banging was too good. He also
declared that the people had Assem- bled
70 summon Parlianent to Immediately
Relieve the distress Of the workipgmen.
that people wanted the question settled
At once. and peacefully. IL possible;
otherwise revolution Was inevitable. All
this aggravated the excitement OF the
Luge mass. 70 that the police reformed
With increased force, and made another
assault. They succeeded in forcing
their say up TO the pedestal. he's
reached this point just as the resolu
tious which had already been offered
and seconded. we're about to be submit
ted to the mob for approval. The Off
GERS At opce ordered the proceedings TO
be di .continqed on the ped stat, and
commanded Burns aud his colleagues to
eone down. This they refused to do.
aud the officers toereupon dragged them
down by force. and drove them from
the pedestal. II was evident that Burns
expected that the application of violence
TO him would precipitate a riot, and II
was also apparent that the officers i'm
mediatsly engaged In removing the
orators feared an attack. but the men
comprisiue the mob were not in heht-
ing hnmor, and the moi contentea IL
self for time by hooting ths police
and smotherinR them With four. dirt
and garbage. The officers behaved ad
mirabiy uodef this abuse, and showed
no resentment. After their election
neither Barns nor any Of his colleague.
made any further attempts to get back
They as once left the street, aud proceed
ING 10 the Reform Club building; they
mounted the steps, pointed TO the door
and windows. and bitt srly depeunceC
tue inmates. This looked like al
attempt 10 set the mob on the building
rhe mob vas excited. but not up TO tia,
point of violence. Burns and hl
colleagues seeing this vacated th'
Reform Club steps, and proceeded q
ths Carlton clab, wbers they repeated
their tactics. BY this time the mob "a
tremendous in Numbers, and vereiue OF
towards desperation. Stories Of vha
the police had said and done Al th,
Nelson column were circulated frou
mouth to mouth. exaggerated viii
every repetition, natil the craz
mob we're convinced that the suthori
ties had actually dared them TO 60,
conflict. such tire AZ was ready 70
ignition, and within touching distances
vas ind med by the speeehes delivere,
on she Carlton Club steps. Tie mol
vas split into divisions, by bein
forged down different stree,s by th
police from Trafalgar SqnAre. III
vsrious divisions started of hootin,
and howiise. and challenged the author
ities. Tue Invaded streets we're nt enc
abandoned TO the rioters, uho. dndin
| themselves no longer opposed. vsnte
their III will against well housed pcopi
and against the cl1bs by stormin
dwellings and club houses along tn
say. AT the time Of sending thes
dispatches all thst part OF the CITY i
the nsigh ghborhood Of the National G@l
iery, Carlton club and the Reform ela
are IN psssession OF the mob. Sewers
faction fights have already taken plsc
among the rioters, and fnrisus mob
nov q .. al marching fhrough ~
James street and he-sdilly on the "a
| TO HYDE Park 20 bold meeting. III
mob is enrsine The authorities, ,sttsckip
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