Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-13
LORD MAYORS PARADE.
Gala Day in London-Adams Express
Car RObbery-The Chicago
Strike, Etc.
LORD MAYORS DAY.
A blatant Socialist Gets In his Work
wobs, Socialists and Police In Force.

Mobs, Socialists and Police In Force.
LONDON, November 9.-The LordMayor's
dav opened gloomy and dark. There are
few signs in the city to indicate that this is
The dav for the Lord Mayors show. The
d;splav of bunting and decorations usually
uode on this occasion is almost generally
emitted, and the authorities and popula-
tion seem imbued with u sense OF oppres-
.;on. This condition is. due to the anxiety
Tor the result of the threatened
GATHERING OF SOCIALISTS.
The notice have made all possible arrange
r,onts for resisting attempts at disorder.
A. an early hour shoals OF roughs began to
amerce from the slums and make their way
toward the sections where the social
;sts have arranged to assemble. Battal-
IONS of notice proceeding to the different
no;nts received hearty cheers from the
neopIe. The streets Of the city in the west
end present a remarkable appearance. All
the shutters OF the shops are drawn and
harricaded, and iron ratings are boarded
with STOUT timber. The banks and other
bindings are secured in a similar manner. |
These precautions are not confined to the
buildings on the route of the Lord Mayors
procession, but extend to the streets far
beyond. The police and a reserve have
been posted at prominent points, and a
large military force and all the household
troops are in readiness il their assistance
is needed. At eleven O'Clock a force bro.
ceeded to the north side of Trafalgar
square. The shops in the vicinity are
closed, and the doors and windows of the
iewelry establishments are heavily barred.
Hundreds OF students, armed with sticks,
have gathered about the square. The
crowd of loafers arrived Inc were allowed
to proceed to the extreme OF the square. |
There they were met by a double line of
police and turned into the strand. Mounted
police cleared the roadway. The throng |
at Trafalgar square is increasing to vast |
proportions. The police keep admirable |
order. |
A THRILLING |
occurred in Trafalgar Square at about noon. |
Amob about 500 strong and marching in |
a body was halted by the police and sepa-
rated. The police then cleared the square
and pr shed the crowd toward the Thames
embsnkment. There the mob halted and
hooted and groaned at the officers. Three
hundred medical students, armed with
bIudgeons, marched along the Strand to
aid the police. Two Socialists called upon
Sir Charles Warren to-day and requested
an answer to their letter in9uiring why the
proposed Socialist demonstration had been
prohibited. Sir Charles referred them to
his proclamation. The
PROCESSION ART
at the usual hour and proceeded over the
designed route without anything happen
ing beyond the usual horse play incident to
the OCCASION. The police dispersed the
MEDICAL students and refused to allow
them to occupy Trafalgar Square.
One thousand policemen were posted
at the square. The Scottish Guards
racks behind the National gallery. The
crowd about Trafalgar Square at one
o'clock had grown colossal, the rough ele-
ment predominating. Accessions were con-
stantly arriving. The police lined the
streets converging on the square. They
also surrounded the square and refused to
permit any one to enter. Efforts we're
made to keep he crowd moving as far as
it was possible.
At 1:3O p. m. it is expected that the So
cialists will attempt to hold a meeting at
8 o'clock. 1t is o certain that the po-
lice will be |
ORDERED TO
the meeting at any cost.
When the procession passed Trafalgar
square it met with no demonstration on
the part of the crowds, except unorganized
cheering and h~ooting, the latter being espe-
cially directed at the Lord Mayor. After
the show had gone by the mob at once
sursed over into the square, and soon
formed a dense throng about the Nelson
monument. A number of men mounted a
PEDESTAL at different periods. Some OF these
WAIVED RED FLAGS.
The square soon became a scene OF excite
ment. Recognized socialist leaders man
aged here and there to gather round them
groops of men ready and willing to listen
to their speeches. In this way the vast
crowd was soon divided upinto numberless
excited groups, zach stirred up bv it's own
spokesman, and all independently noisy
and excited. The police did not attempt
to interfere with the rush OF the mob into
the square, but formed a strong GORDON
around it. 49,.
Among the speakers who addressed the
group was
WILLIAMS, THE SOCIALIST
leader, He declared that the populace
would show that they could hold an orderly
me, ting to let the public know the mount
Of distress which at present exists among
the workingmen of England. Another
speaker said all the power OF tne country
was invoked to prevent us from assem-
bling. Our reply to all this is that we are
here. We want food, work and dwelling
places for all and we will have them. Res
~olutions of the proper kind will be adopted
and they will be sent to the Marquis "f
Salisbury and to Lord Randolph Chur'
chill and they will be compelled to listen to
them. The Socialists will
CONTINUE THEIR WORK
until every vestige OF tyranny shall De
swept away. Our organization is the only
one which dares to take a proper pos't,nn
on behalf OF the poor and oppressed. we
are here to agitate in a peaceful manner 1or
work for all and overwork for none. keso-
lutions asking the government to provide
work for the unemployed, and to make
eight hours constitute a days work were
carried amid loud cheers, and the group
which adopted them, and which a Dy
this time absorbed nearly all the muir
tude remaining in the square, disperseo'
cheering for the promises OF social revolu'
ton. Most of the people who a COM
posed this audience at once went away.