The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-02-13
4 GOOD DAY FOR -M0BS.
Mighty London at the Mercy
of tl3 S);illist,.
OUR OWN SEATTLE
Under NJ Msrtial L'w-Scsnes' IN the
Two Cities-Poiioe and Mill
rtla-The Coal Miners.

rtla-The Coal Miners.
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LONDON February 8.-Ia.e starving me
chanics of London to day held a mass
meeting in Trafalgar Square AROUND the
Nelson Monument, and itEesYlteNd s YlltN 81 in in ri!t
The proceedings opened with an assembIag q
'of 10 600 men, and the police were paeseht
In large numbers. They at once saw tina
the Socialistic element of London greatly
predominated in the crowd, which was also
managed by a well-known Sociaiist and ex
traordinary vigilance was exercised to pre-.
serve peace at all hazards. Conspicuous
in the leaders Of the multitude was Burns,
who ran as the S,cialist candidate In Not.
tingham In the recent lection. He sneered
at the police and acted generally asst he
wished to. bring about a conflict: between
the police and the people. Finally he as-
fbr' the purpose III delivering harrahgue.
He Was wen aware that ti,iS act would not
abetol. rat Ell and the 10, ice politely ordered
hin,to get d .wn.7 Thie he refused to do.
APPEALING TO THE CROWD
to resist the interference with dhe exercise
OF popular right. The officers, howe er,
we're determined. and they pushed their
way through the excited and persisting
mass. and by force removed Burns from
the pedestal. By this time the crowd had
vastly augmented, and the streets adjacent
were packed with surging mobs: The stir
in the elevated spot where the Burns incl
dent took place was early perceptihle over
almost the entire area covered by the con-
course, and the sight OF helmets and uni
forms in the struggle was accepted as a
visible proof of the commencement ot the
fight against the law. The intelligence was
responded to with Il general and fearful
howl, and an attempted rush from
all directions to the point Of interest.
Burns had now been removed some
distance from the position he had at
tempted tO occupy, but he became en-
b,ldened by the cries OF the throng and
made desperate effort to recover his lost
ground. He was SD effectively helped by
the mob that the officers on the spot were
brushed out of the way, and the orator
was soon pressed up against the monu.
ment. He quickly reascended the PEDESTAL
accompanied by a number-Of other Social
lists leaders. Bur bore
RED FLAG,
and he waved it to the assemblage as q
signal of his triumph over the authorities.
He was greeted with deafening shouts
raised again and again, after which he leis-
urely finished his address. He then read
fiercely worded resolution. This de-
nounced the author OF the present dis
tress in England aud demanded that Par
Lament start public works to give employ
ment and bread to the tens OF thOusand
OF deserving men who were ont OF work
through no fault of their own. but because
of bad government, and declared it was
the duty of the G ,vern,nent to afford
every facility for the employmentO of British
capital at home, for the bene It Of the
British people and to give British enter
prise the advantage over foreign enter
prise, and asserted that the time had ar
rived for Parliament to earnestly legislate
for the relief Of the depression in he English
also demanded the immediate appoint
ment f the Minister of Commerce
and the Minister of Agriculture, and CON
cluded with the resolve that copies SHOULD
be forwarded to Gladstone, Salisbury,
ParnelI and the Board Of Public Works.
The reading OF the reso' 'utiOn was accom-
panied by fierce comments and short ex.
planatory speeches by various orators
who stood with Burns. Some of these
ora tors went SO far as to warn the Gov
that. although starving the me-
chanics Of London were low attempting to
draw attention to their needs by quiet and
peaceful agitation; they were bound to get
it by
ATTACKING BAKERS SHOPS
next, il the Government did not come to !
their relief. Burns himself. in one OF these |
speeches, denounced the present House OF
Commons as body of landlords and |
capitalists for whom hanging WAS too |
L. A. l.,
had assembled to summon Parlia'nen to /
relieve the distress of British |
that the people wanted the
question settled at once and peacefully, If |
possible. otherwise revolution was inevit- |
able. All this aggravated the excitement
of the huge mass, 81 shat the police |
re formed with increased force and |
md made anoth-r assault. They sue
,eeded in forcing their way up to the
PEDESTAL, reaching this point just rs the re-
solutions which had ALREADY been offeerd
Ind seconded, were about to he submitted (
10 the mob for approval. The officers at |
once ordered the proceedings to be discon-
,inued on the pedestal and commanded
Burns and his colleagues to come down.
This they refused to do and the officers
;hereup"n dragged them down by force and
lrove them from the pedestal. 1t was
yident that Burns expected that the al,-
,lieAtion of violence to him would precipi
ate riot and it was also apparent that
,ffieers Immediately engaged in removing
he orators feared IN attack; but the men
the mob were not in fighting
lumOr, aud the mob cnntented itself for n
ime by hooting the police and smothering
hem with
FLOUR. DIRT AND GARBAoE.
The officers behaved admirably under
his abuse and showed no resentment.
After their ejectment neither Burns nor
my OF his colleagues made any further at
empts to get back. They at once left the
trset and proceeded to the Reform Club
'uilding, where they mounted the steps and
utterly denounced the inmates. This
ooked like an attempt to set the mob on
he building. The mob was excited, but
lot u, to the point Of violence yet. Burns
md his colleagues seeing TINS. vacated the
tei"rm Club steps and proceeded to the
'art"n Club, where t"ey repeated their
actlcs. BY this time the mob was tremen-
lous in numbers and ver.ing on despera-
!on Stories III what the Dulice had said
Ind done at the Nelson Column had been
lrcuated from mouth to mouth. exagger-
led with every rept tition until the people
'ere convinced that the authorities had
ctually
DARED THEM TO A CONFLICT. l.
Such fire as was ready for igniting and
ithin touching distance was infamed by
peeches delivered from the Carlton Club
tsps. The mob was split up into many
ivisi"ns by being forced down the different
treets by the police from Trafalgar Square.
o get nearer the occurrences at the club
ouses, the various divisions started off
ooting and bowling and challenged the
uthorities, and the invaded streets were
t once
ABANDONED TO THE RIOTERS,
no, finding themselves no longer opposed,
ented their lll-will against well-housed
eople and against clubs, by stormiug
welings and club houses along the way. {
t the time OF the closing OF these di.- 3,
atches all that part OF the city in the
eighborhood OF the National Gnllerv.
arlton Club and Reform Club, is
possession of mobs. Several .
ctive fights have already taken {
lace among the rioters, and '
furious mob is now, z p. M, marching
lrough st. lanes street and Picadilly on r
way to Hyde Park to hold a meeting. 9