The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1886-02-10
MOB RULE.
One Hundred Thousand Idle Workmeu
Hold Mass Meeting in Trafalgar
Square, London.
They March Through the Streets Smash.
Ing Windows OF Prominent Onicials
and LootIng the Shops
Foreign Notes.
A socIALIsr1c DEMONSTRATION.

A socIALIsTIc DEMONSTRATION.
LONDON, Feb 9.-The meeting of un-
employed workmen in Trafalgar Square
yesterday was the largest of its kind ever
held. The estimates as to the number Of
participants vary, but good judges say that
fully 100000 were present The square
was denSely packed, as were also many of
the streets leading thlther. The crowds
were harangued by speakers of all kinds,
among them several of evident Socialistic
tendencies, who warned the Government
that while the unemployed were passive
now, II not soon relieved they would attack
the baker.shops. Motions were made and
adopted demanding the opening of relief
works by the Government and the appoint
ment OF Minister of Commerce.
On dispensing, the crowds smashed the
windows of the Carlton and other clubs
and also those of the PdII-lfdU Gazette
1t is believed that the smashing was the
work Of foreigners.
Conspicuous among the leaders of the
multitude was Burns, who ran as the So
cialist candidate in Nottingham in the re-
cent election. lie sneered at the police, and
acted generally as If he wished to bring
about conflict between them and the peO-
pie. Finally he assembled the pedestal of
the Nelson column for the purpose of de-
liyering a harangue. lie was well aware
that this act would not be tolerated, and the
police politely ordered him to get down.
This he refused to do appealing to the
crowd to resist interference with the exer-
else of popular rights. The officers, how
ever, were determined, and they pushed
their way through the excited and resisting
mass of humanity and by force, removed
Burns from the pedestal.
BY this time the crowd had vastly aug
mented and the streets adjacent were
packed with surging m0bs. The stir in the
elevated spot where the Burns incident took
place was easily perceptble over almost the
entire area covered by the concourse, and
the sight Of helmets and uniforms in the
struggle was accepted as visible proof of the
commencement Of the sight against the
law" The intelligence was responded to
with general and fearful howl, and an at
tempted rush from all directions 10 the point
of interest.
Burns had now been removed some dis
tance from the position he had attempted to
occupy. He became embOldened by the
cries Of the throng and made desperate
effort to recover his lost ground. lie was
so 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 monument. He quickly reas-
cended the pedestal, accompanied by num-
Der Of other Socialist leaders. Burns bore
red flag, and he waved II to the assem-
blage as a signal Of his triumph. He was
greeted with deafening shouts, repeated
again and again. Burns now leisurely fin
ished his address. lie then read fercely
wOrded resolution. This denounced the
Fathers Of the present distress In England
demanded that Parliament start public
works TO give employment to the tens OF
thousands Of deserving men who are out of
work through no fault OF their own, but be-
cause of bad government; declared that 1t
was the duty of the Government to afford
every facility for the employment of British
capital at home for the benefit OF the British
people, and to give British enterprise pref
erence over foreign, and asserted that the
time had arrived for Parliament TO earnest
ly legislate for the relief OF the depression
in the English agricultural industry. The
resolution also demanded the immediate ap-
pointment Of Minister Of Commerce and
Minister Of Agriculture, and concluded
with the resolve that copies should be for
warded TO Gladstone, Salisbury, Parnell and
the Board Of Public Works
The wOrkmen, after the meeting had
broken up, formed in body and marched
through PIccadily Regent and Oxford
streets, smashing the windows Of the houses
along the route. On arriving In front of the
War Office, some of the leaders made a rush
as II 10 enter, but were detained by the
threatening attitude Of the sentry stationed
there. who brought his bayonet 10
a charge. Shops along the line of
march were looted by the mob,
and windows of the DevOnshire
Club: the houses Of Mr. Arnold and John
Morley. the new Chief Secretary for ireland,
and other private dwellings were smashed.
Peaceable citizens sought refuge by fleeing
into the stores and houses The police ap-
peared to be utterly pOwerless. Several of
their number were severely handled by the
rioters. The mob came to halt at Hyde
Park. where another meeting was held.
Socialists and other speakers addressed the
meeting, using the most violent and abusive
language against the Government.
the chief sufferers from the violence Of
the mob were the residents and shopkeepers
of North and South Audley streets and Ok
ford street, though considerable damage
was done In other localities. Probably two
hundred shops and a dozen clubs sustained
more or less injury, and about fifty shops
were pillaged. These included jewellers,
bakery. butchers and wine shops. Hun
dreds OF lnoifenslye people were NAL
treated. The police were at first powerless
TO make headway against the crowd, which
for time virtually did as II pleased, and
order was ultimately restored only by break
ing the ranks Of the rioters, separating
them into small squads and dispensing
them. The military has been under arms
since nlghtfall, and will remain so until
morning. The police are now patrolling
the streets, and there Is not the slightest In
dlcation that there will be renewal Of the
outbreak.
Mr.. Woodall, NJ. p. for Staffordshire, on
behalf of a large number of the leading
citizens of StafIordshlre, presented yester-
day afternoon to Mr.. Il. Z. Lane. the re-
firing United States Consul at Tunstall, a
handsome tea and coffee service. In his
presentation speech Mr.. Woodall expressed
the general regret that Mr.. Lane has been
recalled, and spoke In highly euloglstic
manner of the fraternal relations existing
between the United States and Great Britain.
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