Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-09

abuse, and attempted no resentment.
After their election neither Burns nor any
OF MS colleagues made any further at
tempts to get back.
WORKING Up THE MOB.
They at once left the scene and pro-
ceeded TO the wall OF the National
Gallery. They mounted this wall,
pointed to the doors and win
dows, and bitterly denounced the
inmates. This looked like an attempt to
set the mob on the building. The mob
was excited, but not up to the point of
violence yet. Burns and his colleagues
seeing this, vacated the National Gallery
wall and proceeded TO the Carlton
Club, where they repeated their
tactics. BY this time the mob
was tremendous in numbers and verging
on desperation. Stories OF what the police
had said and done at the Nelson column
had been circulated from mouth to mouth
exaggerated with every repetition until
"the starving mechanics" were convinced
that the authorities had actually dared
them TO conflict. Such fire as was
ready for ignition and in touching dis
tance was infamed by the speeches de-
liVered on the Carlton Club steps.
sTONING HOUSES.
The mob was split up into many divis-
ions by being forced down different streets
by the pressure from Trafalgar square to
get nearer the occurrences ut the cluh
houses, and the various divisions started
OIL hootlng, bowling and challenging the
authorities. The invaded streets were
at once abandoned to the rioters, who,
finding themselves no longer opposed,
vented their ill-will against well-housed
people and against the clubs by stoning
dwellings and club houses along the way.
THE MOB SUPREME.
Every street the mob entered was sur
rendered TO them, and at midnight the po-
lice reports cOncuTred in stating that
never before in the present generation has
such tremendous disturbance occurred
in London with so little loss OF blood.
Some officials declare that upwards OF
10000 men must have been riOting for at
least six hours with absolute possession
OF every thoroughfare they chose to in
wade, YET no life ls reported to have
been taken. IL the police had been strong
enough to attack the mob at any point
there might have been terrible records, but
at midnight everything is pretty much as
IL was yesterday, and the whole thing ap-
pears 10 have been sort Of nightmare.
w hile il lasted the city was thoroughly
excited, but the mob was essentially Eng
lish. 1t made frightful demonstrations,
was not resisted, and went to bed at the
usual time.
10000 IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE.
According to later estimates there were
$1,000 persons engaged in the Trafalgar
square demonstration. Two-thirds of the
crowd were bona tide unemployed work
ingmen, while the remainder were Social
lists. The two sections were not in accord
and there were frequent collisions be-
tween them. The workingmen took no
part In the riOtous acts that followed the
meeting In Trafalgar square. The SOci-
alists, aroused to fury by the violent IT,
rades OF the speakers in the square, Gre
ated three hours reign Of terror.
JEwELRY SHOPS SACKED.
Jewelry shops were broken into aud
their contents carried of by the mob.
Carriages containing ladies were stopped
on the streets and the occupants forced 10
aliRht Some OF the rioters entered the
vehicles and drove at the head OF the
crowd. The mob swept through the streets
shouting: "Smash the windOwsl Let's
get inside the sb0psw All decently-
attired persons who encountered the riot
ers were maltreated, wearers OF silk hats
meeting with particularly rough usage.
Lord Randolph Churchill appeared at n
window of the Carlton Club building
when the mob reached there. He was
fists by the rioters. The leaders
OF the Socialists, especially Burns,
Hyndman, Williams and Champion,
the last named OF whom is an
ex-Captain Of artillery, will probably be
prosecuted. The most violent riots were
committed on North and South Audley
streets and Oxford street. Probably 200
shops and dozen club houses were Sc
riously damaged and about 80 shops were
pillaged, including jewelry, baker, butch
er, and wine shops. Hundreds OF inOfien-
siYe people were maltreated. The police
were DOwerless, but they ultimately sue
ceeded in restoring order by breaking up
the ranks Of the rioters into small squads.
The military were kept under arms all the
evening, while policemen patrolled the
streets.
MEANING OF THE OUTBREAK.
LONDON, Feb. 8, 8 A. M.-Ths NeJgS at
tributes yesterdays riot 10 the Socialists
and fair traders taking advantage OF an
vince the world that a social revolution is
brewing. There is nothing, the Ne1cs
says, TO cause serious alarm. The riot
ought 10 provoke neither anger nor panic.
The distress Is very real, and efforts
should be made to alleviate IL. Owing TO
the long absence OF riots the police were
taken by surprise. The riot renders
lesson that a disposition exists TO use
empty stOmacbs and idle hands for pur-
poses OF political and social agitation.
FLORIDA RAILROAD LANDS.
The Fight over the Withdrawal Be-
trvaau waldo and Tamna