The Portland daily press., 1886-02-09
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gins at Pail Mall, about half way between
Nelson's monument and st. James street,
and moved northward through Regent street
to Piccadilly, q quarter of mile away, then
passing around Regents circus went north
again through Regent street half a mile to
oxford circus. The rioters then turned here
TO the left and went west down Oxford
street to Hyde Park some three-quarters of
mile. This route was undoubtedly chosen
by the leaders for the purpose of keeping the
crowd on safe ground as they would be on
the north side of the Park. If the mob had
gone along st. James street to Piccadilly. and
hence to the Park land, it might have run too
near the military barracks on the south side
of the Park.
1t was that part of the mob which was
drawn east through st. James street to Re-
gent that attempted to enter the war office,
opposite st. James square, but which was
scared away: Arnold Morley's residence is
in the Piccadilly portion of this route The
house was formerly occupied by John Bright
and was well known to many of the mob.
When the rioters approached the house to-
day Morley was in. He loudly called for
help and number of brave policemen for q
moment stood in the way OF the men but
finally they were swept aside and host OF
desperate men rushed up Morley steps. He
had locked and barricaded his. door but 1T
was burst open against his lace and the
house was overrun despite ms 1rantlc
screams and protests. When the invaders
went away they left scarcely sound pane
of glass in the building. A very great NUM-
Der of other private houses along the mob 8
route Jared much worse than did John
Bright's old home.
The Deyonshire Clubs house, which had
been previously attacked, is in st. James
street. The attack upon this building took
place at the very beginning of the riot and
was very savage. Hatchett's Hotel is large
and well-known hOstelry at Nos. 81 and 6o
Piccadilly. When the mob passed this To-
palifU IA tho rnnk and file hHn
cry and these made rush for the Motel:
They had it in their possession in moment
and they sacked it of food and drink and
left the building badly wrecked. AS the
men were leaving the hotel they saw a car
riage which had been pressed up against the
curb by the passing procession and been
abandoned by its frightened occupants 1t
was seized and in an instant broken up, and
the spokes, shafts and other good pieces
were carried away for clubs.
The Turf Clubs house being in Piccadilly
presented temptation to the rioters as they
went by, and they smashed all its front doors
and windows with stones. All along Regent
and Oxford streets between Piccadilly and
Hyde Park, houses were attacked lnd1scrlmi-
nately and their windows smashed in.
After Burns had been driven away from
the Nelson monument by the police and had
spoken from the National Gallery wall and
Carlton Club steps, savage tight took
place between his adherents the Socialists
and the anti-Socialists. The battle ragged for
some time, but the Socialists proved victori-
GUS and they lifted Burns to their shoulders
and bore MIN aloft to Regent street, where
with him they succeeded in bending the
crowd towards Hyde Park, Burns leading
the way. At the park when the mob had all
collected Burns again addressed them and
this speech was even more violent than the
others he had made. His language was ex-
citing, and the whole address was well cal
culated ito iset the crowd loose upon the
Rur JUo follOVUQ6 Inv cnypra1 other
Socialistic speakers all Of whom did all in
their power to sir up strife.
When the speaking was over the mob broke
up into sections and disappeared from the
scene. The main body went back east aleng
Oxford street again. The affrighted resi-
dents along this thoroughfare were not yet
recovered from their panic and the mob had
the street to themselves. They smashed
every sound window they noticed. Wine
shops were broken in and their contents dis
tributedIfreely to whomsoever wished drink,
and beer saloons were similarly treated.
Tailor shops were broken into and clothes
and rolls of cloth were thrown out into the
street to be taken by those strongest in the
fight which resulted. Every person met
who looked like foreigner was stoned or
beaten from the street Scores of stalwart
policemen attempted to save the assailed
property and to make arrests, but were every
time beaten and compelled to surrender
their prisoners.
remained in Trafalgar Square, occupying
their time in daring the n9ifet tn 1ceAme Am PR P6R1n
er obnoxious persons. In one of these rush
es the mob overthrow two heavy granite pill
lars, and these fell across Charing Cross and
blocked traffic to and from the Charing Cross
railway station. The police made several
most desperate exertions to clear away this
obstruction, but were easily resisted every
time by the mob. This mob held their
ground so well at Trafalgar Square, that un-
til they voluntarily abandoned the scene the
entire power of the police proved INSULT
cient to clear a way to one Of the most I'M
portant railway stations in the world, large
enough to permit even q single carriage to
pass to or from the depot.
Some time after dark, the mob gradually
left Trafalgar Square, and they went away
satisfied that without having actually coll1d-
ed with the police they had won the day.
As the mob dispersed, its sections made
havoc in the streets until they dwindled
away.
The scenes which characterized the retreat
of that section of the Hyde Park mob which
went through Oxford street also attended
the retreat of the other sections of that
crowd, and every street they entered was
surrendered to them,
At midnight the police reports eoncurred
in stating that never before in the present
generation has such a tremendous distur-
bance occurred in London with so little loss
of blood. Some officials declare that up
wards of $4,000 men must have been rlotlng
for at least six hours with absolute possess
sion of every thoroughfare they chose to in
wade, yet no life is reported to have been
taken If the police had been strong enough
to attack the mob at any point there might
have been terrible records to make but at
midnight everything is pretty much as it
was yesterday. The whole thing appears to
have been a sort of nightmare and while it
lasted the city was thoroughly excited but
the mob was essentially English and it made
a frightful demonstration but was not resist
ed and went to bed at the usual time.
LONDON, Feb. S.-According to later es-
Inmates there were $4,000 persons engaged in
the Trafalgar Square demonstration Two
thirds of the crowd were bona fide unem-
ployed working men while the remainder
were socialists. The two sections were not
in accord and there were frequent collisions
between them. The workingmen took no
part in the riotous acts that followed the
meeting in Trafalgar Square, but the Social
lists aroused to furyiby the violent Trades
of the speaker in the Square created thor
ough reign of terror. Jewelry shops were
broken into and their contents carried off by
by the mob. Carriages containing ladies
were stopped on the streets and their occu-
pants forced to alight. Then some of the ri
oters entered the vehicles and drove at the
head of the crowd. The mobs swept through
let's s Ssaasn get inside the shops All deeentiy at
tired persons who encountered the. rioters
were maltreated, the wearers of silk hats
meeting with particularly rough usage
Lord Randolph Churchill appeared at the
window of the Carlton Club building when
the mob reached there and he was loudly
hooted and menaced with clenched 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 prosecu-
ted.
Probably two hundred shops and dozen
club houses were seriously damaged and
about fifty shops were pillaged, including
jewelers., bakers, butchers and wine shops,
while hundreds of inoffensive people were
maltreated. The police were powerless at
first but they ultimately succeeded in restor-
ing order by breaking up the ranks of the
rioters into small squads. The military
were kept under arms all the evening while
policemen patroled the streets.
The establishment of Messrs. Pickett, jew
elleIS, Oxford street, was completely gutted
by the rioters, who carried away jewelry val
ued at many thousand pounds. At mid
night the city was all quiet.
Mr.. Justin Mccarthy, in letter says that
the Salisbury ministry fully intended to do
something for the mass of the unemployed
in London and other large cities, but tipped
over before the opportunity came The evil
is growing more alarming every day. Vast
masses, without work or food, are determin-
ed not to starve without striking blow
somewhere. Nothing will be done by Mr..