Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-11-10
LORD-MAYOR'S DAY.
LoND0Ns SOCIALIST SCARE BREAKS
UP THE GREAT FErE.
Orderly Meetings Held In Trafalgar
eQuars-Ths Socialists Ventilats
Their Grievances Only
Slight Disturbances.
IBy Anslo-American cable to the Dispstch.l

tBy Anglo American cable TO the Dispatch.I
LONDON, November 9.-Lord- Mayors day
opened gloomy and dark. There are lew
signs In the CITY to indicate this ~ the day
for the Lord Mayors show. The display
OF bunting and decoration OF buildings
usually made on this occasion Is almost
generally omitted, snd the authorities ana
populace seemed imbued with q sense OF
oppression. This condition - due ~
anxiety FOR the result Of the threatened
gathering Of Socialists to-day. The police
have made all possible arrangements forr
sistiDg any attempts at disorder. At an
early hour shoals OF roughs began to emerge
from the sllms and make their wly to-
wards the sections where the socialists Ar
ranged to assemble.
NOT Much LIKE HOLIDAY.
The batislions Of police proceeding t.
different points received hearty cheers
from the Ieople. The streets OF the ciiy
and the West End present remarkable
appearance. All the shutters OF the shops
are drawn and barricided, and the iron
ratings boarded with stout timber. The
banks and other buildings are secured In
similar manner. These precautions arc
not confined to the buildings on the route
Of the Lord Mayors procession. but extend
to streets far removed. The suburban po-
lice and reserves have been posted at promi.
nent points, aud large military force aud
all the household troops are in readiness II
their assistance is needed.
SHOPS CLOSED.
At II O'Clock force OF police occupied
the north side OF Trafalgar Square. The
shops in the vicinity are closed and the
doors and windows OF the jewelry cstab'
lishments are heavily barred. Hundreds
OF students, armed with sticks, have gath
cred about the Square. Acrowd OF leafers
arrived and were allowed to proceed to the
entrance OF the Square. There they were
met by double line Of police and turned
into the Strand. The mounted police
cleared the roadway.
The tbrong at Trafalgar Square Is in
creasing to vast proportions. The police
keep admirable order. Sir Charles War
rem, commissioner Of the Metropolitan po-
lice, visited the Square this morning and
indicated the positions to which the police
men should be assigned.
Atrlflna encounter occurred in Trafa-
gar Square At about noon. A mob, about
500 strong. aud marching in body, was
halted by the police and separated. The
police then cleared the Square and pushed
the crowd toward the Thames embsnk-
ment. There the mob halted and booted
and groaned at the officers. Three hum
dred medical students, marching five
abreast. and armed with heavy bludgeons.
proceeded along the Strand TO aid the 20.
lice. The Life Guards were drawn up and
formed Gordon across the White chapel,
shutting ont the East.End Socialists. The
Life Guards, In passing through Victoria
street, were slluted with groans by small
knot of roughs, but the majority OF the coli
lected crowds watched their progress in
silence.
Two Socialists called upon Sir Charles
Warren to-day and requested an answer to
their letter of Yesterday. inquirlng why
the proposed Socialist demonstration had
been prohibited. Sir Charles referred
| them to his proclamation, which, he said,
would give them the reasons.
The procession started at The usual hour
md proceeded over the assigned route
without anything happening. beyond the
usual hor'eplay incident to the decision.
The police dispersed the medical stu
dents. and refused to allow them to occupy
| Trafalgar Square. one thousand police
| men were posted at The square.
4 4
Georges barracks, behind The national gal
lery.
| AyASr CROWD N TRAFALGAR SQUARE.
The crowd about Trafalgar Square at
| o'clock bad grown colossal, the rough ele'
\ ment predominlting. Acces'ions were
| constantly arriving. Police lined thC
streets cOnverging on the Square. They
! also surrounded the Square and refused 70
| permit anyone to enter. Efforts were made
10 keep the crowd moving As far As 1t wa
| possible.
| no SOCIALIST MEETING WILL re PERMITTED
At this hour Q:30 7. NJ IL is expected
| that the Socialists will attempt to hold ;
meeting st o'clock. II they do. II il now
certain that the police will b. ordered tC
| prevent the meeting ut any cost.
| II is rumored that window-smiShing ha-
occurred in Chancery Lane.
when the Lord Mayors procession passed
| Trafalgar Square ii met with no dcmons,la
ton on the part OF the crowd" except SOM
| unorganIzed cheering and hootng. the lat
ter being especially directed at the Lor,
Mayor. After the show had gone by tn
mob at once surged over into the SQUARE
| and soon formed dense throng about th'
| NflSt0 IlNullFIAls y uuIitNi VI NV
mounted tue pedestal at different points
Some Of these waved red iiags
The Square soon became scen'
OF excitement. Recognized Socialist lead
crs managed here and there to gathcl
| around them groups OF men ready ant
| willing 10 listen ID speeches, aud, although
most Of the hsraneuss were inaudible ri
| any distance from the orators. yet express
fatrt
! mob and used as topics OF heated debate
smong the auditors themselves. In thi'
way the vast crowd was soon divided az
into numberless excited groups, eaci
! stirred up bv its own spOkesmen and al
independently noisy and excited. The
| police did not attempt TO interfere with tn
rush OF the mob into the square, bu
formed 9 strong Gordon around it.
Among the speakers who addressed th,
groups was Williams, the Socialist leader
| He spoke from the foot gtthc Nelson monu'
ment. lie declared that the pcpulace woull
show they could hold an orderly meetln2
TO let the public know the amount OF dis
| iress which at present existed among tn
workngmen OF England.
Another speaker said: "Al the power
OF the country wa, invoked to prevent IA
from ssstmbliDg in Trafalgar square. Oul
| rely TO all this il that We a.e mere. d.
not desire to usc rash language. but
mean all say. We want food. work, an
! dwelling. places for all, and all viii have
| them."
The Socialists pledged the unemployed
Of London that they would make this
demonstration to-day 10 contrast before the
world the extreme poverty Of London's IN
employed with the extreme wealth aud
plenty OF the city's upper classes, and the
Socialists have kept their word. We have
given this answer TO Sir Charles Warren.
Resolutions OF a proper kind will be adopted
lnd they will be sent to the Marquis OF
Salisbury and to Lord Churchill, aud they
viii be compelled to listen 10 them. Ths
soclslists will continue their work until
every vestige Of tyranny shall be swept
away. Our organization is the only one
which daros 10 take the proper position on
behalf Of the poor aud oppressed. We
are not here to break the peace. We are
here to agitate ia a peaceful manner for
work for all aud oyerwork for none"
Resolutions asking the Government to
provide work for the unemployed and to
reduce 10 eight the number Of hours con.
stituting a days work were carried amid
loud cheering, and the group which adopt
ed them and which bad by this time abb
sorbed nearly all the multitude remaining
in the square, DISPERSED cheering Tor the
promised social revolution.
Most Of the people who had composed
this audience ut once went away. Others
loitered about and joined various throngs