Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-10
RIOTING IN LONDON.
THE TROUBLES CONTINUE.

A Vast Moh Assemblies Under Cover OF q
Fos-The Police Poweries> TO Disperse u.
by Anglo-Americsn cable TO the Dispatch
LONDON, February 9.-Hyndman,
president ofthe Democratic FEEDER itiou,
disclaims any responsibility for the sc-
ton Of the mob yesterday. He pre-
diets that trouble of very serious pro-
portions will ensue il the distress ex-
isting among the working people is not
soon relieved. Men will not starve
forever, he says, and If the authorities
refuse to help them, then they must not
be surprised if force is resorted to to
procure bread.
The roughs took advantage Of the
fog this afternoon to assemble in va
rious parts Of the West End. They
were bold and impudent. One gang
attempted to stop the carriages Of the
members Of the nobility, who were on
their way to st. James Palace to at
tend the levee given by the Prince Of
Wales. A force Of police was at hand,
however, who drove back the crowd
and dispersed them. The alarm spread
to all parts Of the city.
LONDON, February $3.50 p. NJ
By 3 o'clock the mob at Trafalga
Squsre was estimated to be 10000
strong. The majority Of this great
throng was composed Of loafers and
roughs Of the worst class. Large num-
bers Of policemen were present, but
their efforts to control the turbulence
Of the mob have so far proved unavail-
ing. They have Been unable to clear
the streets, and traffic is for the time
being brought to a standstill. The
spirit Of the mob to-day is distinctly
aggressive. Every carriage which hap
pens to come within reach Of the rioters
is at once surrounded and its occupants
hooted. Kissed, and insulted. During
the carly part Of the afternoon a gor-
geous equipage was driven near the
mob. Some one said the turnout was
the Lord Mayors, and the rioters at
once made a rush for it, seemingly de-
termined to tear the vehicle to pieces
and stamp its occupants to death. The
police. however. by vigorous charge
rescued the equipage and its occupants,
and got them to place of safety.
The mob at present is simply mass
Of Undirected sayages. Nothing, it
would seem, but the want of some popu-
lar leader prevents the mob from exert
ing its strength in some organized move
ment which might bring about the most
disastrous results. During the after
noon the police charged the mob twice
in full force for the purpose Of
breaking it up and driving the frag-
ments from Trafalgar Square, but both
efforts were futile. The mob would
yield little at the point Of attack.
but bulge out in some other direction.
The police could not surround it or
break it. Each failure of the police
was greeted with cheers and yells. At
this hour % p. NJ the rioters are
getting enraged at the frequent repeti-
ton of police hostility. The temper
of the mob is rising, thousands Of men
are pouring down to the scene. and all
payements in the vicinity of Ira
falgar Square are lined with excited
crowds on either side Of the streets,
being nowhere less than six men deep,
and increasing. The gravity OF the
situation finally alarmed the authori-
ties, and they put forth all their ener-
gies to suppress the incipient riot. The
police force on duty at Trafalgar Square
was enormously increased and prepared
for well-detined and exhaustive assault.
This, after a long struggle, resulted
in pushing the mob into the side streets,
ard thus splitting it up. The police
followed up their work and drove each
fragment of the broken mob until its
elements were dissipated in all the alley
ways and by-ways Of the town. Every
precaution was taken to prevent the re-
assemblage of any mob. Many rioters
have been arrested. Some of these
have been fined and discharged others
Temanded for trial, while number have
been sentenced to Imprisonment for
various terms, ranging from one to six
months.
Burns, Champion, Hyndman, and
Williams, the four Socialists who in
spircd Yesterdays riots, called this
afternoon upon Chamberlain, the new
president of the Local Government
Board, at his office. Chamberlain de-
clined to receive the Socialists person.
ally, but conveyed to them his willing
ness to give attention to anything they
might have to say, provided they placed
it before him IN writing. Burns and
his colleagues threreupon drafted a
statement Of their wishes. They say
they called to obtain from Chamber
lain declaration of the Governments
intentions with regard to providing
work for several hundred thousand I'M
employed people, who were at present
starving in the city of London and else
where in England. The statement
contained the assertion that all
the pressure which working so
cieties had brought to bear
upon local authorities to secure relief
for the distressed had entirely failed.
and that letters sent to the local govern
ment by persons authorized to speak
for the distressed were left unanswered.
Burns and his colleagues added that
they had personally come for some
statement Of the Governments inten-
tons in order to be able to report Some
thing definite to the meeting of unem-
plOyed workmen Of London, which is
soon to be held in that city.
Chamberlain replied in writing that
he did not think that any of the reme-
dies proposed by the Social Democratic
Federation would prove eflectual to re-
lieye the prevalent want and misery
existing among the unemployed In
Europe. He was, on this account,
unable to support these proposed
measures. At the same time he felt
the urgent necessity of having something
done, and he was now having an inquiry
made for the purpose of ascertaining
the exact extent and character of the
distress. Wherever it should be found
necessary to do so the boards of guar
dams, unless they were already en-
powered, would be authorized to grant
outdoor relief when labor tests had
been arranged sufficient to prevent i'm