Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-09
A HowLMG MOB
In POSSESSION OF THE STREETS
OF LONDON.
Enraged Masses of Starving Work
men-The Police Brushed
Aside Like Flies.
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the assemblage of 10000 men. The police
were present in large numbers. They at once
saw that the Socialistic element of London
greatly predominated in the crowd, which
was also managed by well-known Social
lists. and used extraordinary vigilance to
preserve peace at all hazards. Conspicuous
among the leaders of the multitude was
Burns, who ran as Socialistic candidate in
Nottingham in the recent election. He
sneered at the police, and acted generally
as if he wished to bring about a conflict
between the police and the people. Finally
he assembled the pedestal of the Nelson col
umn for the purpose of delivering
harangue. He was well aware that this act
would not be tolerated, and the police po-
litely ordered him to get down. This he
refused to do, appealing to the crowd 10 re-
sist interference with popular rights. The
officers, however, We're determined, and
pushed their way through the excited and
| resisting mass and by force removed Burns
from the pedestal. BY this time the crowd
had vastly augmented, and the streets ada
cent were packed with surging mobs.
STRUGGLE WITH THE MOB.
A stir in the elevated spot where the Burns
incident took place was easily perceptible
! over almost the entire area covered by the
| concoursc, and the sight of the helmets and
the uniforms in the struggle was accepted
as visible proof of the commencement of
the fight against the law. The intelligence
was responded 10 with general and fear
full howl and an attempted rush from all
directions 10 the point of interest. Burns
had now been removed some distance from
the position which ne had attempted to oc-
cupy, but he became emboldened by the
cries of the throngs and made a desperate
! effort to recover his lost ground. He 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
number of other Socialist leaders Burns
bore red flag and he waved it to the as
semblage as a signal of his triumph over
the authorities. He was greeted with deaf
ening shouts, raised again and again
| Burns now leisurely finished his address,
after which the police succeeded in driving
the crowd from the Square. After their
| election neither Burns nor any of his col
leagues made any further at empts to get
back.
THE POSSESSION OF THE STREETS
az OAiNC ICAb lllC street.. anu pro-
| ceeded to the wall of the National Gallery.
They mounted this wall pointed to the
doors and windows 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 vio-
lence yet. Burns and his colleagues, see
| ing this, vacated the National Gallery wall
! and nrOppnAaI to tbn (farioto-, al
| they repeated their tactics. BY this time
the mob was tremendous in numbers and
verginS to desperation. The stories of
what the police had said and done at the
! Nelson column had been circulated from
| mouth to mouth, and exaggerated with
every repetition, until the crowd were con-
WINGED that the authorities had actually
dared them TO the conflict, and such fire
as was ready for ignition, and within
| touching distance was intlamed by the
| speeches delivered on Carleton Club steps.
The mob was split up into divisions by the
| police from Trafalgar Square to get nearer
the occupants at the club houses. and the
various divisions started off hooting. howl
ing ana 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 the dwellings and the club
houses along the way.
On Its way to Hyde Park the front of the
mob made an effort to enter the War Office.
but turned away when the sentinel at the
entrance confronted the intruders with his
oayonet. Conspicuous among the build
ings attacked by the mob were those occu-
pied by the Devonshire Club and that occu-
pied as residence by Arnold Morley. the
newly-appointed Patronage Secretary. The
ponce along the route to Hyde Park were
brushed out of the way by the rioters as so
many men of straw, and many of the Off
GERS were terribly whipped for their inter
ference
That part of the Trafalgar Square mob
which went to Hyde Park was composed
OF the hordes which had filled up Cockspur
| street, Pail Mall and st. James street, when
the Carlton Club was attacked.
COURSE OF THE MOB.
This long-drawn-out throng bent at Re
gent street, which begins at Pail Mall,
| about halfway between Nelson's monu
ment and St. James street. and moved
northward through Regent street to Picca
dilly, quarter of a mile away, and passing
around Regents Circus went north again
through Regent street half a mile TO Ok
iord Circus. The rioters turned here to the
left, and went west down Oxford street to
Hyde Park, three-quarters of a mile. This
route was undoubtedly chosen by the lead
ers 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 Plea
dilly, and thence to Park Lane, it might
run too near the barracks on the south side
OF the park. 1t was that part of the mob.
which was drawn east through st. James
street to Regent, that attempted to enter
the War Office, opposite St. James Square
but which was scared away.
JOHN BRIGHT's OLD HOME INVADED.
Arnold Morley's residence is in the
Piocldilly 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
Morley was in. He loudly called for helm.
and number of policemen for moment
stood in the way of the men. but
finally they were swept aside like chaff
and host OF desperate men rushed mn
Morley's steps. He had locked and bar
rlcaded the door, but it was burst open and
the house overrun, despite his frantic
screams and protests. When the invaders
went away they left scarcely sound pane
of glass IN the building. A very great
number of other private houses along the
mob's route Jared much worse than did
John Brights old home The Deyonshire
Clubs house had been previously attacked
in st. James street. The attack upon the
building took place at the very beginning
OF the riot, and was very savage
BREAK FOR Foop.
Hate etts Hotel is a large well-known
hostelry at Nos. 81 and 6s PiccadilIy.
When the mob passed this locality, many
of the rank and file, who were hungry,
made rush for the hotel They had it
in their possession in moment, and
sacked it of food and drink, and left the
building badly wrecked. As the men were
leaving the hotel they saw carriage
which was pressed up against TIE curb by
the passing procession, and abandoned by
its frightened occupants. 1t was seized.
and in an instant broken up, and the
wheel spokes, shafts and other good pieces
carried away for clubs. The Turf Clubs
house, being in Piccadilly, presented a
temptation to the rioters as they passed by.
and they smashed all its front doors and
windows with stones All along Regent
and Oxford streets, between Piccadilly and