Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-10
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- Feb. 9. a.m.-Ibai part OF
b.,.loar square mob which vent
81. P.rk vas eonposed Of hordes
sns.a ailed sp C1okspnr street, Pail
- ~. James street vaen tbs
~ Cgns vas attack d. This long
Dns -, ,bronR bent at Regent street,
-. h-g,ns al Pail Mall about half
g ,<tveen Nelson's nonumen. and
., G,.s street, and nooyrd northvard
80 Regent street to PicosdilIy, =
a mile away. and, p4ssin :
sFI ReceBt's CIrcus, vent Gor:h
s1.s ..roaQh Regent street half mile
Ee.-,a fareus. The rioters snrasd
pVs. -. left, vent zest down Oxford
"a HYDE Park, three quarters of
"a, Ibis uts vas undoubtedly y
, h, the leaders for the porp lse Of
- the croxd on safe ground. a.
i.oald then be on the north side of
.,k. II the mob bad gone along
.mas street 10 Piccadilly, aud
- 70 Park l. ,ne, 1, might run too
~. barracks 90 the south side of
s,s IL vas th 4 part ~ the Inob
80 vas drawn last through sI James
- 70 Regent that attemp pted 10 enter
- Var Oiiice opposite So. James
s...,s. bat which was scared away,
's.old Msrlsy's residence Il in the PIC
s.s;,iv oor.,on Of this route. IL il the
- formerly occupied by John Bright
- /. sell known to many of the mob.
- IT, ,bs rioters approached the housa
80, vas 10. He loudly called fer
- and a number Of policemen for a
.omso, stood in the way of the men,
n sually we're swept aside like chaff.
~ . host Of DESPERATE men rashed up
so,ley'. steps. He bad locked and
..yr,ssded the door, but IL vas burst
,.sp and the house oyerrun, despite his
s,.ntis screams and pretests. When the
;s,.dsrs vent away they left scarcely q
s,spd pspe Of glass in the building. A
rfy great number Of other private
go along the mo5's route Jared
1scb worse than did John Brlght's old
Ths Deyopshire Clubs house had
zen previousiy attacked In Ss. James
sr,st. Tbs attack upon this building
.sok piscs at the very beginning Of the
rot. and VS. very savage.
Hstchel's hotel is a large. well known
bo1lsIry al 81 and 6S Piccadilly. When
A. mob passed this locality many of
~ rank and file we're h1ngry and made
4 rush for the hotel. They had IL IN
lneif possessiop In moment, and sacked
|, Of food and drink, and left the build
Ius badly wrecked. As the mob were
<svina the hotel, they saw q carriage
wssssd up against the curb By. the pass
'ns procession. and abandoned by It's
Irshtsnsd occupants. IL was seized
snd 10 an instant broken up, ana the
sbeels, npokes and shafts and other
suitable pieces carried away for clubs.
The Turf Cluu's house, being In Piooa
dilly, presented temptation to she
ro.sn a. they passed by, and they
smashed oil It's front doors and win
dovs With stones. AL along Regent
and Oxford streets, between Piccsdiliy
md Hyds Park, houses were attacked
ndiscsininstely and their windows
mashed.
After Barns had been driven away
rom the Nelson monument by the po
loo, and had spoken from the national
lAllsry wall and the Carlton Club steps.
! savage fRht took place between bis
the socialists snd anti social
sta The battle ragged fer some time,
st the socialists proved victorious and
fled Barns TO their shoulders and bore
im aloft 10 Regent street, where with
im they succeeded in bending the
rovd toward Hyde Park, Burns lead
Y the whole way. At the park, when
10 neb had all collected, Barns again
adressed them. This speech WAS even
lofe violent than these before made
10 language was exciting. and the
hole address was calculated to set the
'ovd loose on the town. Burns Was
lowed by several other soeialistic
,sAkers, all OF whom did all In their
,ver 20 stir MP strife. When the
lsskinp WAS over the mob broke up
10 sections. The main body wen,
sek east along Oxford street. The
irighted residents along that thor
,ghfare had not yet recovered from
Isir panic, aud the mob had the street
themselves. They smashed every
und window they noticed, and the
Inc shops we're broken in and their
,ntcats distributed freely TO whoever
ishsd drink. Beer saloons were simi'
fly treated, tailor shops br ken into
I'd clothes and rolls of cloth thrown
u into the street 10 be taken By those
songesi In the fights which resulted.
very person met who looked like q
,rsiener vas stoned or beaten from
10 street. Scores of times policemen
tempted TO save the assailed property
nd make arrests, but were every time
sstsn and compelled to surrender the
fisonsrs,
In the meantime several thousand
osdies remained In Trafalgar Square,
ccapyine the time In daring the pelics
0 come 10 them, and making rushes sl
and other obnoxious persona
. one Of these rushee the mob over
hrtv two heavy granite quarters; these
ell across Charing Cross and blocked
rafie 10 and from the Charing Gross
silvay station. The police made sev'
fh most desperate efforts 20 clear away
he obstruction, but we're easily resisted
ycFyvhere by the mob. The mob held
heir ground % we'll At Trafalgar SQUARE
bat until they Voluntarily abandoned
ne scene the entire power OF the polics
'roved tlsufficient to clear the way q
ne OF the most important railway sta
hons In the world large enough TO per
nii even Q single carriage line 10 pass u
nd from the depot.
Some time after dark the mob sradu
ny left Trafalgar square and ven
Gay, satisfed that. without having sc
aAliy collided With the police, they has
'on the day. As the mob dispersed, 10
ectious made havoc every where anti
hey dsindled away.
The scenes which characterised th,
p1reas Of that section Of the HYDE Parl
neh which went through Oxford stree
IlDo attended the retreat OF the othe
sctions Of the crswd. Every stree
beg entered vas surrendered 10 them
u hnidnight the police reports eonsarre'
. usatine that never before In the p'ss
'1t generation has such . distarbanc
'ceerred In London, thoush there ga
ittls loss OF bleod. some officials de
Hare thai upward of 5000 mea mus
have been riotinR for at least six hours
ssth absolate possession OF every thor
oeeafsre they chose TO invade. Yet D.
NE sas reported taken. Had the polie'
oesa safong enough 90 attach the mo-
~ WY point, terrible records woal'
nsse been made; snt at midnight evers
iains u pretty much a. 10 Was durinI
tse dAy, and the whole thing seems 9
y . SORT Of sightmare. while st laste'
Ne eity Gas thoroughly excited, and ID
nso vas essentially Easiish. 10 msd'
u'ehtfal demonstration. and Vas no
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