Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-02-20
THE RED FLAG UN-
FURLED.
The City Of London at the
Mercy Of a Mob.
Fifty Thousand Desperate Men
and Six Hours of Anarchy.
Thousands of People Beaten and
Many Houses Sacked.
Public Buildings, Hotels, Saloons
and Stores Taken by Storm-The
Police Utterly PowerIess. and the
Riot Stopped Only by Exhaustion.


Riot Stopped Only by Exhaustion.
The starving mechanics of London held
| mass-meeting in Trafalgar square around
the Nelson monument and it resulted III
not. The proceedings were opened with an
assemblage of 10000 men. 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 Socialists,
and extraordinary vigilance was ordered to
preserve the peace at all hazards. Con-
spicuOus among the leaders of the multitude
was Mr.. Burns, who ran as the Socialist
candidate in Nottingham in the recent elec'
ton. He sleered at the police aud acted
generally as if he wished to bring about
conflict between them and the people.
Finally he ascended the pedestal of the
Nelson column for the purpose of delivering
a harangue. He was well aware that this
act would not be tolerated, and the police
politely ordered him to get down. This he
refused to do, appealing to the crowd to re-
sist interference with the exercise OF pop
ular rights. The officers, however, we're
determined, and they pushed their way
through the excited and resisting mass OF
Humanity and by force removed Mr. Burns
from the pedestal.
, Bv this time the crowd had vastly aug
,, mented. and the streets adjacent were
, packed with sIIrging mObS. The stir in the
7 elevated spot where the Burns incident took
; place was easily perceptible over almost th'
. entire area covered by the cOncourse. anC
: the sight of helmets and uniforms in th'
! struggle was accepted as visible proof of th'
2 commencement of 1.-The fight against tn
aw."
BURNS MAKES HIS SPEECH.
q The intelligence was responded to with
1 general and fearful howl and an attempte'
e rush from all directions to the point OF intel
e est. Burns had now been removed som
IS distance from the position he had attempte
n to occupy. He became emboldened by th
ls cries of the throng, and made desperdt
n effort to recover his lost ground. lie was S
d. effectively helped by the mob that the officer
2. on the spot were brushed out OF the way, an
the orator was soon pressed up against tn
monument. He quickly reascended II
+ petestaI, accompanied by number OF Oth'
Socialist leaders Burns bore red flag. an
he waved it 10 the aSsemblage as signal {
> triumph over the authorities. He W;
greeted with deafening shouts repeatt
a again and again.
ABIrTER RESOLUTION.
Burns now lesurely finished his addres
He then read iiercely wOrded reSolutlo
This denounced the authors ut the prese
al distress in England" demanded that parli
ID ment start public works to give empioyme
and bread to the tens of thousands of
he serving men who were out of work thrOu
las no fault of their own, but because of b
government: to afford every facility for
en employment of British capital at home
nd the benefit of the British people, and to gi
rt | British enterprise the preference over +
eign :and asserted that the time had arrlv
for parliament TO earnestly legisate for
90 relief of the depression in the English az
~ cultural industry. The resolutions demand
80 the immediate appointment of minister
commerce and minister of agricultu
and concluded with the resolve that cop
- should he forwarded to Mr.. Gladstone. IL
Nv, Salisbury, Mr.. Parnell and the board
,r,. public works.
,res The reading of the resolution was acc'
= in panied by fierce comment and short eXl
ira natory speeches by the various orators
far stood with Burns. Some of these ora'
went so far as to warn the government u
although the starving mechanics" OF l.
the don were now attempting to draw atten
the to their needs by quiet and peaceful az
vor- ton, they were bound to get bread ana We
ting get il by attacking the baker shops De'
ther the government did not come to their re
d to Burns himself in one of these side spee'
onel denounced the present house ofcommOl
a body of landlords and capitalists Tor WI
! the hanging was too good. He also decl
en- that the people had assembled to sum
mer- narliament to Immediately relieve the
wing tress ofthe British workiDgmen: that pc
con- wanted the question settled at once
o the peacefuly, if possible, otherwise revolt
lpen- was inevitable.
! Co.. THE POLICE REINFORCED.
cord All this so aggravated the exciteme
ssels, the huge mob that the police reformed
all be increased force and made another as:
II all They succeeded in forcing their way
1887; the pedestal. They reached this poin
led TO as the resolutions, which had already
No offered and seconded, were about to b
all be mitted to the mob for approval. The Of
vessel at once ordered the proceedings to
xcept- continued on the pedestal and comm
h YES Burns and his colleagues to come
IS that This they refused to do and the o
airy L, thereupon dragged them uo"h oy iol'
be re- drove them from tne peueot"i' '"
20 that dent Burns expected that the appliea'
,ations force to him would precipitate not
was also apparent that the officers III