Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-02-10
THE LONDON RIOT.
Another Day OF DiSOrder.-TeH
Thousand ROughs Defy the
Police.
The Mob Finally Dispersed and
the RingleaderS Punished,
LONDON, Feb. Q.

LONDON, Feb. Q.
Ten thousand rioters are now congregated
In Trafalgar square, London. Troops have
been called out and serious trouble is antici.
pated.
The Standard hopes that the riot will no,
induce the public to withhold aid from de.
serving persons out of employment. 1t trusts
that means will be found to arraign the so.
cialist leaders and complains of the supne-
ness of the police.
The Times says if Burns and Hyndermann
have not already been arrested, they should
be taken into custody at once. No misplaced
fears of making martyrs of them ought TO
prevent their punishment Genuine work
men are sufferers by such riots in the sue
ceeding anger which shuts out public sympa-
thy The government must organize an
emigration scheme.
The Telegraph and Post complain of the
unprepared condition of the police and hope
the riot will be a warning to the officials in
the future.
Lord Cremorne, while walking in ST. James
street, was hustled by the crowd and robbed
of scarf pin. A carriage containing the
wife of a former minister was stopped on the
street but the lady was not molested Lord
Limerick was pinned to the rails in front of
the Carleton club by a number of roughs
who grabbed and secured his watch chain,
though he succeeded in retaining his watch.
Mr.. Downey, NJ. p, was robbed of his watch
and chain. The total number of police
available yesterday was probably only 2500,
while 40, 900 were used on the krecent occa
sion of speech to Parliament by the Queen
Twelve persons, altogether. have been ar
rested for participating in the riot. All are
workmen.
The News attributes yesterdays riot to
socialists and fair traders taking advantage
Of an excellent opportunity to attempt to con-
vince the world that social revolution is
brewing. There is nothing, the News says,
to cause serious alarm. The riot ought to
provoke neither anger nor panic. Distress
is very real and efforts should be made to
alleviate it. Owing to the long absence of
riots, the police were taken by surprise. The
riot renders lesson that disposition exists
to use empty stomachs and idle hands for the
purpose of political and social agitation.
p M.-Fears are entertained that the
riots of Monday will be renewed. This is
what would naturally be expected when the
immunity secured by the mob in its work of
destruction, yesterday, is ,consd red. The
police showed that they were utterly power
less to cope with such force as that with
of another demonstration, today, small crowds
of roughs have been pouring into Trafalgar
square from different parts of the city, and
at this hour crowds have assembled in num-
bers of fully 300. None of the leaders, how
ever, of Mondays disturbance have made
their appearance as yet and whether any pro-
gram has been determined for another out
break is not known. West End, today wears
holiday appearance. A general feeling of
alarm and insecurity is felt among the resi-
dents of that quarter and most of the sshop $
are closed. Tradesmen are indignant at the
lack of protection afforded them by the au-
thorites and at the lack of instructions of
the police. No instructions have yet been
given to the police as to what course to pur-
sue in the event of further outrsges by the
mob and shop keepers feel that they are en-
tirely ungarded against the pillage and de-
struction of their property. Though it is
well known who the leaders of the mob were
none of them have been arrested Trades
men propose to send petition to the Home
office, demanding that they be afforded pro-
lection from the depredations of the mob.
socialist leader in an interview relating to
the part taken by socialists in the demon
s,rations Monday, said that while he did not
approve of riotng, still he could not but re-
gard it as an event which tended to show that
society was insecure. In regard to stone
throwing at the Carleton Club House, Spar
| ling said the members of that body had
brought the attack upon themselves by ap'
pearing at the windows and laughing and
| jeering at the mob. In explanation If the
rough treatment to which lady had been
subjected by the rioters he said her carriage
had been stopped because the lady was heard
| to order her coachman to "Drive over the
dogs" The mob, Sparkling said, selected and
attacked shops which, displayed the roya
arms.
| $50 p. My three o'clock the mob a
| Trafalgar Square was estimated to be 1000
strong. The majority of the great throng i.
composed of loafers and roughs of the worst
class. Large numbers of police are present.
but their efforts to control the turbulence o
the mob have so far proved unavailing. The,
have-not been able to clear the streets anC
traffic for a time has been brought to a stand
STILL The spirit of the mob today is sggres
sve. Every carriage which happens to COM
within reach of the rioters is at once sur
rounded and its occupants hooted and hissed
An equi, page during the early part of the sf
,ernoon was driven near the mob. Someon
said the turnout was the Lord Mayors an
the rioters at once made rush for it, seem
ingy determined to tear the vehicle to piece
and stamp its occupants to death. The pc
lice, however, by vigorous charge, rescue
the .quippage and its occupants and got then
10 a place of safety. The mob at present i
simply tremendous force of undirected hu
man savages. Nothing it would seem bu
the want of popular leader prevents tn
mob from exerting its strength in some or
ganized movement which might bring abou
most disastrous results. During the after
noon the police charged the mob twice in full
force for the purpose of breaking it up an
driving the fragments from Trafalgar Squar
but both efforts we're absolutely futile. Th
mob would yield little at the point of at
tack but bulge out again in some diheren
direction The police could not surroun'
it. Each effort of the police was greeted b.
the vast assemblage with cheers and yeils.
At3 P. NJ. the rioters were getting enrage
at the frequent repetition of the attacks D.
the police The hostile temper OF the mob /
perceptibly rising. Thousands Of men ar
pouring down to the scene and all the pave
n,ents in the vicinity Of Trafalger Square ar
lined with excited men.
Hynderman, president of the democratl
federation, disclaims any responsibility TO
the actions of the mob, Monday. Els predict
that trouble of very serious proportions vii
epsue if the distress existing among the work
ipgmen was not soon relieved. Men will nc
.tarye forever, he says, and if the authorize
refuse to aid them, they must not be SUI
prised if force il resorted to to secure bread
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