, 1886-02-09

the shopsi All dcccnty attlfcd persons
who encountered the rioters were NAL
treated. the wearcrs OF silk hats meeting
with particularly rough usage. Lord
Randolph Churchill appeared at the
window of the Carlton club building when
the mob reached there. lie was loudly
hooted and mcnaced with clenched fists
by the rioters. The leaders and the
Socialists, especially Burns, ~IIyndmln.
Williams and Chapman will probably be
prosecuted. The most violent acts were
committed IN North and South Audley
streets, and Oxford streets. Probably
two hundred shops, and club houses are
seriously damaged, about 80 shops were
pillaged, including jewellers. bakers.
butchers and wineshops. Hundreds of
lnotfcnsivc people were maltrealed. The
police were powcrlcss at first, but ultim-
atcly succeeded in restoring order by
breaking up the ranks of the rioters into
small squads. The military were kept
under arms all evening while policemen
patrolled the streets.
When the men passed this locality
many of the rank and file made a rush for
n hotel. They had il in their possession
in a moment and sacked il oi food and
drink, and left the building badly wrecked.
Az the men were leaving the hotel they
saw a carriage which was nressnd nm
AGAINST the curb law the nassiny nrocess;on
and abandoned bv ms iriebtened occ,,-
pants. II was seized and in an instant
broken mn and the wheels snakes and
| shafts and other rood nie,es were ear.
ried away for clnbs The Turr club bonse
in piccadillv nresented a termination IN
The rioters as they went bv and tbcv
smashed all its rront doors and windows
with stones. All along Regent and Ok.
ford streets. between Piceadillv and Uvle
park. houses were attacked indiscrmiu.
ately and their wind,ws smashed in.
Alter Burns had been driven away from
the Nelson monument bv the poLcc ard
had shaken FINN tbe National GALLERY wall
anil the Carlton club stems a SAVAGE iiybt
took place between his alberents the =,
c%ialists and anti-socinlists Ah,ulc r.,od
some time. bnt the SCIENTISTS provel vic.
torious and lifting him to.tbeir shoulders.
bore him alnrt to Regent street. where
with him. they succeeded in bendinr the
crowd towards HYDE mark. Rurus leading
the whole of the way. AT the park when
the mob had all collected Burns again adj
dressed them. This spccch was even
more violent than the others Le made.
Ills language was exciting and the whole
address was calculated 10 set the crowd
loose upon the town. Bans was followed
by several other Socialistic speakers. all
of whom did all ia their power to stir up
strife. When the speaking was over,
the mob broke up into sections. The
main body went back cast along
Oxlurd street again. The afrighted
residents along this t~horoughfare
had not yet recovered from the panic and
the mob had the street to themselves.
They smashed every sound window they
noticed anl wine shops were broken in
and their contents distributed freely TO
Whenever wished tn drink B,er @snloons
were similarly treated Tailor shops were
broken into and clothes and rolls of cloth
wer, thrown ont into the street to be
taken by those strongest in the fights
which resulted. Every person met who
looked liked i-oreioners were stoned or
beatcn from he street Scorcs of times