Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-09

speech was even more violent than the
others His mode and language were ex-
citing, and the whole address was calcu-
lated to set the crowd loose upon the town
Burns was followed by several other Social.
istlc speakers, all of whom did all in their
power to stir up strife.
MORE VANDALISM.
When the speaking was over the moi
broke up into sections. The main BODY
went back east along Oxford street again
The affrighted residents along this thor.
oughfare had not yet recovered from their
panic, and the mob had the street to
themselves. They smashed every
sound window they noticed, and the
WINE shops were broken into. and
contents distributed freely to whoever
wished to drink. The beer saloons wore
similarly treated. The tailor shops were
broken into and clothes and rolls of cloth
thrown out into the street, to be taken by
those strongest in the fight which resulted
Every person met who looked like for
elgner was stoned or beaten from the street
Scores OF times the policemen attempted to
save assalled property and make arrests,
put were every time beaten and compelled
to surrender their prisoners.
IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE.
In the meantime several thousand row.
dies remained in Trafalgar Square. occu.
plying the time in daring the police to
come, and making rushes at the Con
stables and other obnoxious persons. In
one of these rushes the mob overthrow two
heavy granite quarters. These fell across
Charlng Cross, and blocked traffic to and
from the Charing Cross railway station
Inc police made several most desperate
exeruons to clear away the obstruction. but
were easily resisted every time by the mob
Inc mob held their ground so well at Ira.
ialgar square that, until they voluntarily
abandoned the scene, the entire power OF
the police proved insufficient to clear a way
to one of the most important railway sta.
tons IN the world large enough to permit
even single carriage line to pass to OF
from the depot.
THE CROWDS DIsPERsE.
Some time after dark the mob gradually
left Trafalgar Square, and went away salts
fed that without having actually collidet
with the police, they had won the day. A.
the mob dispersed, its sections made havo,
in the streets until they dwindled away
Al hluhlSnt The ponce reports concuri &c
in stating that never before in the present
generation has such disturbance occurred
in London with so little loss of blood
Some officials declare that upwards of so
600 men must have been rioting for at
least six hours, with absolute possession
OF every thoroughfare they chose to in
wade, yet no life reported taken
Had the police been strong enough to at
tack the mob at any point there might
have been terrible records of bloodshed
but at midnight everything is pretty much
as 1t was during the day, and the whole
thing appears to have been sort of night
mare While it lasted the city was thor.
oughly excited, but the mob was essen
tally English. 1t made a frightful demon.
stration, was not resisted, and went TO bed
at the usual time. According to later est.
mates, 1000 persons were engaged in the
Trafalgar Square demonstration, two-thirds
OF the crowd being bona-fde unemployed
Workingmen, the remainder Socialists
The two sections were not in accord, and
there were frequent collisions between
them.