The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-10
THE LORD MAYOR
has ms ANNUAL BLOWOUT.

! The Socialists Assemble In Trafalgar squar,
4 and Give the Police Some Trouble, but
No Serious Disturbances Occur
General Foreign News,
LONDON, Nov 9.-Lord Mayors Day
opened gloomy and dark, There are few
/ signs In the city to indicate that this 10 the
day for the Lord Mayors show. The dis.
play ot bunting and the decoration Of
buildings usually made on this occasion is
almost generally omitted, and the author.
tiles aud populsce seam to be imbued
with scnse Of oppression, This condi.
tion is due 10 anxiety for the result OF the
threatened gathering oil Socialists today
The police have made all possible arrange.
men(s for resisting any attempts at disor-
der. AtRn early hour shoals Of roughs
began to emerge from the Rlums aud make
their way towards the sections where the
Socialists have arranged to assemble. Bat.
talions oil police proceeding to different
points received hearty cheers from the
people.
The Htrsets oi the city and In the West
End present q remarkable appearance,
All the shutters OF the shops are drawn
and baIricRded, and the iron railings are
boarded with stout timber. Banks aud
other buildings arc secured In similar
manner, These precautions are not con,
fined to the buildings on the yogts oil the
Lord Mayors procession, but extend to
strests far removed. The suburban police
and the reserves have been posted at
prominent points, and q large military
force and all the Household troops are ii
readiness II their assistance Ia needed,
AT II o'clock q force Of police occupied
the north aide Of Trafalgar Square. The
shops in the vicinity are closed, aud the
doors and windows OF the jawelry estab.
lishments are heavily barred Hundreds
OF students, armed with stiCks, have gath,
cred about the Square. A crowd OF loa(. |
ers arrived, and were allowed to proceed |
to tho entrance Of the Square. They were
mat by a double line Of police snd turned
into the Strand. Mounted police cleared
the roadway. The crowd at Trafalgar
Square kept increasing 10 vast proper.
ti6ns, but the police maintained admirable
order, Sir Charles Warren, Commission.
er Of the Metropolitan Police, visited the
Square this morning and indicated the &c, !
sitions to which the policemen should be !
aSSiaNed,
A MOB SCATTERED,
A triNlng occurrence occurred In TIA.
fslgsr Square at about noon. A plob
about three hundred strong, and marching |
In q body, was halted by tho police and
separated. Tho polics then cleared the |
square and pushed the crowd towards the |
Thames embankmept. There the mob |
halted and hooted and grosned at the OF. |
0pers, Three hundred medical Btudents, |
marching i've abreast and armed with
heavy 6ludgeons, proceeded along the
Strand to aid the po.ice. Tho Life guards
were drawn up and formed o Gordon auroRs
White Chapel, shutting out ths East End |
Socialists, Tho Life guards in passing
Victoria 1treet were sRlu!ed with groans
by Q small knot oil roughs, but the major.
ity OF the collected crowds watched their
progress In silence.
Two Socialists called upon Sir Charles
Warren to-day aud re9ueB.sd an answer
to their letter Of yesterday inquiriug why
the proposed Socialist denomination hal
been prohibited. Sir Charles referred
them to his proclamation, which, he said,
wonld give them the reasons,
The procession started at the usual hour
and proceeded over the assigned route
without anything happening beyond the
usual horse play Incident to the occasion.
The police dispersed the rapdipal atu.
dents and refused 10 allow them 10 oocu.
py Trafalgar Square. One thousand DO.
lioeman we're posted at the square. The
Scot Guards were mustered In 1t. Georges
barracks, behind the National gallery.
The crowd about Trafalgar Square at one
o'clock had grogn colossal, the rough Gle.
ment pfedomlnstng. ACcsssiops were
constantly arriving. Polios llned the
streets cohyerg;ng on the Square. They
also surrounded the Square and refused
10 permit any one 10 onIer. Efforts were
nad9 to keep tina crowd moving as far 90
II was possible.
When the lord Mayors procesuion
passed Trafalgar Square 1t met with no
demonstration on the part Of the crowds
except some puoIaaniXsd cheering and
hootInE, the latter being especially d.
reoted at the Lord Mayor. After the show
had gone by, however, tho mob at once
surged ey0r into the Square and soon
formed deuse throng about the Nelson
monument. A number Of men mounted
the pedestal at different points. Some OF
these waved red tag Il
SCENE OF EXCITEMENT.
Tho tquare soon became scene Of ex.
element. Recognized Socialist leaders