Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-02-12

raugues OF socialists. Until midnight there
was a veritable reign Of terror in the city,
but strangely enough not life was lost, aud
when the mob had had enough OF pillage and
excitement it broke up Of its own accord and
went home to bed
Detailed story OF the Outbreak.
London despatch Of February s says: The city |
from Trafalgar Square aud Charing Cross down the |
Mall and through Pccadllly and St. James street to
Hyde Park was in the possession of mobs Of excited
and destructive rioters to-day. Tue uproar was Of
sociastic nature, and might have been easily queed
at the beginning had the police been out in suihcent
numbers 10 overawe aud subdue the throng. mass |
meeting Of workngmen had been called together IN |
Trafalgar Square. Its management was in the hands
OF the socialists, who called TO their assistance large
number Of iufiammable aborers who described as
the starving mechanics The meeting was attend |
ed by at least 10000 men, completely hliug the |
Square. The ringleaders were clustered about Mel
sons monument The principal speaker was the So
caist Burns, who stood as the candidate Of his sup
porters Noting ham ia the recent elections Burns
did his worst 10 bring about .he fight. He sneered at
tue police saying that their presence there in
suit to freemen. All the while he and his supporters
were moving further up the elevation on which the
monument stands, and hnaly be mounted the pedes-
tai, an act which he knew would not be tolerated
The mob cheered Justify at his defiance. detAch-
ment Of officers marched up to Burns aud ordered
him down from the pedestal. Amid the turbulent
shouts Of the crowd, the speaker refused, aud the Of
hcera laid hold upon him aud removed him fOrcibly.
by this time the crowd had grown to immense pro-
portions. The forcible removal " the Socialist was
by all the rioters. 1t provoked the uensest e1
citemeut and tremendous rush was made from all
sides to the elevated point which was the centre OF
the commotiou. Burns had been forced down the
hill considerable distance from the spot be bad in
yaded aud embroidered by the reckless shouts Of the
rioters he called out 10 them to aid him aud made a
desperate effort to recover his lost position. Tue Of
acers stood their ground but they we're to 500 aud
were quickly brushed away by au overwhelming tide
Of people. The Socialist was carried triumphantly up
to the monument aud resumed bis place upon the
pedestal when he had mounted there he produced
a red az aud shook it violently In sight Of the half
freuzied crowd itighiul chorus OF cheers re-
Eponded TO THIS significant action. Burns then re-
sumed his speech, which was made the more hagrant
in its terms by the victory be had the au-
thurites. As he went on tue thrOng became more
and more ungoyernable and the speaker more and
more fierce and demunstratiye. He read iunamma-
tory resolutions, denounciug the "auhors Of the
present distress in England aud demanding that
Parliament start public works to give employment
and bread to the tens Of thousands u deserving
who were out Of work through no fault Of their own
but because Of bad government The reading Of the
resolution was accompanied by fierce comment aud
short explanatory speeches by the various orators who
stood with burns Some Of these orators went so Tar
to the government that although the "starv-
iug mechanics" Of London were now attempting to
draw attention to their needs by quiet and peaceful
agitation, they bound to get bread aud would
get by attacking the bakers shops next II the
| ernmeut did not come to their relief. Burns him
self, in one Of these side speeches, denounced the
| present House Of Commons body Of landlords
| aud capitalists for whom banging was too good Al
this stage the police rallied, formed IN column, reach
| ed the monument and drove Burns aud the other
speakers from the pedestal Burns evidently expect
ed that the application Of force would precipitae
riot, and apparently the officers feared an attack. But
| the men composing the mob were not yet 10 hghtng
| humor, and coutented themselves for the time by
| hootiug the police aud smothering them with -four.
! dirt and garbage. The officers attempted no retala-
| ton The mob spread through the adjacent streets
| every minute becoming more Threatening.
! After their election neither Burns nor any Of his
! colleagues made any further attempt TO get back.
They at left the scene aud tried at various points
| to incie the mob to violence The mob was split mp
into many divisions by being forced down the differ
streets by the press from Trafalgar square, and
the various divisions started on hootugi hnNling and
| challenging the authorities. The invaded streets
were at once abandoned 20 the rioters, who, finding
themselves longer opposed, vented their Ill viii
against well housed people aud against the clubs by
stoniug the dwellings and cubhouses along the way
At O'Clock all that part Of the city Ia the neigh
borhood of tue Naoual gallery Carlton club aud Re
form club in the possession Of the mob Several
faction nights had taken place omoug the rioters and
furious mob was marching through st James street
aud Piccadilly on its way to Hyde Park to hold a
meeting. The mob vas cursiug the authorities, at
lacking shops, sacIng saloons, getting drunk and
smashing windows. 90 its way TO Hyde PARK, the
front Of the mob made an effort to enter the war Of
fee, but turned away when the sentinel at tue en-
trance confronted them with his bayonet Conspicu-
Gus among the buildings attacked by this mob was
that occupied residence by Mr.. Arnold Morley,
the newly appointed patronage secretary Ihis house
formerly the home If John Bright, aud when the
mob left it hardly a whole pane Of glass was left 10
| its windows. Many other residences suffered even
more. The police along the route to Hyde Park were
brushed out OF the way by the rioters as so many
of straw aud many Of the officers were terribly
beaten for their Interference.
Tue most violent acts we're committed on North and
| South Andley streets and oxford street. Probably
200 shops aud dozen club-houses were seriously
damaged and about 80 shops were plaged, including
jewelers., bakers, butchers, aud wine-shops Car
riages containing women were stopped on the streets
aud the occupants forced to aight. Some Of the RI
oters entered the vehicles and drove at the head Of
the crowd All decently attired persons who encoun
tered the rioters were tossed about, The ~earers o.
silk hats had them smashed heads aud farce
worse than anybody else.
After Burns had been driven away from the Nelson
monument by the police, aud bad spoken from III,
National gallery wall and the Carlton club steps
savage tight took place between his adhereuts the so
calists, and the antsociaiss. The battle ragged 70
some time but the socialists proved victorious, an'
they lifted Burns to their shoulders and bore hin
alon to Regent street. where, with him. they sue
ceedod in bending the crowd toward Hyde Park
Burns leading the way. At the park, when the mo
had all collected, Burns again addressed them. Thi
speech more violent than the others he hai
made the language was exciting, and the whole ad
dress well calculated to set the crowd loose upo
. the town. Burns was followed by several other 50
cialist speakers, all Of whom did all in their power
stir up strife When the speaking was over, the mo
! broke up into sections aud disappeared from th
The maiu body went back along oxford stree
again. The ahrghted residents aloug this thorough
fare were not yet recovered from their panic, and 10
r mob had the street all to themselves. They smashe
- every sound window they noticed. The wine shop
were broken In and their contents distributed reel
10 whomsoever wished to drink. The beer saloon
were similarly treated. Tailor shops were broken in
to and the clothes aud rolls Of cloth thrown on
into the street. to be taken by those strongest 10 tn
hght which resulted. Every person met who locke
like foreigner stoned OF beaten from the stree
Some time after dark the mob gradually left Trafa
q gar Square They went away satisfied that withou
having actually come in collision with the police the
. had on the day The scenes which characterize
u the retreat Of that section Of the Hyde Park mo
a which went through OIfordst, also attended the r.
; treat OF the other sections Of that crowd. Ever
street they entered was surrendered TO them, and
midnight the police reports concurred in stating h
IS never before in the present generation had such
, tremendous disturbance occurred in London with
> little loss If blood. Some officials declared that NJ
l. ward Of $4,000 men must have been rioting for
least three hours with absolute possession Of ever
~ horoughfare they chose to invade, yet no life is r
ported to have been taken. II the police had bee
strong enough to attack the mob at any point the
b.. might have been terrible records to make But
o midnight everything was pretty much as it had bee
the day before, aud tue whole thing appeared like
horrid nightmare. While 1t lasted the city tho
oughly excited but the mob was essentially Engi
1T made a frightful denomination, not resiste
and went to bed at the usual hour.
II The establishment Of the Messrs. Pickett, jeweeT
- on Oxford street. completely Quilted by the rio
= ers, who carried away iewery valued at many thou
and pounds. Other large stores we're wrecked by II
4 mob.
L. Many Of tue rioters we're arrested. Some OF the
II fined and discharged, others remauded for tr
t. while number were sentenced to imprisonment f.
various terms, ranging from one to six months.
heavy fog in London on Tuesday gave the riote
g. another opportunity to gather in Trafalgar squar
% The mob numbered fully 10000 people, but no sci
70 Gus damage done; and at last the police ralli
y and dispersed the crowd
Oh BIG SCARE ON WEDNESDAY.
sr London treated to gigantic hoax Wednesd
ty mob Of roughs had gathered at Deptford under
Of tue fog and were marching toward Trafale
Square looting as they went. The FIRST NEW
along which the destroying band were declared to
advancing were thrown into a panic, aud shOp-ke'
10 ers every side shut up their establishments.
be story was pure fiction, and there was no dstuTbau
10 whatever,
a. "A strike is in progress among the COX
a. workers in the coke district about Council
Ville Pa. The employers have attempted
o. resist the strikers and much suffering is I
g result. Monday 800 strikers marched in
40 Bradford, fired on few men who were
" work there, and committed other acts of vi
&C. lenoe
IL The mal-odCrous Rev. Downs of 4
Boston Bowdion Square Baptist church h
W. brought a S2O,O0O suit for criminal lii
.c- against Rev. Geo. w. Bosworth of Ca
as bridge secretary of the Massachusetts Ba
N. fist convention, because Bosworth lt
TIA Downs's name off the official list of ordain
II. ministers. Suit has also been brought again
n. the Bowdoin Square church society to reoo
err Mr.. Downs's salary as pastor The allie
ed amount due lie $4,000, 9 full years sala
We at $3.50 month. The soeietys funds ha
TO been attached.
M The New York street-csr conducto
" drivers and other employees, struck last F
day morning for a reduction of hours Of wo
tn to II with an hours intermission for Dime
'st and carried the point before night,
VS. The schooner Maud NJ. Story, carry
To- q crew of fourteen men. sailed from GlOuc