Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-02-09

on safe ground, as they would be on the
north side of the Park. If the mob had gone
along ST. James street to Picadilly and hence
to Park lane, it might have run too near the
barracks on the south side of the Park.
1t was that part of the mob which was
drawn east through St. James street to Re.
gent that attempted to enter the war Office
opposite St. James square, but which was
scared away. Arnold Morleys residence is
IN the Picadiily portion of this route. The
house was formerly occupied by Jno. Brigh,
and was well known to MANY of the mob,
when the rioters approached, today, Morley
was in. He loudly called for help and 3
number of brave policeman for a moment
stood in the way of the men but finally they
were swept aside like chaff and host of des.
perate men rushed up Morley's steps. He
had locked and barricaded his door, but i,
was burst open against his face and the
house was overrun despite his frantic appeals
and protests. When the invaders went away
they left scarcely sound pane of glass in the
building. A great number of other private
houses Jared much worse than did Jao.
Brights old home. Hatchett's Hotel wss
sayagely attacked. They had il in their DOS
session IN moment, and they sacked it OF
food and drink and left the building badly
wrecked
After Burns had been driven from the Mel
son monument by the police and had spoken
from the National Gallery wall and Carlton
Clubs steps, fight took place between his
adherents, the socialists, and the anti-social-
its. The battle ragged for some time but
the socialists proved victorious, and they
lifted Burns to their shoulders and bore him
aloft to Regent street, where with him they
succeeded IN bending the crowd towards
hyde Park, Burns leading the way. At the
Park Burns and several other socialistic
speakers addressed the mob, all of whom did
all 10 their power to stir up strife. The
crowd then broke up in section, the main
body going back east along Oxford street
again. Along their route they broke into
wine and beer shops and freely distributed
the contents. Every person met who looked
like foreigner was stonned or beaten from
the streets. In the meantime several thous-
and rowdies remained in Trafalgar square,
occupying tkeir time in daring the police .to
come on" and making rushes at constables
and other obnoxious persons. In one of
these rushes the mob overthrew two heavy
granite pillars, which blocked the
traffic to and from Charing Cross railway sta
ton. The police made several most desper-
ate exertions to clear away the obstruction
but were easily resisted every time by the
mob. This mob held their ground so well at
Trafalgar square that until voluntarily aban-
doned the scene, the entire power of the
police proved insufficient to clear away one
OF the most important railway stations in the
world large enough TO permit even a single
carriage line to pass to and from the depot
Sometime after dark the mob gradually left
Trafalgar square and went away satisfied that
W IA th., Ia.
had won the dsv. As the mob dispersed its
section made havoc in the streets until
they dwindled away.
The police report that never before in the
pteseDt generation has such a tremendous
disturbance occurred in London with so little
loss of blood. Some officials declare that up
wards of $4,000 men must have been rioting
for at least six hours with absolute posses
sion of every thoroughfare they chose to in
wade, yet no life is reported to have been
taken, If the police had been strong enough
to attack the mob at any point there might
have been terrible records to make, but at
midnight everything was pretty much as it
was yesterday. The whole thing seemed to
have been a sort of nightmare while it lasted
According to the latest estimates there
were $4,000 persons engaged in the
Trafalgar square demonstration. Two-thrds
Of the crowd were bonatide unemployed work :
ingmen while the remainder were socialists.
The two sections were not in accord and there
were frequent collisions between them. The
workmen took no part in the rotious acts
that followed the meeting in Trafalgar
square. Probably 200 shops and dozen
club houses were seriously damaged and
about 80 shops were pillaged, including jew
ellers, bakers, butchers and wine shops.
LONDON, Feb. g.
The store of Messrs. Pickett, jewellers
on Oxford street, was gutted by the rioters
who carried away jewelry valued at many
thousand pounds.
At midnight the city was all quiet.