Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-08-08
OUR LONDON LETTER.
The English Observation-Disclosures
Defeat-The SOcial.Dcm0crats and
the Police in LOndOn-lndns.
trial Situations.

LON DON, JHly - ny WV u"''
this letter reaches YOU the result OF
the electoral contest in this country
will be known to you. That the
Conservatives and Liberal Unionists
will gain the day over the Gladston-
ans and Parnelitcs is certain. MIR.
Gladstone, i'll appealing to the
"masses" against the "clasSeS APP
pealed to u democracy without votes;
hence the result. However, there
is one good point about the matter:
ere long we shall see the complete
breakup Of the party system Of gov
eminent which curses England us it
does the States. The coalition Of
Conservatives and l'nionist Liberals
will last so long as they are opposing
the Gladstonians. But when once
the former are in Office it is scarcely
probable that they will 60 on for
long without some disagreement be-
tween them arising. We fully en-
pect that another election will take
place in about six months. Home
Rule for Ireland is pretty sure to
come, sooner or later.
There is cvcry Likelihood Of another
tussle taking place between the So
cial-Dcmoclats and the police. At
Bell street, Edgware road, at Cam
bridgeport, klIburn, and at Pear
man street, Westminster, the usual
open lair meetings held by the local
Branches of the Social-Dcmocratic
Federation, have been prohibited.
The ocial-Democratic Federation
has, for the present, decided to con
centrate it's efforts on Bell street. as
for eighteen months meetings have
been held there without interference
Moreover, besides two in Bell street
itself, religious and temperance
meetings are held in nearly thirty
other streets in the ncighborhood
without molestation by the police.
Bateman, Champion, Culwick, Mann,
and Williams (who last year suffered
a months Imprisonment for a like
offence at bod street, llmehouse) Of
the Social-Democratic Federation,
and Arnold of the Socialist League
have been brought before the magis-
trate and have had nominal fines
imposed upon them, with the threat
of the full penalty if brought up
again. The charge upon which they
were arrested was obstruction. ln-
gally the magistrate has no choice
but to convict any person proved to
have addressed any crowd in any
road, no matter how. little used.
But what the Social Democrats pro.
test against is that it is left III the
hands of the police to decide what
meetings they shall stop and which
they leave alone, This is what th,
Social-Dcmocrats protest against
Williams again spoke ut Bell stree,
last night Sunday to more thar
1900 people, The street certainl,
was blocked this time, but that wa
due to the advertisement given t,
the meeting by the police who, how
ever, made no attempt to interior
with the meeting, Williams vii
probably be summoned. and If 50. h
will have the full penalty imposes
upon him: so fine or a months inn
prlsonment.
In the Hamilton district the Scot
fish coal miners have successful
inaugurated the restriction of III
hours of labor which thty haze bee
agitating for the past two years
Several miners are. however, out o
work, and in some Of the adjaccn
districts the men have been asked t
accept reductions Of from 10 to !
per cent. The districts which 1t,
pend upon the manufactured ro
trades are endeavoring to bring abor
further organization and federation
A large meeting has been held /
Oldham, when over 5000 peopI
were present. and pledged thcmselv,
to support the new organization.
II. ". LEE.