Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-19
LONDON MOB LEADERS.
Iuteresting Account of Hyndman, Barns
and Others.
Washington Correspondence PittNhurg nl>
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, la the closing paragraph Of matter sent
tn the pi~patrh last week mailed lust after
news of the London riots reached this CITY.
minated that the TtSpou~ihiI, ful Ii.
citing the mob would he laid at the door ut
, the socialists whether they were guilty or
not Tins was done in a most atr,s'imD,NlN
false waN in the regular press cable dis
patches of the next morning. That evening
4 special cable dI~patrh To- the star hlfN
Cuntradirt,d the. impliratiuu of the socialists
farther than that they madcrNCiting speech
t,s To- the. vast assembly ID appCdr> that
HNndnan Burns. Williams, Champion and
leaders nt the social democratic federation
did not lead" the mob iu HYDE Park. nuI
auyw herr, else. hut were hustled and raI
ricd along against their Will. all the Iim,.
protesting and emdeayuring Ia STAY the riot
ug
Who i. r,.,rnn,ihlr then" The London
pnlirr who iu,rrf,.r,.d with tbr rlpht ut free.
,n.rch Uyudm,u and m, friends might
h,,,. h,r,u'u,.I th,. ,.r,,yd. i'm al, iutI,r,:,-
tor, wa, tiU dnnu,s,Iay and while their
auditnr> might have, felt indignant and
,,ugrfuI the, ynuId .,ut have broken into
riutiur m.rri, an arr,urnt of AN rln,Iutut
RECITATION of wrnul,> which are yrry old
and which will ken we'll hnrtIrd M for
some time Vet. wirLout frrmrutiur tn the
t.\pIndinr rniur. if REPRESSION i, not resort
ed To i'm a Reckless, or fnulish WAY. twill
h,. remembered that Al, ,tt.u,,,t Was u,,{. "A
few month, ago Ia srlrnr,.,s Socialist ont
door meetings which we're held in Lime
houses. near th, Fast India docks. and that
there was a conflict with the police, i'm
which The. LATTER wrr,, su,re~SfuI Notice
wa, given that i meeting would br hr'd
ut the same place the following sun
Gay in the interests nf tr,4. speech
Tia, head of The, rrIi,.,. drr,lrtiurnt gty, nr-
drr> tn his officers Ia diSrrr,,. th. assem-
hl,. His masters. th, rrnp,rty owner,
told him hr had mad, mistake, and lie.
thrrrupnn secretly instructed the pnIi,.,. To
remain passive. and ~ did not suffer the.
public humiliation of resembling his order
One hundred thousand people a~>rmpI,ql
and Sn,.iaIi>rS radicals and liberals ,p,,k, i'm
defense of the right of meeting and >rrik-
nu. Among Them WAS Rey. Stewart IIrad-
lam. a Church Of England cIrrgymru. No
body WAS moItStrd. John Williams, one of
the speakers of the previous Sunday. who
had been arrested for oh>trurtiucrhc police
was. however. sent to Holloway goal for
one month. The victory over the police. at
Limrhum>e and the unjust impri~numrnt of
Williams WIRE both incentives tn uupn~,. the
police " hen they attempted to suppress the
speaking in Trafalgar SQUARE Monday, vii
IIam- being prominent figure un th,, ped
e>tal used aS a rnStrum
The spot surrounding Nelson Column in
Trafalgar square ha, for long wears been A.
much a meeting place for the common pr,,-
pie as Hydr Park has been since a mob tore
down the picket fence. when surrounded il
when the yates were closed that it might
not he used a. a place for recreation hy all
CLASSES Ii l. a chosen spot for rmpha>iL-
ing the rights of the masses. When the
police attempted 10 interfere with John
Burns. who was speaking To the crowd.
they trampled upon the right nt ever, class
To rnjoy freedom ut speech. in that spot.
sacred to the common people The imtrli-
gent portion of the assembly SAW at once
that il WAS To he a repetition of the Lime
house affair Their Indignation. which was
rNru>slbr even if il was exhibited roughly.
fired the hangerS-0n. the bummerS. pauprr~.
thieves and cut-thruatS Legitimate offspring
of putoCratic mcubationD. which at a mo
mentS notice, will pour nut from Soho and
Cuycut Garden. by tens of thousands. to
give the police taste of mob rule The
result is given, colored according to the de
mandS of good governments" in the cable
dispatches.
But why were the socialists there Be
ram~e the socialist prupagandi>t> argue
liberty. equality. and fraternity whenever
good occasion offers. | fancy also. though
il i only fancy. that M.>~rs uyndmali
Champion. Burns and Williams ,ir>iIr Ia
regain 10y extraordinary efforts ground
which they lost among Socialists by AZ
crpting money from tories Ia hight the
battles Of Burns and Williams. who stood
f"r parliament in Nottingham and Hamp-
Stead for thu purpose of defeating capitalist
liberals. They thought they were doing
we'll. A. officers of the Social Democratic
Federation to Use Tory money To diS>em-
mate >"cialStic principles. But their act
was condemned by socialists genera ". who
desire. tu Shun the appearance of using dis
honorable tactics HSndman and his
friends acknowledged the error and have
been unusually Jealous in the work
of the propaganda since that time
The meeting OF Monday of unemployed
workmen was arranged by the Tories. and
was Ia have been led ny fair trade" ayita-
tors. 81 that Lord SaliShury'S party i rr-
~ppu>ihr for the assembly II i the So
cialSt policy to he present at all such
meetings to present their views. Clearly
they capture" this one. If the police had
kept their hands off. all would have gone on
quietly. Primarily the T0rie, and Srr, n /
arily the police are entirely responsible Tor
the subsequent violence
Hyndman. a. | have told the readers Of
THE DISPATCH in my letters on Socialism
in London i president of the Social prmo-
cratic Federation. He and Champion are
editors for the trustees of JlI>tRc. the or
gan "f the Federation. very able and IN
trre>ting weekly. IIyndman is tall. stout.
with dark hair and full beard. about a. fine
looking an Engll>hman a. one will SEE in
London. He is highly educated and a tine
limguiSt. a. he speaks several languages
tiurntlv. He i about - years old Champ
ion i Of ~lightrr figure, j. Younger and al
So finely educated.
In view Of the lies that will be published
about the hIOod,hir~tY >ucialit>, We say
again. that the federation ami the socialist
league. the two leading bodies Of Socialists
ia Great Britain. are like the social demo
rrat leaders of Germany. Opposed Ia yin-
!rnce, at least until the masses understand