Morning journal and courier., 1892-11-14
BLOODY SUNDAY.
Trafalgar Square the Scene of q
WOrkingmen's Mass Meeting
Forty Speakers Address the Multi.

| Trafalgar Square tho Scene of q
Workingmen's Mass Meeting -
Forty Speakers Address the Multi
tude-An Orderly Demonstration.
LONDON, Nov. 13.-To. day is the ami
versary of "Bloody Sunday" Trafalgar
Square was the scene of q great popular
demonstration. The spot will doubtless
ever be associated with the conflict of that
Sunday in 1877 when Sir Charles Warren
successfully upheld his order prohibiting
the use of the square against the masses,
which made q concerted effort to break
through the lines of police and soldiery.
Crowds began to gather in the square
this forenoon and this afternoon legions of
unemployed, of socialists and sympathiz-
ers, marched in bodies to the square. A
band stationed there greeted the arriving
PROFESSIONS, the first three of which
were social democratic bodies. They
carried red banners and were led
by number of girls wav-
ing red flags. They took up a
position at the base of the Nelson
column, about three sides of which plat
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monument of the national gallery provided
three other platforms. All the professions
were amply provided with banners and
bands, the "Marseillaise" and other revo-
lutionary airs being played. The banners
bore such inscriptions as "Workers of the
World, Unite and Sow the Seed, But Do
Not Let the Tyrants Reap" Another,
which was greeted everywhere with
cheers was inscribed: "Taken by
Warren's Bullies Bloody Sunday. Re-
taken the Same Day" The banners were
placed about Nelson's monument, forming
a bright background to the dark masses
surrounding the speakers. The windows
and roofs of the buildings overlooking the
square were crowded with spectators.
There was a noticeable absence of police
within the square, but hundreds on foot
and numbers of mounted men were quar-
tered back of the National gallery and
other points, out of sight Detachments
were placed every few yards at the ap-
proaches to the square, while an ambulance
corps, with stretchers and other parspher-
MALTA, was on hand ready for service. Scot
land Yard, too, was ready for an emer
gency.
The square was filled with a vast con-
course of people at $50. 1t was an eminent |
ly orderly crowd, however. Ordinary traffic |
was little impeded. A majority of pro-
cessionists were we'll dressed workipgmen.
They appeared almost lost in the great |
crowd of spectators, drawn by curiosity. |
There were forty speakers, including John |
Burns, G. A. Conybeare, M. P, James |
Keir Hardie, M. P, d. NJ. Hyndman, Ben
Tillet, Bernard Shaw and William
Saunders, M. P. The speeches were
limited to six minutes each. Owing to the |
noise only the forty or fifty persons nearest
! speaker could hear him. The majority
,ould only look on and watch the gesticu-
atoms. Burns was loudly cheered. He
moved the resolution anent the unemploy-
I'd. His speech was moderate. He con-
rasted the square as it appeared on bloody
Sunday with the peaceful assembly of to-
lay. He said 80 per cent of the engineers
md workmen in the steel, iron, tin plate
nd shipbuildipg industries were out of
york, but he attributed this unfortunate
ondition to previous over pro-
Iuction. With an eight-hour days
york he declared, this would be
and he advocated the
of labor bureaus. He ex-
ressed regret that that the overworked
mployes, instead of railroad directors, |
ad been killed in the collision at Thirsk.
,onybeare and other speakers followed.
orms at Ala and were declared carried,
hough the hubbub prevented the words
f the resolutions being heard beyond the
latforms. The square then quickly
leared and the processionists took up the
larch to their respective districts with
ands playing and banners waving. At
be head of one procession was gray beard
n horseback representing the red spirit.
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