St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-14
The Anniversary OF Bloody
Sunday Brings a Crowd to
Trafalgar Square.
Workingmen Assemble Amid
the Blare OF Bands and
Waving Of Flags.
The Government Asked to
Push All Needed Public
improvements,
With a View to Relieving
Destitution Among the
Laboring Classes.

LONDON, Nov. 13.-Upon Trafalgar
square today was held the anniversary
of Bloody Sunday, the scene of great
popular demonstration in celebration of
the restoration by the Liberal govern
ment of the right to hold public meet
ings in the square. and to give notice to
the demands of the unemployed poor
upon the government and local bodies
to start all needed public improvements
so as to assist in relieving existing des-
titution. Bright sunshine ushered in
the morning, which brought crowds of
people to the spot, which will doubtless
ever be associated with the memorable
conflict of that Sunday in 1887 when
Sir Charles Warren successfully upheld
his order prohibiting the use of the
square, against the masses, which
made concerted effort to break
through the lines of police and soldiery.
The weather III the afternoon was less
favorable. The sky became clouded,
and threatened rain. Nothing daunted,
the Iegons of unemployed, of socialists
and other sympathiZerS marched in
bodies to the square, most of them COM
Ing from the east and southeast. A
band was stationed there which greeted
the arriving professions, the first three
of which were social democratic bodies.
They Carried Red Banners,
and were led by a number of girls wav-
ing red flags. They took up position
at the base of the Nelson column, about
three sides of which platforms were
constructed. The balustraded front of
the national gallery provided three
other platforms. All of the pro-
cessions were amply provided with
banners and bands, the "Mar
seillaise" and other revolutionary
airs being played. The banners
bore inscriptions such 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: "Iaken by War
ren's bullieS, Bloody Sunday. Retaken
same day." The banners were placed
outspread about Nelson's monument,
forming 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 stationed back of
the national gallery and at other con-
venient spots out of sight. DetachmentS
Of three or four were placed every three
or four yards at the approaches to the
square, while an ambulance corps with
Stretchers and other paraphernalIa was
OH hand
Ready for Service
Scotland Yard, too, was ready for an
emergency. The square was filled with
vast concourse of people by half past
three. 1t was an eminently orderly
crowd. however Ordinary traffic was
little impeded. A majority of the pro-
cessioniSts were well-dreSsed working
men. They appeared almost lost in the
great crowd of spectators, drawn by
curiosity. There were forty speakers,
including John Burns, c. A. Conybeare,
M. P, James keir Harde, M. p, Ii. M.
Hyndman, Ben Tillet, Bernard Shaw
and William Saunders, Nj. P. The
speeches we're limited to six minutes
each. Owing to the noise only those
near the speaker could hear him. The
majority could only look on and watch
the gesticulations. Burns. who spoke
from the monument, was loudly
cheered. He moved the resolution anent
the unemployed. His speech was mod
crate. He contrasted the square as it
appeared on Bloody Sunday with the
peaceful assembly of today. He said
that 80 per cent of the engineers and
worl1men in the steel, iron, tin plate
and ship building industries were out
of work, but he attributed this unfortu-
nate condition to
Previous OverproductiOn.
With an eight-hOur days work, he de-
clared this would be remedied, and he
advocated the establishment of labor
bureaus. He expressed regret that the
overWorked employees, instead of the
railroad directors, had been killed in
the collision at Thirsk. Conybeare,
who spoke from the balustrade of the
national gallery, urged his hearers to
compel the government to give the
people full control of the police.
He deprecated talk about the use of dy-
Mantle to secure to the people the res
toration of their rights. Such absurd
utterances as were heard at Tower Hill
were disgrace, and came chiefly from
the lips Of foreign paupers. Others
spoke. The resolutions we're put from
all of the platforms at 4:l5 p. m., and
were declared carried, though the hub
bub prevented the words of the resolu-
tions being heard from the platform.
The square then quickly cleared, and
prOcessioniStS took up the march to
their respective districts with bands
PLAYING and banners Waiving. At the
head OF one procession was a gray
bearded man Oh horseback representing