The record-union., 1893-12-04
ANARCHISTS AT LONDON.
Reds Attempt to Hold Meetings at
Trafalgar Square.
DISPERSED BY POLICE, AFTER SEW
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LONDON, Dec. 3.-Anarchy to-day bid
defiance to the law, while the authorities
made an imposing display of the police.
1t has been known for some time that
the anarchists intended to hold meeting
in Trafalgar Square. Sir Henry Asquith,
Home Secretary of State, ordered Sir
Edward Bradford, Chief Commissioner
of Police, to prevent the meeting. The
anarchists announced their intention to
hold the meeting, in spite of the authori-
ties.
Anarchists had on several previous
Sundays held meetings upon Trafalgar
Square, and had been tolerated by the
authorities, on the ground that they were
not dangerous, and that the mere fact OF
suppressing them would call undue at
tention to class of people whose vapor-
ings were only dangerous when brought
to public notice by attempt to prevent
them, but the attention Of the House of
Commons was called to the fact that the
anarchists at the last meeting at Trafal-
gar Square openly advocated policy OF
blood and dynamite, and held up for
gloritication the dynamite outrages at
Barcelona. Marseilles and other places.
The result was that the Home Secretary
did not dare to allow any further rope to
the reds of London, and the police this
afternoon mustered strong force about
the square. while reserves were stationed
in Regent street, Waterloo place, Charing
Crossroad, Northumberland avenue and
on the embankment.
The anarchists began to muster at 3
o'clock, and their display of force caused
many thousands to flock In the neigh
borhood. Male and female anarchists
mixed among the people assembled about
the square and began hawking anarchist
literature. which found ready sale among
the people. Copies of the Commonwealth,
the organ of anarchists of London, found
ready sale, it's frontspiece being an
illustration of Labor as Samson pulling
down the pillars of the church and State.
It also contained an article headed
"Bombs," in which the writer welcomed
the Barcelona bomb outrage as ''great
and good act" Anarchist and socialist
maniiestoes were also distributed broad
cast among the crowds.
Gradually the number of socialists and
anarchists was so augmented that they
gained courage enough to push toward
the c6DL6T OIL Iu0 SQudT0s lud1iy large
and excited crowd OF anarchists and So
cialists collected inside the square. The
police compelled the reds to move on.
This caused the anarchists to wave hats
and hoot the police, while some spectators
cheered and others Kissed. Exactly ten
minutes past a mum ber of anarchists
made a rush for the steps at the foot of
the Gordon statue, and one Immediately
began to make an address to those who
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the anarchist orator had hardly uttered
his first sentence before a number of po-
licemen charged up to the spot and dis
lodged the reds from the steps.
The attempt of the anarchists to hold
this meeting was followed by similar at
tempts, which resulted in q number of
lively brushes with the police. During
the dispensing of these anarchist groups
a number of reds" were pretty roughly
handled by policemen, who threw them
from the steps.
Eventually, the anarchists on the
square became so demonStrative that
further detachment of fifty policemen
was sent to the square. Suddenly an an
archist rushed through the lines of po-
lice, scaled monument and began to ad-
dress the crowd around him, but had
only uttered a few words when police
man seized and threw him bodily into
the crowd. AS the anarchist still tried to
speak, he was seized by two policemen
and hustled off to the station, followed
by the shouting crowd.
Shortly before $3.50 further detach-
ment of mounted police was summoned
to Trafalgar Square, and, after drawing
up in line, charged upon the mob, scat
tering them in all directions, after which
horsemen took up a position on the
south side, facing the square, and police
on foot began to disperse the mob, who
made but slight resistance.
About 4:30 a large body of anarchists
made a rush down Parliament street,
with the intention of reaching Scotland
Yard. The headquarters of the police was
said to have been left with only a small
tendent of the division of policemen
promptly dispatched a strong force of
mounted and foot police to Scotland
Yard, the horsemen reaching the point
before the anarchists, and, with the as
sistance of the police on foot, the mob was
scattered after much scuf1iing.
In other parts of Trafalgar Square the
police had their hands full keeping the
crowds in movement. Additional re-
Inducements of mounted police were
sent for and made several charges down
Northum berland avenue, past the Vic
toria Hotel and the Grand Hotel. Mounted
police also charged through Pail Mall,
driving the anarchists before them.
The police made a number of arrests,
the prisoners being followed to the sta
tions by angry and excited crowds of
anarchists, who loudly cursed Home Sec
retary Henry Asquith.