The herald., 1893-12-04
BLOOD AND DYNAMITE.
Anarchy Defies the Law in
London Town.
Exciting Scenes in Trafalgar
Square Yesterday.
Reds Congregate In Great Numbers
in Spite of the Police.
Repeated Charges Made by tho Officers
and tho Mobs Finally Dispersed.
An Attempted Raid on 5oot-
land Yard.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 3.-Anarchy today bade
defiance to the law, while the authori-
ties made an imposing display of police.
1t was known for some time that the
anarchists intended to hold meeting
in Trafalgar square. Sir Henry AS
quith, home secretary, ordered Sir Ed
ward Bradford, chief commissioner of
police, to prevent the meeting. The
anarchists announced their intention to
hold the meeting IN spite OF the author
ities. The anarchists had on several
previous Sundays held meetings on Ira
falgar 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 attention to a class Of peo'
pie whose yaporings were only
notice by an attempt to prevent them, but
the attention of the house of commons
was called to the fact that the anar-
chists' last meeting in Trafalgar square
openly advocated the policy of blood
and dynamite and held up for gloritica-
tion the dynamite outrages at Barcelona,
Marseilles and other places. The re-
suit was that the home secretary did not
dare 20 allow any further rope to the
"reds" of London, and the police this
afternoon mustered a strong force about
Trafalgar square, while reserves were
stationed in Regent street, Waterloo
place, Charing cross road, Northumber-
lon nd On tha O ho ~ u n
The anarchists began to muster az 8
O'Clock. The display OF force caused
many thousands to flock to the neigh
borhood. One male and one female an
archist mixed among the people as
eembled about the square and began
hawking anarchist literature which
found ready sale among the people.
Copies of the Commonwealth, the organ
of the anarchists OF London, found a.
ready sale, to frontiHpiece being an IL
lustration OF labor as Samson pulling
down the pillars of the church and
state. 1t also contained an article
headed Bombs" in which the writer
welcomed the Barcelona bomb outrage
as ''great and good act" Anarchist
and socialist manifestoa were also dis
tributed broadcast among the crowds.
Gradually the number of anarchists and
socialists was so augmented that the
gained courage enough to push towards
the center of the square. Finally q
large and excited crowd of anarchists
and socialists collected inside the square.
The police were compelled to tell the
reds to move on. This caused the an
archists to wave their hats and boot the
police, while some spectators cheefed
and others hissed.
At exactly 10 minutes past num-
Der of anarchists made rush for the
steps at the foot of the Gordon statue,
and one Immediately began to make q
wild address to those who had rushed
up to the steps with him. but the an
archist orator had hardly uttered his
first sentence before number of police
men 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
attempts, which resulted In q number
of lively brushes with the police. Dur
ing the dispersing OF these anarchist
groups q number of reds were pretty
roughly handled by policemen, who
threw them from the steps. Eventually
demonstrotive that further detach-
ulcub Vi w POiiOCLhCh Wnu bOhb W phC
square.
Suddenly an anarchist rushed through
the lines OF police, scaled monument,
and began to address the crowd around
him, but had only uttered a few words
when policeman seized and threw him
bodily into the crowd. AS the anarchist
still tried to speak, he was seized by two
policemen and hustled of to the station,
! fol io wad hv a ehOutiny crowd
| Shortly before 3 80 further detach-
ment of mounted police was summoned
to Trafalgar square. end after drawing
up in line, charged upon the mob, scat
tering them in all directions. after which
the horsemen took up position on the
south side, facing the square, and police
on foot began to dieperse the MOB, VINO
made but slight resistance.
About 80 large body of anarchists
made rush down Parliament street.
with the intention of reaching Scotland
ward; the headquarters of the police
were said to have been left with only a
small guard OF policemen, but the super
intendent of a division OF policemen
promptly dispatched strong force Of
mounted and foot police to Scotland
ward, the horsemen reaching the point
before the anarchiets, and with the as
sistance of the police on foot the mob
was acattered, after much scuff1ing.
In other parts of Trafalgar square the
police had their hands full keeping the
crowds in movement. Additional rein
forcemente of mounted police were sent
for and made several charges down
Northumberland avenue, past the Vic
toria hotel and Grand hotel. Mounted
police also charged through Pail Mall,
driving the anarchists before them. The
police made number of arrests, the
prisoners being followed to ths stations
by angry and excited crowds of anar-
chists, who loudly cursed the home
secretary. Henry Asquith.
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