Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-12-04
LONDON ANARCHISTS
Attempt to Defy the Au'
thOrIty of the Police.
REDS GET THE WORST OF IT
Their Literature Applauds the Act OF
Barcelona's Bomb Throwers.


spur street and n Whiteh II. while re-
serves were tinned u X gent street,
Waterloo pl 'c". Chnring Cross road,
Northum Lerland avenue AMI on the en-
bankment
Que woull hnvr imagined that this dis
play Of police fore would have deferred
the anarchs from making any demon
stratiou; but they We're evidently prepare
to do their utmost TO carry out the threa'
TO meet. for they b gan to muster at
o'clock. though the fou' sides Of the 'quare
were black with polise mounted and "n
foot. The display OF fire. caused many
thousands of people t. n ok TO the neigh
borbood.
The gathering Of these crowds was Just
what the anarchists wsnted, and IL en-
abled them 10 do more towards spreading
their fsry literaturc, and thereby vcntilat-
ing their dynamite doctrines, than any
meeting which they could have hid upon
the square would have d ne. Male and
female anarchists mixed among the
thousands of prol lie s'mb'ed about the
square AMI began hawking IN archist liter
ature, VIII h, wing TO the novelty OF the
situati, n, ( mud a ready sale.
Conies Of The Commonweal. the organ
OF the snarc lists Of Loudon. ", re sold In
large numb pa, its Irbn'ispiece being an
illustration Of Labor, as Samson, pulling
down the pillars Of church and sa'e i
also contained an articla hesied "Bombs."
In which the wri'er welcomed the Bsrce-
Iona bomb outrage NJ the Licao theater as
"gre and good act " and glorieG in h"
fact that 30 people were killed and so in
jured by dynamite onbs thrown into the
sudence Anarchists and s6cialsts mani
festos were also distribut 4 bro dcast.
Gradually the number OF socialists ard
anart hi t. gathered about IN. square was
80 augmented that they gained courale
enough 10 push towards the 'e ter, wh'ci
place they hsd previously fought shy OF,
owing To the large number II olicemen
stationed around. Finally n large aud
excited crowd of anarchists aud socalists
collected mid" the square. Among item
were noticed mer OF h lower classes OF
foreigners, French, Germa -, Ru -sisus,
Spaniards aud Italians, mary Of them
wearing slouch hats and red neckties
A Grand Rush.
At $40, a. II by prearranged signal, n
number OF anarchists male a rush for the
steps at the foot II the Gordon statue, and
one OF their number inmed iatsly began to
make avid address 10 those who had
rushed up to the steps with him, hut the
anarchist orator had hardly uttered his
first sentence before u number Of police
men charged up to the spot ard slodged
the re Is from he steps scattering them
in all directions IN the most lively manner,
amid the cheers OF the vast majority Of
the crowds.
This attempt of the ANARCHISTS to hold
f,,lI ofh har nd al mill
attempts, which resulted IN number NJ
lively brushes with the police, who for a
time were kept very busy hustling the
anarchists from one point and another.
During the dispensing Of the anarchist
groups a nu :, Der Of the reds were pretty
roughly handled hy the policemen, WIN
threw them neck aud crop from the steps
Eventually tn ana "chistS becam. so
demonstrative that "A further detsch I
OF 80 polio men was sent TO the SOU re,
arriving there at 3:l5 p. M, and with the
officers already there they formed double
Gordon srou the Nelson monument.
Suddenly an anarchist rushed through
the lines II police scaled a monument and
began TO address the crowd around him,
but he had only uttered few words when
q policeman seized him and threw him
bodily into the crowd.
As the anarchist still tried to speak he
WIS seiZ q by two policeman and hustl i
of to the nearest police station, follove !
by a shouting crowd composed OF sever !
hundred Of thos' in sympathy with the
prisoner as we'll as by a number who
Joined In the processi' n simply for the eK
citement Of the th'ng
Shortly before $3.50 n further detachmen
OF mounted police was suumo ed, and
charged on the anarchist mob, scatt tering
them in all directions. after which the
horsemen took up position on the south
side, facing the square, AID the police on
foot then began to disperse the mob, who
made but slight resistance.
Another Battle.
About 4:30 p. m. a large body Of anarch-
lists made a rush down Parliament street
with the intention OF reaching Scotland
Yard. the headquarters of the police,
which was said t. he left wi h onlv q small
guard ~ pol cemen, hut superintendent
OF division of police promptly dispatched
a strony force Of muuIted and foot police
to SC, tland Yard, the horsemen reaching
that uoj e.ure the anarCh Is, aud with
the resistance of the police on foot, the
dangerous mob was scattered after much
scufflnz.
In OF her parts OF Trafalgar square the
police had their hands full In keeping th,
crowds In movement. % much 40 that al
ditioual re Q force eneuts Of noun ed DO ioe
were sent for, and they made several
charges down Northumberland avenue
past the Victoria hotel and the Grand
motel. The IN, u ted police also charged
through Pail Mall. driving the anarchists
before them
During The afternoon the police made r
numb 81 arrests, the prisoners IN all
cas-s being followed to the police stations
by angry aud excl ed GRO yds OF inarchi ,ts.
who louily cursed nc nome secretary, aud
uttered al kinds of hr ats
WGil' the polio, were e co ting prisoner
down W It. t'l sew raj ~ y rus e. were
ma 'o by the anarchists. VITO male re-
pertei attempts 10 rescue the men
custo y; but the police In some cases
baua 90 o hold their prisoners ssiel
within the ations.
Fnal y AT about 8 o'clock the danger a.
portion OF he NIB va, dispersed without
seri us injury ~ either sile One or two
pc sons were ram bed under no Jfs Of tle
horses Of the mounted lice, bat No
ser Jus injuries wer; reported.
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