The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-12-04
M0BS OF ENRAGED REDS
L0ndOn's Anarchists Spend The Day
Scrappins With Tho Police.
BIDDING DEFIANCE TO LAW
The Meeting I'm Trafalgar Square
Prevented But Not Without
Many Set-Tos-Creat Excite.
ment and Turmoil.

LONDON, Dec. 3.-Anarchy to-day bade
defiance to the law while the authorities
made an imposing display of police. IL
has been known for some timo that the
anarchists intended to hold a meeting in
Trafalgar square. Sir Henry Asquith,
home secretary OF state, ordered Sir Ed
ward Bradford, chief commissioner of
police, TO prevent the meeting. The an.
archis,s announced their intention to hold
tho meeting in spite Of the authorities.
The anarchists had upon several previous
Sundays held meetings upon Trafalgar
square, and had been tolerated by the
authorities on tho ground that they wcre
not dangerous, and that the mere fact of
suppresslng them would call undue
attention TO class OF people
whose vaporipgs were only dangerous
when brought to public notice by
an attempt upon the part of the police 10
prevent them. But tho attention of the
house OF commons was called To the fact
that the anarchists last meeting in Ira
faigar square openly advocated the policy
OF blood aud dynamite and hold up FOR
Gloriiication the dynamite outrages at
Barcelona, Marseilles and other places.
Tho result was that the home secretary
reds of London. and the police this after
noon mustered strong force about Ira
falgar square, while reserves were
stationed in Regent street, Wa
ter!oo Place, Charing Cross road,
Northumberland avenue and on the
eInbankment. The anarchists bega n
to muster at 5 o'clock. Display of force
caused many thousands to flock to tho
neighborhood. Male and female an
archists mixed among the people assem-
Dled about the square aud began hawking
anarchist literature, which found a ready
sale among the people. Copies OF the
Commonwealth, the organ of the anarchists
Of London. found n ready sale. its frontis-
piece being an illustration of Labor as
Sampson pulling down tho pillars of
church and state. II also contained an
article headed "Bombs," in which tho
writer welcomed the Barcelona outrage
as a "great and good act" Anarchist
and socialist manifestos werc also dis
tributed broadcast among the crowds.
Gradually tho number of socialists and
anarchists was SO augmented that they
gained courage enough to push toward tho
center OF the square. Finally large and
excited crowd of anarchists and socialists s
collected inside of the square. The police
compelled the reds to move OH. This
caused the anarchists TO wave their hats
and hoot at the police, whilo some specta-
tors cheered and others Missed. At exactly
10 minutes past 3 o'clock number OF an
archsts made rush for the steps at tho
foot ofsthe Gordon statue, and one imme-
diately began to make a wild address TO
| those who had rushed up to the steps with
him. But the anarchist orator had hardly
uttered his first sentence before a number
OF policemen charged up to the spot and
dislodged the reds from tho 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.
During the dispensing of these anar-
chist groups, n number of reds were
pretty roughly handled by the policemen,
who threw them from the steps. Eventu-
ally the anarchists on the square became
SO demonstrative that n further dstach-
inent of 80 policemen was sent TO the
square. Suddenly an anarchist rushed
through tho lines of the police, scaled
monument and began n harangue TO tho
crowd around him. But he had uttered
only few words when the policemen
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 sta
tion, followed by o shouting crowd.
Shortly before 3 80 further detachme mt
of mounted police was summoned to
Trafalgar square, and, after drawing up
in line, charged upon the mob, scattering
them in all directions, after which the
horsemeu took up position on the south
side facing the SQUARE and the police IN