The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-02-23
BOURD|M BURIED TODAY.
A HowIing Mob Follows His
Body to the Grave.
WERE CHARGED ON AT TIMES
By the Police-Orator Quickly Hustled
Away from the Open Grave When
He Began TO Make Inceudiary Talk.
Red Flags Waved.


LONDON, Feb 23.--The undertaker's es-
tablishment on chapel street, where the
remains of Bourdine, the anarchist, who
was fatally injured on February
Is, by the premature explosion of
a bomb, which he was carrying with the
intention Of blowing up Greenwich OBJ
servatory or Woolwich Arsenal, was SUR
rounded with crowds OF excited spec
tators, including many anarchists, from
the earliest morning hours. Bourdine was
to be buried. The authorities, however,
had determined that there should be
no rioting and there was a
strong force of uniformed police ana
detectives stationed in and about Chapel
street. When the anarchists attempted
to remove the body TO one OF
their meeting places In Fitzroy square,
leaders should deliver orations, the police
interfered, and ordered the body to be
conveyed to Finchey Cemetery by another
route. The undertaken, yesterday, recei-
we'd postal card upon which was written:
Beware OF anti-anarchist bomb at that
murderer'g funeral"
The hearse was followed by one coach
and started through the dense
crowds surrounded by mounted police.
The Superintendent of police refused TO
allow any vehicles other than the solitary
coach, or any procession, TO follow the
hearse. This, however, did not prevent a
large number OF people from going TO the
cemetery by different routes.
Previous TO the departure OF the hearse,
crowd of anarchists displayed red flag
and became in other ways entirely too
demonstrative. This caused the police TO
make charge, and, after short scuffie,
the banner OF anarchy was captured and
carried TO the nearest police station.
Shortly after this another red flag was
thrown to the breeze. Again the police
turned their attention to the red bunting,
another short scuffie ensued, and the Sec
ond flag was captured.
Anarchists Cursed.
Here and there could be heard strong
expressions con0emning the anarchists
aud asserting that Bourdine richly
deserved his fate, and one man
who shouted "vive pAnarchy,"
was SO roughly handled that he
was mass OF rags and bruises
when he succeeded in escaping. After
the hearse had proceeded about a mile on
its way to the cemetery, the crowds
pressed so closely around it that the
mounted and foot police had considera-
bic difficulty in keeping the people back.
Eventually, however, the police mustered
IN such strong force .s, that the crowds crowds were ere
hearse proceeded on its way almost with
out any following.
Only about FIVE hundred persons were
present at the cemetery when the body
reached the grave.
No Grafton at The Grave.
As the remains were being lowered into
the earth an Anarchist leader, named
Quinn, made an attempt toward ad-
dressing the crowd. He was hoisted on
the shoulders of some friends, and began:
"Men and brothers. The remains of
martyr have just" that was all there was
of the oration, for Quinn and his friends
were charged upon and hustled from the
cemetery. With the exception OF this in
cident, the proceedings at the cemetery
were without startling incident.
During the afternoon a crowd COM
posed OF medical students and others
marched tothe Autonomie, the recently
raided headquarters of the anarchists,
and smashed all the windows of
that establishment while threatening to
burn it to the ground. A force of police
was hastily sent TO the spot and succeed
ed in saving the building and restoring
order after number of arrests had been
made.