The morning call., 1894-02-24
REDFLAGS BARRED
Funeral of the Anarchist,
BOurdin.
MOBS QUICKLY DISPERSED.
London Police Stop All Attempts
at Lawlessness.
AOBS QUICKLY DISPERSED.
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEAD
Displays of Mourning Badges and
Crimson Neckties. but Only One
Orator Appeared.

LONDON, Feb. 23.-This day was fixed
for the funeral of Bourdin, the anarchist
fatally injured by the explosion of his
own bomb February 10. Riotous demon
strations were anticipated, and the police
made preparations TO prevent them.
The shops In the Deighb0rhood of the
undertaker's establishment in Chapel
street, where the remains lay, were shut
and barricaded. Crowds of excited specta-
tors, including many anarchists, gathered
in the neighborhood in the early morning
hours, watched by a strong force of police
and detectives. When the anarchists at
tempted to remove the body to one of their
neeting-places, where their leaders were
10 deliver orations over the remains. the
police forbade and directed the body be
conveyed to the cemetery by another route
than that intended.
The police allowed only one coach to
follow the hearse, and it was surrounded
by body of mounted police. The an
archists who wished to follow the body
were compelled to go to the cemetery by
different route from that taken by the
hearse, or follow very far behind. Before
starting the anarchists displayed a red
flag. The police made a charge and cap
tured it after a brief struggle, and one
shown shortly afterward met the same
fate. The police had large reserves close
at hand in case of need.
The anarchists laughed at the police pre-
cautions against bomb-throwiDg, saying
they are not fools enough TO blow them
selves out of England, tue only country
where an anarchist could live in peace.
Among the crowd could be heard strong
expressions condemning anarchists and
asserting that Bourdin deserved his fate.
Others pronounced in favor of hanging all
anarchists TO the nearest lamppost and one
man who shouted "vive l'anarchie 'fas the
hearse was moving away was so roughly
handled that he was mass of rags and
bruises when he succeeded In escaping.
Mourning badges and red neckties could
be seen, but In the main the crowds were
composed Of people only anxious not to
miss seeing the anticipated eommotion be-
tween the police and friends of the dead
anarchist. Eventually the police mus
tered in such a stron g force that the crowds
were brought TO a staudstill and finally the
hearse proceeded on its way, almost with
out any following. the sensatlon-seekers
being slowly but firmly driven backward
and almost dispersed. Owing to the dis
play of the police force only about 500
persons were present at the cemetery
when the body reached the.grave. As the
remains we're being lowered into the
earth an anarchist leader named Quinn
made an attempt to address the crowd.
He was hoisted upon the shoulders of some
friends and had begun with, "MeE and
brothers-the remains of the martyr have
just"
This was all the Grafton heard, for Quinn
and his friends were roughly charged upon
by the police and the orator seized and re-
moved from the cemetery by two police
men. Win the exception of this incident
the proceedings at the cemetery were
without startling incidents. During the
afternoon a crowd com posed of medical
students and others marched to the Auto
nomie Club, recently raided at the head
quarters of the anarchists, and smashed
all the windows. while threatening to burn
1t to the ground. A force of police was
hastily sent 20 the spot and succeeded in
saving the building and restoring order
after a number of arrests had heen mada