Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-06

 TERMINATE IN
 LAWLESSNESS
Edinburgh PopuIace Grew Rowdy When the Time Came To Bring Exhibition To a Close.

EDINBURGH, Dec. 5-With the closing of exnitions in this counuy has somehow come to be associated an outbreak of the spirit of lawiessness. The termination of the Scottish Ma tional exhibition last Saturday night furnished no except on to that eNpe- rience, but the precautions taken were sufficient to check any serious de- struction of property. For une' however. the situation was distinctly threatening. In one or two instances individuals came into sharp conflict with the police, but the wise direction of the officers of the law by Chlet Constable Ross effectually prevenueC. anything in the nature of organization on the part of the mob A number Of arrests, chiefly for assaults on police constables, were made, but only one case was regarded as of a grave caar- acter. It is that of young man WHO after beng taken into custody, Tor all offence of that kind. was found to have a couple of stones in his pock- cts. He was locked up. Several other arrests were made, but the per sons, nearly all of them big lads, were released on giving their names and addresses.
 Throughout the day the business oI the exhibition was conducted with it's customary orderliness. Rarely since the opening days in May have sucn places as the industrial hall been sU wei patTonized.
 Towards evening the gathering With in the grounds gained enormously, and about nine o'clock, when the gatss were closed aga 'nst further admls- sions. it was estimated that not less than 30,000 people were within the precincts of the exhibition. By that time such buildings as the Fine Arts, Women's and Artisan sections, hau ben closed. The industrial and ma- cn nery halls remained open up tu that hour.
 The duty of formally declaring the exhibition at an end fell to Sir kOD ert Cranston. K. c. V. O., the chan man of the executive committee. He made the anouncem ment from the bal cony, over the main entrance of the executive committee, the secretai ' James Marchbank, S. s. C., and the manager W. NJ. Knight. In front oI him was a crowd of over 10000. View ! ed from the altitude of the balcony the great square presented a scene | that vii lnot readily be forgotten ty those who were privileged to witness | it.
 So far everything has passed on II the most orderly fashion. It was | about 9:30 p. m. The caterer mad an nounced his determination to closs the various bars at that hour. One O the chief of these was what was knowI as the Terrace bar. It occupied pirr of the Industrial hail, directly facing the sqpare, and was reached by figntE of steps between grassy banks pro 1 tected by snort metal ra'lings. Aftel l hearing all that was to be heard, g certain element in the crowd made { dash for the Terrace bar..t had beer closed. About half dozen police 1 constables mounted guard over tho door, withstood the shock of the rusf | for while, but the mob was persis tent, and the troubles of the police were added to when the bar came tC be cleared Of it's visitors. Many of tu, ] ] provided themselves with empty boi ties and glasses; others had wrenchet off the metal advertisements rouuI the walls of the bar, and car'red thea forth. The use of these trophies a missiles came in later.
 Strongly reenforced, the police there were about $50 or the ground nearly a score of them being mounted pressed the crowd back to a lowe level of the square. Tns iron railing bent under the Etrain, and lay twiste
 an the bank, which the passage 0 many feet over it had turned iuto Tank of mud. Bottles and beer gl Isse hurled through the air.
 Frustrated by any hope of being abl
 10 regain the weapons of which the had denuded themselves, the wilde spirits made a successful raid upol the unprotected bandstand Chair
 were crushed together and broken I
 pieces to provide new weapons. Othe chairs were thrown to the ceiling C fihe bandstand wta disastrous const fquences to the lighting arrangement The hour of closing the exhibition ha been extended for an ilour to II D. Il By that time the police had been dea
 ing gith the crowd for over an 1ou
 Their patience was iIl-rewarded, an lelosing time having ben reached, tn imethod of dealing with the crowt
 known as "the drive" was adopted
 Firmly the crowd was pressed back
 the exists. A large part of the crow
 was pressed gradually through th
 Murray field gate, which was She
 closed. To get the remainder out {
 the Gecrgie entrance presented great,
 difficulties, the gate being reached
 Q long avenue. of which paths lea
 back to other parts of the grounds
 \ section Of the crowd, which foun
 it's way into these regions, made th
 attemDt to return. but was met by
 considerably larger force than it pc haPs expected. By half past elevee 4 o'clock il was found possible to cls
 the gates of the exhibition finally upo
 the publ,s, little mateiial damage na'
 ing teen dene, but the night was one (
 the most tHfbWent that had ever bee
 seen in Edinburgh.
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