The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-18

Several arrests were made.
/ II was estimated 10000 persons tooh
part in the demonstration.
/ The few police about the residence
hurried a call for reserves and the
mounted officers appeared.
The mob plainly was IN an ugiy
mood but there was no display Oh
weapons and the mounted police hao
little trouble in forcing it back down
Downing street.
Rioting Breaks Out.
i LONDON, Oct. 18.-Rioting follow
l ing the calling of the nationwide coal
strike, broke out today in Whtehaii
and Downing streets, on which the
government offices and the premier s
residence are located. Forty were
injured in fighting between police and
rioters at 4:2O D. m. The fighting
was still continuing
| The rioters met repeated charges
lof the police with shower OF mls
siles, tearing up the pavement and
ripping down balustrades.
Many police were knocked from
their horses, and the horses ran wildly
through the crowd.
At 4:50 D. N. the police got the
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crowd on the run.
The police came on again and again,
hitting out right and left with their
truncheons at the heads OF the no
tiers.
| Many injured were carried into
Downing street, which looked like
hospital with many laid out on the
sidewalks and Others being earned
into the houses.
Traffic was diverted from the area
in which the riots occurred ana ponce
cordons were established at some dis
lance from the scene OF the ngntins
to hold back the great crowds whlcn
thronged toward it from every direc-
ton as news of the riot spread.
The crowd carried red flags IN us
front ranks and sang a revolutionary
song entitled, tthe red flag" The
fighting extended from Downing
street through Whitehall, distance OF
one block to Trafalgar square.
The riotiHg started about IL a. M,
when a comparatively small crowd
tried to pass a police Gordon across
| the head Of Downing street
| A procession of several thousand
| had entered Whitehall in an effort
| to reach the premier's residence
At the head of Downing street they
| encountered the police, who num-
bered about 800.
Repulsed in their first effort to
penetrate the Gordon, the marchefs
rushed the constables, who drew
their batons and dubbed several OF
the men in the crowd.
| The crowd, displaying red flags
and shouting, milled around In front
| OF the line OF police, who stood grimly
| in their places until a second crowd
of several thousand men came march
| ing from the direction of Trafalgar
square and the Thames embankment
! The main body Of demonstrators
marched around Whitehall, singing
land shouting iibes at Prime Minister
| LloydGeorge, who was presumed to
i be in his residence behind the police
Gordon.
The mob made second effort to
smash through the police Gordon
This time football tactics were used
| By the rioters. who charged the police
repeatedly The police formed a
| line across the head of Downing
street, three deep, and were backed
up by mounted men. The situation
steadily became more ugly as the
mob was kept away from its objec-
/ tive-the prime minister's residence
and police reserves began revolu-
| tionary scene.
The crowd marched into the gov
eminent buildings in Whitehall and
| were met there by police. ready ii
| they should be needed. Mounted po-
lice were also held ready in streets
| leading to the scene.
At last the mob, after listening to
| number of speeches made by police,
again rushed the police.
This time they smashed through
| the human barrier and penetrated al
most to LloydGeorge's official resi-
dence before the police in flying
wedge, led by horsemen, counter
attacked and swept them out OF
Downing street, back into Whitehall.
Here the retreating rioters were
hurdled against those still surging
forward and attempting to get into
Downing street. A scene Of great
| confusion resulted. Many were
knocked down and trampled.
The injured were picked up as
rapidly as possible and carried be-
hind the ponce cordon WHICH mao
been re-established at the head Of
Downing street and now stood a
thin blue line" confronting the
rioters.
The police now took the offensive
and charged in an effort to drive
the crowd out of Whitehall.
Thrown against the balustrade in
front OF the foreign office, the riot
ers were pressed against it with
such force that it toppled over. The
stones in the balustrade were seized
upon as missiles and hurled at police.
Bits of paving were also thrown at
the helmeted boobies.
Many Of the missiles crashed
through the windows of government
buildings.
Policemen were toppled from their