The Unemployed Riots in London.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 229, 19 November 1887, Page 5

The Unemployed Riots in London.

On October 14fch the unemployed persons who frequent Trafalgar Square, formed in a "body and marched to the Mansion House, where they demanded an interview with the Lord Mayor. He declined to hold any conversation with the moh or its representatives. The crowd insisted i^pojti an interview, but were again refused, when they openly denounced the Lord Mayor, after which they started back to {Trafalgar Square They stopped at the office of the " Stan- , dard" newspaper, hooting and jeering. .The police attempted to Tnove the crowd, I but were resisted and dt iven back. Returning to the charge, they -seized their black •banner and a number of Mack flags. The ijnob then scattered, but shortly after rallied. ',T,he leader's shouted, " Men, assert your rights, "and the mob rushedmpon the police, ,and succeeded in forcing them back, and in irecaptiuing the black banaaer. The police xcharged again, when the fcurbulents broke .nnid run in every direction. On the 17th, the workmen attacked the police on the Strand. They were dispersed, hub • massed again in Trafalgar Square, wh«rc the leaders made speeches. The police again charged, and a general fight ensued ; several policemen wene .hurt, and twenty arrests were made. One of the speakers at Trafalgar Square advocated the of the American Minister Phdlj&S, in order to " give ksart to their Chicago brethren, ' in endeavoring to save ;Uie lives of the condemned anarchists th«re, &ikl also suggested the assassination of President Cleveland. The fighting was renewe&ion the 18th. A number of the 'unemployed. >met at Hyde Park to make a demonstration. The police fearing the mob j would pillage the shops in the vicinity, j closed the gate?, and a sharp conflict ensued. 2£any of the crowd were thrown down aud twimpled upon. On the SOth, a number of Socialists and of the unemployed gathered in Hyde Park. One d£ -the speakers unrolled and waved a red flgg, crying, " The Glorious Commune ! " %. section of the mob thereupon stampeded. Scores of persons in tho crowd were thrown down and trampe d upon. A deputation from the crowd made a visit to the Home Office, and had a talk with one of the .attache's. After the interview was concluded the police charged the mob, but were men- with resistance, but dispersed them after a ■short and sharp conflict. Many persons were injured, and a number of arrests made.