The Mob Rules

The Btarvliig'mcchanlcs of I.ondou; held a nuss 11 ui t inti In Trafalgar Square around the Nelson monument on ttie Üth iust, aud it resulted in a riitf. The procecötega were opened with au assemblage oí 1O,OÜJ min. The pollc ■ were present In large numbers. Conspicuous . uiiiiini; tbe leaders of the multitudc as Mr. ' Burns, who riu as the socialist canüidate iu Nottiiifthaiu in the recent cleetiou. He asj cendcil the pedestal of the Nelfou column for the purpose of dellverinc a haranitue. The ; pólice requested blm to'ueslst, buthe refused, and the offleera removed htm dj toree. By this time the erowil had vastly augmented, and the M reets were packed with surging IüoilH. Burns julckly reaseendcd the pedestal, accompanled by a number of other socialist leaders. He bore a red llag, and he waved it to tbe assemblage as a -imil oí his triumph over the authorities, nnd was greeted with deaienlng suouts, repeatcd again and agaln. Be then read a liercely worded resolution, deiwunelng the present dlstress in Kngland and demanding that parliameut start public works to glve employment to men who are kile through no fault of thelr own. The resolutlons aJso demand the immediate appointment of a minister of eomraerce and a minister of ugriculturc. and concluded with the resolve that copies should be forwarded to Mr. Qladstone, Lord Salisbury, Mr. l'arnell, and the board oí public works. " The readlng of resolutions was accoinpanicd by flerce commeiit and short and explaDatory speeches by the various orators who stood with Burns. Burns bimself, in one of these side speeches, deuouneed tbc present house of commoxtfl as a body of landlords and capitalista ior trhom hattging was too good. All thls so aggravated the excltement of the huge mob that the pólice re-formed witb in creased force and made another assault. The ■ollieers at once ordered the provcedings to be disiontiniied on the pedestal aud eominanded BiiiDs and hi= Lolleagues to come down. Thls they refused to do, and the otïïcers tbereupou dragged them down by force and drove tiiem fröm the i edestal. The uien composing the mob were nol vet in fightiug humor, and contentcd themsefves for the time by hooting the pólice :i!id Bmotherlng them with Hour, din and garbage. Al thelr ejection Iiurns and hiscollcagues proceeded to the wull of the National galiery. They inniinteil lliis wall, pointed tothedooïs and Windows aud bltterly denounced the iumates. The uiob was excited, but not up to the point of violenee. iiurns and hls eoileagues sceing this vaeated the National sallery wall and poeeeded to the Carltou club, wlure Ihey repeated their tactics. By this Ume the mob was tremendous in numbers and verging on desperatlpn. Ötories of what tiie poliee had sak! and done at the Nelson column bad been circulated from mouth to mouth. exaggerated with every repetitlon untll the meebanics were eonvlüced that the authorities had actoaUy dared them to a conflict. At 7 o'cloek in thé Yenlng part of the mou startéd on lts way to llyde park to hold a meeting. On lts wTay an effort was made to ente r the war ollice, but was turued away when the sentinel at the entranee confrouteïl the Intrudcrs with his bayonet. It was tl. at part of tbc mob which was drawn east through St, James street to liegent that atteuipted to enter the war ofKce opposite St. James' square. Arnold Morlcy's residence which was fonnerly occupied by John Bright, was forcibly entered aiul ransacked. Scarcely a whole pane of glass was left in the building. A yery great nmnber of other houses ulong the route lared worse thau did John Blight's old residenee. Devoushire club house was ralded, and Hatchett's hotel was sackcd of food and drink. As the una were leaving the hotel they saw a carriage, which was pressed up agiinst the curb by the passing prccjsMon and abandoned by lts ïrlghténed occupants. It was selzed and in an lDstant broken up.and the wheel-sj)ikes, shaft, aud other pleces carrled away for clubs. The Turf Club's house presented a temptatlon t the rioters as they went by and they smashed iall lts front doors andwlndows with stones. ■All aloog Reet nt and Oxford streets, t.ctwee . iPicadilly aud Uyde park, bouses wereattacked (ndiseriminately and the Windows smashed in. ( After Burns had been rlriven awav from jNelson monument by the pólice and Dan ■spoken from the national galiery wall and Carlton club steps, a B&vage tJght took place between his ailtierents, soclaugts aud antlisocialists. The 1 attle rageil somc time, but the socialista proved victjrious and liïted Burns to iheir shoulders and bore him aloft .'Ui Kegeut street, where, with blm, tliey succceded iu leadïng tlu; crowd tbwards llycïc l'ark, Burna leading the whole way. At the ■park, when tiie mob had all collected, Burns agaln addressed them. The speech was k;ve:] more violent than the others he made. 'Burns was followed by several other eodaltstlc Upeakers, all of whom dld all in their power to stiruptlie trife. Wheu tlie soeakiug was wer the mob broke up into sections. The ,m;úi body went back east along Oxford street. il'hey had the thoroughfare to theniselves and Btnashed every sound window tbey noticed. Beer and wine saloons were entcredaud their wares distributed to whocver wished to drink. l'oliceuian were powerless. The mob tiuall , .disbursed soon after dark. No Uves are reported as having been lost. It is esttmated that 15.000 persons were engagcd In the Trafal'gar square demonstratiou. iJrobably 200 shops and a dozen club höuses were seriuusly dam aged. About 50 shops were pillaged, including jewelers, bakers, butehers aud wiue shops.