Show The London Row LONDON February 10By 8 oclock a crowd that numbered many thousands gathered in Cumberland Market The lowest criminal classes of London represented re-presented by a strong contingent was intent upon harrassing and insulting the police At 9 oclock Hyndman Williams and other Socialistleaders appeared and were greeted with uproarious shouts of welcome They held a short consultation consulta-tion and resolved to abandon the attempt at-tempt to hold a meeting tonight because be-cause as they said the dense fog that prevailed prevented their distinguishing distinguish-ing the true unemployed workingmen from loafers The announcement was then made and the meeting adjourned until Tuesday As the crowd slowly dispersed cheering for the Socialist leaders the disorderly clement again manifested itself The police were jeered at and stoned but easily drove their assailants from the ground Three regiments of foot guards two of cavalry and a battery of artillery were confined I in the baraacks all day in readiness to sally out at a moments notice The vigorous action of the police of South London compares favorably i with the comfares police at the Trafalgar Square meeting on Monday I Mon-day Mounted constables armed with cutlasses and revolvers assisted the police po-lice on foot in dispersing a mob of 5000 men near Elephant Castle tavern A gratifying feature was the fact that many small tradesmen and numbers of bona fide workincrmen ioined in assisting assist-ing the police to repulse the rioters who dreading the encounter quickly dispersed The police had been informed in-formed early in the day of a conspiracy of thieves inhabiting the common lodg ing houses to make South London a starting point of a pillaging expedition Precautions were accordingly taken to prevent disorders Midnight The city is quiet The crowds disappeaied by 10 oclock and the streets are now deserted The panic is subsiding The scare IS with out a parallel in the history of London Tens of thousands of desperate men 11 gathered in the streets and only needed some one more reckless than themselves them-selves to lead them to commit wildest excesses |