Great Unemployed Demonstrations.
(REUTEU'S TELEGRAMS.)
LONDON, October 16.
Further threatening demonstrations by the unemployed took place on Friday. Several persons wore the cap of liberty, and the Marseillaise was sung. The Lord Mayor refused to receive a deputation by the men, and was hooted by the mob. A crowd congregated outside the Standard newspaper office, and hooted and groaned for some time. The police seized the red and black flags carried by the unemployed, and dispersed the gathering.
A renewal of the demonstration took place on Saturday. Large crowds assembled in Trafalgar Square, where fieice harangues were delivered by a number of agitators. A procession was formed, which paraded the city, but there was less uproar than on tbe previous day. Strong complaints have been made against the stoppage ot traffic "nnd business owing to th>se processions being tolerated by tbe authorities.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume IX, Issue 1756, 17 October 1887, Page 2
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