BREAD OR WORK
DESTITUTION IN LONDON.
THREATENING DEMONSTRATIONS.
DEMAND FOR POOD.
[press ASSOCIATION. 1 London, October 13. Continuous demonstrations have been held throughout the city to-day by the unemployed. At an early hour thousands of persons assembled in Trafalgar Square, where a number of threatening speeches were delivered.
A procession was afterwards formeel which proceeded to the Mansion House, a black banner, bearing the inscription " Bread or "Work," being prominently displayed.
On arriving at the Mansion House, a deputation interviewed the authorities and made a demand for food or employment. The Police Court at Bow-street was rushed to-day by hundreds of indigent persons seeking parish relief.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8073, 14 October 1887, Page 5
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