On 9 November 1886 he took part in the meeting in Trafalgar Square which had been specially organised by the SDF to test the legality of the proclamation of Sir Charles Warren, the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, that demonstrations of the unemployed could not be held there.
On November 9, 1886, he participated in the gathering organized by the SDF at Trafalgar Square to examine the legality of Sir Charles Warren's announcement as Commissioner of Police for London that demonstrations by the unemployed were not permitted there.