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 was present at an event organized by the SDF in Trafalgar Square aimed at questioning the legality of Sir Charles Warren's declaration that no demonstrations could occur there for the unemployed.