Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-18
Ten thousand People Kept the
Police Busy
No FATALITIES REPORTED,
soldiers Ordered 10 Use Fiat of Their
swords -TOl'toian u 'volutloniAu
Az pOllav Arrested,

st Petersburg, March ga stu
dents riot here Ia which over 10000
people engaged Kept large force of
police and cavalry busy throughout the
day Probably 100 arrests were made,
but the rcpressiye measures were not
so strict as on the corresponding sun
day Probably 100 arrests were made,
but the repressiye measures were not
80 strict as on the corresponding sun
day of 1901 Wine many persons We're
injured, no fatalities We're reported
The students placarded the city last
night, announcing that they intended
to hold a grievance meeting, and the
authorities, taking the hint, made eN-
tensiye preparation. The whole police
was called out ana the military was
held ready for mobilization, cavalry
patrols experimenting the mounted po-
nee Additional squadrOns Of cavalry,
light batteries OF artillery aud detach,
lients of infantry were packed in the
side streets The crowds increased In
the main thoroughfarcs until noon,
when the cavalry officer In command
Of squadron In front Of the Hotel
dEurope begged the crowd there to
dsperse and go home, The dcmonstra-
tors refused and the mounted troops
began slowly clearing the streets,
AT 1880 p. IN. the students attempted
to organize a procession In front OF the
hotel mentioned, singing revolutionary
songs and shouting Gree Russia,
Down with the autocraoy' The po-
lice and cavalry then charged but used
only their cossack whips and the Hat
Of their sabres Many persons We're
hurt but only a few were seriously
injured,
The fighting continued during the re-
mainder OF tho afternoon breaking out
IN fresh places continually one Of the
most severe fights Of he day was con-
cluded only few minutes before the
czarina, In an open sleigh passed the
spot where It occurred Carriages OF the
nobility and members of the imperial
household were several times mixed up
In the melees The authorities made
efforts TO prevent boodshcd and In this
they were remarkably successful, con.
sIderng the magnitude Of the demon-
stratiOn
DlSQUIETING REPORTS,
London, March 49, Referring to the
student disorders in 81, Petersburg
Sunday, the correspondent Of the Times
In the Russian capital says the sol
diers were ordered to use the Hat OF
their swords In dispensing the rioters,
but that they became excited and
struck wildly Several persons were
wounded. and there Is little doubt that
several rioters were killed The reyo-
mtonary movement IN ST. Petersburg
concludes the correspondent, however
Is less serious than in the provinces.
Disquieting reports are daily received
from various parts of the country At
! Tula the soldiers refused to fire on
strikers at small arms factory A
grenadior regiment has been removed
| from Moscow because Il could not be
trusted to fire on the people, and there
| are evidences elsewhere Of the sym
pathy of the troops with the revolution
airy movement At Poltay recently
several men were arrested for partici-
| patton IN a "Tolstoian revolution"
| They made demonstration and won
over the prisoners IN the jail, who start
ed riot overpowered their wardens
and escaped.