The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-12-15

ST. Petersburg By Cabie.-A poDo,ar
aHG-gorcrnment demonstration. the
participants in which Included large
rumgeT5 OF students OF both sexes he
gan at midday Sunday in the Nev,kv
prospect ana lasted about two hours.
Hundreds III police ana mounted gen
James. who were hidden in the court
yard Of The public buildings, emerged
and suddenly charged the crowd at full
gallon. driving the demonstrators in
- 'atiJnG Confusion and screaming with
terror HpO2 the sidewalks and into si-
taE'ut streets. This led to Srr;o1n en-
.yInte'5. % persons being more or less
severely injured. Large numbers were
.I."stcd.
Not sine" INC riots OF 1901. when Cos
>erhS- SLretChi1d across the Navski pros
rf't fi'r building 10 building, charged
"o"I :ue boulevard from the Moscow
sta''Jn to the NeVa, has the Russian
aul'al lived through such q day of
excitement as this. The authorities last
night s"i wind OF the big anti govern
F""El demonstration planned for today
y '"D Social democratic party to de
n"hd AL immediate end CT tho war and
tIf 'JnVCcatiOn of q national assem-
'lE ana this evening in every paper
y haGh-iaCe type was an explicit
"a ElnS - the people, at their peril,
- dPs'st from cOngregating in the New
~ prospect near the kaSGan Csthe-
4F,iL At the same time eXtesiVe prepar-
aIlols were made to quell any disturb
3nce. The police on the Nevski pros
n~ct were increased six times over and
ihe deFornik5, or house portcrs, were
haiShhl"d III front Of thei- respective
"'diI'ngS. tiaf q dozen sGuadrOns of
mounted GeDIarmcs We're masSed iu
'Hc rear pt the GasGan Cathedral, and
's'tttlpE5 OF reserve police were sta
I1r"u IN seVeral court yards Out Of
-iShi. UniSter OF the Interior SyiatO-
peik-PlrSky gave strict orders, how
ever, that no COssacks should be used
%Id the chief Of police issued explicit
directions 70 avoid harsh measures un-
les it should become absolutely neces-
SaIy
me newspaper warning, however
by giving notice to those not apprised
vi the prospect Of demonstration, de-
Ieated the very object of which they
we're designed, attracting seelnigly the
%notc population of this vast city to
tne broad throughfare; and long be-
tore the hour fixed, despite the plead
lug of the police, who literally lined the
sidewalks, the thrOngs on the pave
'ncnt5 were SO dense that movement
Eas almost impossible, while the snow
covered boulevard was black with 4
tangled mass OF. sleighs, filed mostly
attn the curious. In throngS on the
@lueWaikS, were practically the whole
student body of the capital, including
many young women. who have always
Geen prominent in Russia in rcVOlu-
tOnaTy movements, and also thousands
o. Wufkmen belonging to the Social
labor party. Towards 1 o'clock the
"oFkmen and students seemed to
swarm toward the corner OF the Hotel
EUROPE. opposite the Gasean Cathedral.
The police, recognizing that the critical
moment was approaching, tried in vain
10 Keep back the human tide. Thea,
Nhen there was not a single mounted
policeman in sight, on the strike Of l
clock, from the heart of the -thickly
Wedged crowd blood red flag, like a
JET OF fame, suddenly shot up. 1t was
lhe signal. Other flags appeared in. the
crowd, waving frantically overhead;
and they were greeted with hoarse
road. Down with autOcracy.' The stu
ueats Surged into the street, singing the
Marseillaise," while innocent specta-
tors. seeking to extricate themselves
IoWdel into doorways and hugged
walls. DismOunted police made sim
Gle a.tcmnt 10 force their wav into the
crowd to wrest the flags from the de-
mOnstrat0rs, but the students and
Worhmen, armed with sticks, stood
close and beat back their assaiiants.
Then, like flash, from behind the
hasean Cathedral. came Il squadron or
gendarmie. The doors Of adjoining
court yards we're thrown back, ana
oattalions of police came out. A dou-
Die squadron charged the flank OF the
demonstrators with drawn sabres. rive
ether squadrons circled the mob, cut
ing through the frinrS of sennfatnTs
Who gladly scurried to cover The main
wedge OF the demonstrators stood fast
CEly moment or two.
There was sharp rattle OF cudgels
ana sabres, though the wounds showed
mat the police struck principally WIN
The fat of their sabres. The women
we're especially fierce in their resis-
lance. Many were struck and tram
E'o0, GHu DIOOu StTedIneu uo" Il IiiSii
face
While the mob stood. those within
managed to throw hundreds OF reyo.
,uronary proclamatlons over the
heads Of their fellows. The police
urged their horses fiercely into the
Cfo"d, driving these who resisted into
ne court yards, the Hotel Europe and
me Catholic Church The intense ex-
ClteIlent lasted about ten minutes, al
Uf which mounted squadrons Of the
Ssndarmerie Datroiled the streets.
end the policemen devoted themselves
" keeping the crowd moving.
considering the sharp fight the riot
trs had up, the police acted hui
haheiy with the crowd. avoiding bru-
tahty and roughness in keeping the
tufong moving. and showing really
nicf" consideration than the police OF
ptehy cities would under similar
circumstances.
N the meantime these confined IN
As court yards, who were recognized
q asltators, were arrested, but 9th
t: s were allowed to go quietly home
les dressed.