Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-14

lntl-S0Yernment demonstration, lnC
participants in which included large
Numbers 6f students OF both sexes. be-
gan at midday Sunday in the Nersky
prospect and lasted about two hours.
rrIurdrtls Of police and mounted gen-
darmes, who @@ere hidden in the court
yard of the public buildings. emerged
and suddenly charged the crowd at full
galIop, driving the demonstrators in
headlulg confusion and screaming with
terror upon thG sidewalks and into adj
jaceht streets. This led 10 serious en-
couilters. 50 persons being more or less
severely iGjGTsJ.. Large plumbers we're
arrested:
Not since the riots of 1901. Chen Co.'S
sacks, stretched across the Navskl pros
pect from building u Building. charged
down the boulevard frofi' tile Mosco"
station to the Neva. has the russian
capital lived through such day OF
excitement dis !his: The authorities last
night got wind OF thc big anti-goVern-
ment demonstration planned fsr today
by the Social Democratic party 10 de-
maid an immediate eud Of the war and
the contocatlon Of national assem-
bly, and this evening In every paper
in blacR:tacs type was an explicit
warning to the Teaple. al their psFis,
to desist from congregatins in the NeV-
ski prGsreet near the kasgan Catne-
dral. At the san.e time eyteEipc prenaY-
ations were made to Qtcll any disturb
ance. The police on the NeFati pros
pect were increased six times over ahd
the deyorniks, or house portcrs. were
marshaiSd IN front OF their reHectlFe
buildings. Halt dozen sQuadrons Ql
mounted gendarmes we're massed III
the rear Of the Gasean Cathedral. anh
battalions iii reserve police were sta
toned in several Ccnrt yards out 0f
sight. Minister Of the Interior Sviato-
poili-Mirskg gave strict ordcLs. NOW
ever. that no Cassacks should be used
and the chief OF police issued explicit
directions TO avoid harsh measures un-
less il should become absolutely neees-
sary,
The newspaper warning. however,
By giving Notice tr those not appr'Seu
of the prospect of a denomination, dc"
feated the VERY object Of which they
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whole population of this fast city to
the broad throughfare; and long he-
fore the hour fixed, despite tec pieau"
ing of the police, who literary llheo lhe
sidewalks. the throngs on the pave
ments we're 50 dense that moTemcht
was almost Impossible. ilhile the snow.
d
tangled mass Of sleighs. flied mostly
with the curious. In throngs Oh lDc
sidewalks. were practically the Whole
student body OF the Capital. including
MANY young women, who have always
been prominent III Russia il! rcvoill-
tionary movements, and a'sn thousands
cr workmen belonging to the H'rial
Labor party. Towards O'CLOCK the
workneH aid students seemed 10
swarm toward tie corner OF the Hotel
Europe. opposite the 0assan Cathedrai.:
The police, recognizing that tue er'sica'
moment was approaching. tried IN vaia
to keep back the human tldc. laeii;
when there was not single moun.e.i
policeman in sight, on the strike or |
orlock. from the heart OF the thlckly
wedged crowd Il blood red flag. Ike
iet of flame. suddeuiy ShUl up:, 1t was
tbe signal. Other flags appeared ~ lne
crowd. waving frantieally overhead;
and they were greeted with a noatse
rGad: Down with autocracy. me stu
dents surged inlu the street, singing tae
"Narseillaise." while inlldceft specta-
Tors. seeking to cxtTlcate thcnlscl'. -
t,6wdel into tlcorways and husgeu
walls. Dismbuntcu puiice maze SUI
ele aitnmr, 10 force their war inlo tie
crowd 10 wrcst The flags from the de-
monstrators. hut The students ana
workucn. armed with sticks. stood
close aid heat hack their assailants.
Then. like a flash, frdm behind Inc
Kasean Cathedral. came squadron OF
gendarmie. The doors of ADJOINING
court yards we're thrown BACK, auu
hattalions Of police came out. doa-
bje squadron charged the flank Oh !ne
demonstrators with drawn saotcs' - a,,,
other s0uadrons circled the hoo. eu.-
ling through The frinGs or sencshlois
who gladly scurlied TO cover. ne nla.n
wedge of The demonstrators stoou last
only a moment or Two.
There was Il sharp rallie ~ cuues
and sabrcs. though the wounds showed
that the police struck principally MslE i.
the Nat Of their subrcs: The women @
were especially fierce i'll Their icsls' M
lance. Many we're struck and tram.
pled. and blood slrcamed down tacH
faces. -, ,,os, ,rtl,in
managed to throw hundreds OF revo,
lut:onary proclumations over tile
heads of lhcIr fellows. The police
urged their horses Iiarcely lnlo lne
crowd, driving those wLo resisted 'hlo
the court yards, the Hotel Europe ana
The Catholic Church. Tie intense e%'
citement lasted about ten minutes az
ter which mounted sQuadfonS OF Tue
gendarmerIc pa!rollcl lIe streets
and the policemen devoted themselves
to keeping the crowd moving;
Considering The sharp fight INC r,ot
ers had up, Tic police acted hu,
namely with The crowd. avoiding hru
tslity end roGgilnesa in keeping NE
throng moving, ana showing really
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