The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-16

T. DismouA
gHttempt to
tlfrOwo to- WI
4 pnstrators. b
" pnen. armed
cd aaa beat ID
Thu Ike a HASH
KasS Cathedral.
OF g armis. The
court ards were
eattaT4s - police G
BILE sd charged
demonsAtors Nth dr.
other sqAd7o7s circle
ting thru the frinE
who giadIAogr7ei to Z
wedge Of demons,ra
only a moHS or two.
sABRE ~ ny tn
There WASH sharp rat
and sabres. tkrgh the "
ed that the A. strucH
with the fiat their 4
women were esAcaliy HeT
resistance. Man were
trampled. and ~ s'reai
their faces.
While the mob So'i tha
managed to throw tUndrcdsN
lutionary proclauStions ~
heads or their zello'S me
urged their horses frcely
| crowd. driving those vRo raststA
the court yards. the H%i Euroa
the Catholic church. Ne Intend
element lasted about II MINUTES
ter which mounted saudfrons 4
gendarmine patrolled thevs'recs
the policemen devoted l'"'haS
TO keeping the crowd moviK
Considering the sharp fgN M' -
ers had put up, the police
namely with the crowd. y
brutality and roughness I'm ff'
the throng moving. and snowy i"
~ more consideration than
OF many American cities w4
under similar circumstances.
In the meantime, those conf
the court yards. who were reed
as agitators. were arrested. but In.
were allowed 10 go quietly home
wounded first having their intd |
dressed.
There were probably a hundr
broken heads. and several were -
verely wounded. though none fatally
so far as is ascertainable. So far
there have been over 100 arrests.
The ferment continued all day and
far into the night. but only one or
two abortive attempts were made Mt \
demonstrations. the police being in
such force that they had no difficult
~ in seiZing the r~ingleaders. no resist
ance being made in any case.
Tonight the students of the Pollti-
technique and other intitutes held
meetings at which fiery speeches were
mad in favor OF reform and the con-
vocation of a national assembly.
The g-JHst A. s-ess is expressed
day'sa,n Is al ham"- that Just
whiGser e fate OF fh-sSs' stvc pro-
gr a &c was in the baian.he sich a
q L.uess outbreak will be MO
ejudice every observer and p0s>1k
'etronges. weapon In the hand OF ta
bureay ratio reactionaries. -
TIL such demonstrations Of the
Social Democratic Labor party are NOT
confined toNhe capital is shown by A
letter received here from a prominent@
Zemstovk in southern Russia. In
which the write says:
DIVISION AMONG LIBERALS.
THE or Ism with when we left
st. Petersburg is beginning 10 vanish.
The government is not showing n dis
position TO meet us half way. and en-
ter frankly on the path OF reform.
On the contrary. there seems TO be
hesitation as to whether ii would not
be better t. return to the path OF re-
action. TT government seems un-
able to cor lend the real state OF
popular fee importance OF de-
cisive actio ne disastrous con-
sequences u ocrastination. The
people of thrS province are IN a state
of great excitement. Large meetings
have taken place I'm many towns. and
very specific resolutions have been
adopted: but the bad feature OF the
situation is the attitude Of the work
ingmen.
"Incited by the underground press
OF Geneva and Paris. who declare
themselves in complete ~antagonism TO
the moderate demands OF the Fem
| stovs. they proclaim a definite So
cialist programme, declaring they
want not political. but social. reform.
It will. therefore. be the policy OF the
government, il II decides to concede
nothing to US, TO foster such dissen-
sions between the Zemstovs and the
labor party.
The government. confident of It's
ability to repress revolutionary at
tacks by force of arms. and appre-
hending no real danger against the
expediency OF granting the reforms
demanded by the moderates. on the
ground that they are not in real sym
pathy with the wishes OF the people"
Following is the text OF the procla-
nation of the Social Democratic Ia
Dor k,arty. calling today's demonstra-
ton: We have raised our vcices
| calling for better things. but the gov
eminent has turned n deaf ear to our
cry. We today draw out a laborious
existance. n condition worse than