The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-19
MOSCOW IN A RRRMENF
 FOR SEVERAL HOURS
ACKNOWLEDGMENT DEMoNsTRA-
 T1oN BK 5000 PERSONS.

Crowd Singing Marches Toward the
 Palace of Grand Duke sergius, the
 Governor GeneraI-PoIIce Attempt to
 BIock Street wbereupOn the Trouble
 Begins in Earnest-Revolution
 Flags Raised Amid shouts of sLong
 Live Freedom.s
 Moscow, Dec. 1S.-This city was the scene of a revolutionary demonstration to-day from noon till nearly evening. Probably 5000 persons actually partici- pated. Fortunately the agitators did not succeed in drawing the working men from the factories into the disturb ance, and after many collisions, the po- lice firing blank volleys and charging with their sabres. the crowds were fin ally dispersed. Many were wounded and more vera arrested. As far a, is known none of the rioters were actually killed. One policeman is reported to have been fatally injured. Many on both sides were roughly handled. The authorities knew in advance that trouble was impending and many houses along Tverskaia street were specially guarded and extra policemen were on duty in the streets. Several squadrons of mounted gendarmerie were concealed in the courtyards of houses, ready for an emergency. The crowds began to collect at midnight in Tverskaia street, students, young men and women mixing with the general public. The thoroughfare was soon con gested with a mass of moving human Iity, which eonverged on Strastni square where three thousand persons assem- | Ibled, many armed with clubs and carry | ing flags. The crowd, singing, moved toward the palace of Grand Duke Ser, gius, the governor general of Moscow. The police attempted to block the street, whereupon the trouble began in earnest. The crowd broke through the cordon and one policeman was knocked down and, it is thought, fatally hurt. Bat ltalions of police were brought up at double-quick to reinforce their com rades. Sticks and stones were freely used by the mob, which threatened to again break through the cordon. The police, under orders of their chief, fired several blank volleys and mounted men charged, using the flats of their swords. The mob fought stubbornly, but finally broke and sought shelter in the side streees. Here the police were again severely pressed, as the attachments stationed at the openings of these streets to keep people out of Tverskaia street were caught between the retreat | ing mob on one side and throngs of cu- rious spectators Oh the other.
 Many of the demonstrators who broke | through the ccrdon of police paraded | in side streets in smaller groups way ling flags and singing. A crowd of five hundred collected in front of the thea \ ter, where revolutionary flags were hoisted amid shouts of Long live free domr' The police were not prepared at | this point and the crowd, gathering volume, moved from the square to Neg lima street and Koominestki bridge, the chief street of Moscow, where the police met them. Another stubborn fight en- sued. ending, as the first had done, Iwith three blank volleys and sabre charges.
 The disturbances continued at isolat- ed spots throughout the afternoon. | Many shops were turned into hospi- tals. where the wounds of both rioters
 and police were temporarily dressed
 The worlSmen held aIoof from the demonstration employers having given them warning that any participating would be dismissed
 I A few orlookers were hurt. Quiet
 was finally restored, though almost every small street was traversed by small singing and shouting groups dur ing the course of the afternoon.