The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-01

I
y Russia today enthusiastically cele-
brated the emperor's gift of free
dom. which the greater part of the
people received with deepest joy,
Though in st. Petersburg. Moscow and
/other cities socialists and revolution
ISIS organized anti-gOVernmtnt demon
Nstrations and red flag parades, which,
with the patriotic demonstrations, led
10 a number of conflicts between the
reds" and whites" as the anti-gov-
eminent and royalist factions are re-
spectively termed. on the whole the
day passed more quietly in Russia than
had been expected. Riots We're report
ed at KaZan, Kishineff and Poltava,
and two men were killed.
Unrestrained Liberty.
In each of the two capitals. St. Pc
tersburg and Moscow, the day was
one such as the Russians never before
have seen. The Slavic people who,
during the long war just closed and
the anxious period preceding the
announcement of the new era of con-
stituuOnalism, seemed self-restrained
and apathetic gave themselves fully
10 the eXuberance of the moment and
spent the entire day in parades and
assemblies, which for the first time in
the history of Russia We're freely per-
united. Under the orders of Count
White and General Trepoff. the troops
generally We're withdrawn from the
streets of the cities and the fullest rein
given the people to let out their en-
thusiasm in demonstrations which. so
long as they were not destructive, We're
not interfeTed with.
Sun shone Brightly.
It was a significant omen that after
.H..T.H
weather symbolic of the days of the
strike, the sun shone out brightly to-
day IN St. Petersburg and brought 4
radiant Indian summer day. The
scenes in St. Petersburg reminded the
observer of events in an American uni
NeFsity town after a grezR football
victory. but a thousand times magni-
fed. From early morning the streets
OF the capital We're flied with a mass
or demonstrators who paTaded up and
down the long and broad Nevsky
Prospect and tTamped time and again
the route between the principal centers
OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS KaZan cathedral
and the university-and, constantly
auSmenting, reached Il grand total of
fully 100000 people, while down the
Nevsky Prospect late in the afternoon
socialist QgitatOrs consisting Of both
students and workmeu, and members
or revolutionary organizations, jumped
into the forefront Of affairs in ST. Pc
Ttersburg and converted the celebration
into great revolutionary demonstra-
'lion.
Socialists Active.
There We're long professions in which
hundreds of red flags We're carried, and
10 which every one was compelled to
doff their hat. A majority Of the pa
raiders Haunted on the lapels of their
coats rOsettes and streamers Of Grim
son ribbon, and socialist orators deliv-
cred fiery oratiOns from the balconies
of the university and the portiro of the
cathedral or wherever they could
gather audiences. They declared the
concessions. of the emperors manifesto
were insufficient and that they must
have the freedom of all political ,pris-
oners. the formation Of "A national
militia and the banishr1ent of General
TrepOn and all the troops under his
command twenty miles from the cd9.-
tai
REDS Were Victorious.
Early In the day the "Marsellaise''
supplanted the national anthem as the
popular marching song. The loyalists
attempted TO take the lead against the
socialists and revolutionists by organ !
izing counter parades in which they
carried the red white and blue ban
ner of Russia and chanted the national
anthem. but they We're driven off the
Nevsky Prospect by the overwhelming
numbers of the reds every time they
appeared
In the early part Of the day great
crowds of spectators filled the broad
sidewalks and remained until the dem
onstratiOns assumed so turbulent a
character that the Well-intentiOned
classes fed TO their homes and the
merchants hastily boarded up the win
e hi. s-Hse.
barred their doors. fearing an outbreak
which might result in pillage and
destruction. Such an outbreak how
ever did not occur. and the day closed
without serious collisions.
Roughs Made Trouble.
The major portion of the citizens. tired
out by the long celebration OF the first
tay of Russian liberty, went early 10
bed. and al midnight the NeVsky Pros
pect was deserted. except for crowds OF
roughs armed with clubs, who paradcd
tho avenue singing the national anthem
as well a. revolutionary songs and who
ad frequent collisions with each other,
during which shots were fired.
The most serious encounter during the
hav took place near the barracks of the
Seminoff regiment where crowd OF
dernonstrants IN attempting 10 march TO
the chronological institute was stopped
nv troops Shots were fired on both sides.
with the result that one man was killed
and ten wounded. A prominent lawyer
and a professor were wounded in a coll
Yision al the polytechnic school
Red Flag Fights.
Another fatality resulted from the de-
,oand made By the crowd that hats Je
doffed before the red flags An officer
who refused TO obey the demand was set
upon and beaten with the staffs of flags,
when ne drew his revolver and fired "A
number of shots killing one person. Ia
an affray at the Putiloff works between
strikers and nOn-strikers several men /
were badly beaten. Ten or twelve men
we're wounded in the conflicts on the !
NeVsky Prospect.
During the evening rumors Of collisions |
resulting in heavy fatalities attained /
wide circulation. hut the Associated Press /
is unable 10 confirm them and IL IS Of /
fis.aIly stated that beyond the fatalities |
mentioned above no one Was killed to-