New-York tribune., 1905-11-01

St Petersburg Nov 1, $50 a. m.-Early this
morning. after a conference in which all the
generals commanding troops in st. Pc.-S 4spurg
took part. General Trepoff issued the following
announcement, which is being placarded
throughout the city:
The day of October 81. unfortunately, cid not
pass off without violent encounters between the
different factions of the population, as well as
with the police and troops.
Recognizing the responsibility imposed on me.
7 again request the population to maintain Or
der, and give warning that ali attempts to dis
turb order will be suppressed with the most per
emptory anc absolute measures
ST. Petersburg, Oct. 31.-The strike committee
this afternoon decided to continue the strike,
joining the students in their demand for the
deposition Of CzheHal Trepoff, general amnesty,
the removal of the troops twenty miles from the
city and the creation of a national militia.
All Russia to-day celebrated enthusiastically
the Emperor's gift of freedom. which the greater
part of the peopie received with deepest joy,
though in St Petersburg Moscow and other
cities Socialists and revolutionsts organized
anti-government demonstrations and red flag
parades. which, with the patriotic manifesto
tions led to a number of conflicts between the
reds and whites" the anti-gorernn1ent
and royalist factions are respectively termed,
On the whole the day passed more quietly in
Russia than had been expected, though num-
Der of collisions between the people and the
troops reported.
At Puitara cossnchs and infantry charged
peaceable demonstration, and there were many
victims similar incident occurred at Kish-
ineff where the troops fired the people and
the police used their whips. At Dorpat also. a
demonstration dispersed by voleys from
the troops. AT Poltava and Byeostock crowds
attempted to break into the jails, with the re-
suit that several persons killed or
wounded.
In aanh of the tUo enpitalq Ct Petersburg
and Moscow The day was one such the RUS
slams never before have seen The Slavic people
spent the entire day in parades and assemblies
which for the first time In the history of Rus
ss we're freely permitted Under the orders of
Count witte and General Trepof, the troops
generally we're Withdrawn from the streets of
the cities.
After a fortnight of gloomy and depressing
weather. symbolic of the days of the strike the
sun shnne brightly to-day In st. Petersburg
From early morning the streets of the capital
were Allied with a mass of demonstrators, who
pa araded up down the long and broad New
sky Prospect and tramped time and again the
route between the two principal centres or
dA,uonstrat ton the Kazan Cathedral and the
University
Constantly augmenting. the crowds reached
grand total of 100000 persons. Whiie down the
Nausly Prospect late in the afternoon socialist
a.itator5 consisting of both students and work
men and members OF revolutionary organ1za-
tons jumped into the forefront of affairs in St.
patarsbuPe and converted the celebration into
great revolutionary demonstration
There were long professions, in which nun
dreds of red flags carried. TO which every
one was compelled 10 doff the hat Almost all
tte paraders Haunted the lapels OF their coats
rosettes and streamers of crimson ribbon and
socialist orators delivered hery orations from
The balconies of the university and the poruco
~ 4he cathedral or wherever they could gamer
audiences They said that the concessions ~
the Emperor-s manifesto were insufficient, ana
tbaf they must have the freedom q all pellsieal
nrisoners the formation OF a national militia ana
~. bae,sAaaen, Of General Trepoh and all the