The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
GIRLS LASHED
By C0SSlCkS
Women Students Arouse the
Ire Of Russian Troops by
Singing the Marseillaise
DAY GENERALLY CALM
Expected Demonstration on
the Part of the Revolu-
tionaries Does Not Occur


ST. PETERSBURG. May 15.@The
widely heralded demonstrations in ST.
Petersburg did not materialize and re-
ports from Moscow and the provinces
indicate that order reigned on Sunday
generally throughout the entire extent
of Russia. Minor disorders are re-
ported at Reyal, Kishenev- and one or
two other places, but up to midnight
no reports of serious tumults or loss
of life have been received and the at
tempt of the Social Democrats and
Social Revolutionists to signalize May
day by great anti-government demon
strations appears to have been thor
ough failure. The local disturbances
were slight.
Dispatches from Kazan, Tiflis, Sara
, toff, Cronstandt, Rostov-o -on-Don, Kfeff,
{ Vologoda, Tomsk and other cities say
the workmen observed the day as a
holiday; that the shops were closed
and that the quiet was not disturbed.
In st. Petersburg the day was
passed in almost perfect quiet, and
happily without drop of blood being
shed. The reyolutionaries found it
impossible to execute the programme
of demonstrations and bomb-throwing
which they so widely advertised, and
the advertised meetings were not we'll
i attended.
CITY REMAINS QUIET.
Governor General Trepoff handled
the situation firmly, but with view to
avoiding collisions, and made his dis
positions skillfully. Squads of Cos
sacks patrolled the streets, reserves be-
ing held out of sight in. courtyards,
and the guard regiments were re-
tanned under arms in their barracks,
but there. was no occasion to call out
either.
/ The press correspondent, who rode
through all sections of the city and
:, suburbs, found the streets less throng
ed than usual. More or less tension
and agitation were apparent in the in
dustrial, quarters among wOrkmen
promenading under the eyes of Co.'S
sacks with whips in their hands, but
otherwise the city wore almost nor
NAL appearance. The weather, which
was cold and raw, perhaps acted as
| deterrent of trouble, as Russians dis
! like physical discomfort.
At the Preobrajensky cemetery,
where the principal meeting In honor
of The January Martyrs" as the vic
tins of Red Sunday are popularity
called. had been advertised, a scanty
crowd, largely composed Of curiosity
seekers, assembled. Cossacks dispersed
the crowd, the more aggressive of
I whom sang the "Marseillaise' as they
/ were crossing the fields. This defiance
I was met by a charge of Cossacks, who
! used their whips freely, infiicting many
nasty injuries.
i GIRLS FEEL THE WHIP.
There was similar incident Vas
! sill Island, where dozen students.
J mainly girls, sang the Marseillaise"
] and gathered a crowd Cossacks can
n q orr W. n.
/ whips, seeming to take special pleas
ure in lashing the girl students with
! their whips. The affair gave rise to
rumors that a number of persons had
/ been killed, but in the incident, which
happened under the eyes of the press
correspondent. sabers were not even
drawn and nobody was seriously hurt.
I The day wound up with. a tumult in
one of the peoples parks, where, while
merrymakers were dancing Russian
national dances, agitatorS scattered
proclamations among the crowd and
drove a scanty guard of police into a
/ shallow artificial lake. Cossacks came
! up at a gailop welding their whips,
/ rescued the police and made numer-
1 Gus arrests. 1t was noticeable that
the Cossacks rode at wide intervals
evidently to minimize the efforts OF
, bombs should they be thrown.
WORD FROM FATHER sGAPON.
I Governor General Trepoff is exceed
/ ingly pleased with the result of his
! precautions, and points out that or
! der was exceptionally we'll maintained
! during the day without firing shot
| or infiicting single injury serious
! enough to warrant surgical or hospital
attention He attributes the. success
] of his measures largely to wholesale
arrests of incendiary leaders on Sat-
urday. He also praises the working
population for its stand.
The prestige of the Social Democrats
and revolutionists has suffered greatly
! by Sundays failure, though they were
! trying last night to retrieve 1t by is
1 suing manifesto attributing their
inability to carry out the programme
to the overwhelming force of military
and proclaiming a general strike to-
day. The leaders were so confident of
success in advance of the event that
they prepared number of Informal
, hospitals or bandaging stations in the
| neighborhood of the various. advertised
meeting places to render first aid to
the victims of the expected rioting.
Father Gapon sent message from
| abroad to the leaders of his old Or
ganization. saying: DO nothing un-
/ til / return
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