The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-14
RGVO|utiOnsts Are Expected 10
Start Something
HAVE BOMBS AND REVOLVERS
Police of St. Petersburg Issue Orders
and General Trepoff Admits Dis
orders Are Extremely
Probable To-day.

st. Petersburg. May 1s.-Tomorrow tha
Russian May Day is awaited with nerv-
BUSINESS. both by the public and the au-
thorities The revolutionary agitators
would like to make it another red Sun
day" in every city of the empire. and
everywhere are urging workmen to eele-
brate the fete with anti-government DEM
onstrations. ana to resist With arms if
the police and troops interfere.
The agitators are covertly aided by soma
radicals who have not the courage to
come out into the open, and who are try
ing TO pave the way to set up the cry
of shooting down of innocents in the
event of bloodshed by warning the au-
thorities that the meetings are intended
to be pacific; but perusal Of the count
less procamations with which st. Peters,
burg, for instance, is flooded, proves con-
elusively that it is really intended To pre-
epitate collisions.
Have Bombs and Revolvers.
Many workmen are said to be armed
with bombs and revolvers, and a large
stock of pistols of an automatic repeaI-
ing type smuggled in for the revolution
lists are being offered for sale to the n-
ltlated at cost price.
Fortunately saner liberals and EVEN
those of radical views, realizing the fu-
tiHty of bleodshed, are eounselling the
workmen not to jeopardize their lives
uselessly The police also have issued
systematic warnings. y evertheless, dis
dainng the advice of wel-wshers and
defying the warnings of the police, the
q al
lists have called big meetings TO be held
at Smoensk Field. ON Nassili Island. at
the Preobrajensk cemetery, ON the Schus-
sellberg Cansee, where some of the vc-
tins of January % are buried; at the
Petrovsky park in the Vibog quarter, "
several places in the Putilom district and
at other industrial centers.
Bloodshed is Almost Certain.
1t is almost too much to hope that the
] day will pass In Russia without collisions
| or bloodshed.
| Governor General Trepoff and Director
! of Police Kovalensky, while expressing
the hope that all will be quiet tomorrw,
| as far as st. Petersburg is concerned, adj
init the possibility of disorders.
AT the same time. they insisted to the
Associated Press that If blood is spilled
the responsibility must rest on those who
deliberately provoke IL.
Elaborate precautions have been taken.
The garrison of the city was further re-
| lnforced during the week, and a large
detachment of Don Cossacks arrived to-
night. They stared open-eyed at their
first view of the st. Petersburg cathedral,
| and at other sights of the big city as
| they rode TO their quarters.
Stationed In Outskirts.
! Twenty-Five thousand Cossacks are sta
| toned In various quarters Of the city,
| principally in the outskirts, and all OF
| the guard regiments are under arms, but
specifically written orders issued by Prince
| Vassilchikoff Grand Duke Vladimirs
aide, who will be in active command, are
| that the order to fire must, under no cir
| cumstances. be given until the troops are
actually attacked. Special orders have
| also been given to the Cossacks who, with
the gendarmerie win be used to disperse
| the crowds, to not even draw their sabres
unless in the event of a Cossack being
killed. or wounded, but TO employ their
whips freely II necessary to scatter
demonstra tors
| Peaceful crowds il not organized for
demonstrating will be permitted to as
semble Today there was sign OF ap-
| proaching trouble The workmen paid
| their accustomed Saturday visits to the
bath houses, and went shopping in the
town. and otherwise enjoyed the half
holiday There was no indication of the
tention apparent on the eve of the trou-
BILE of January %. At Goulyanye park.
beyond the Putlloff industrial quarter
there was the traditional promenade OF
girls of the poorer classes before prospec-
tive benedction and the merry-making
was noisy and hearty as ever