The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-11-01
AEFR|GHTED BY
MARCHING HOSTS
A Day of Red Flags and
Oratory.
NO SERIOUS CONFLICT
st. Petersburg Payements Ring Under
the Tramp OF 100000 Workmen
Who Decide to Continue the
lStrike and Demand the De-
position of Trepoff.
position OF TrepoH.
(By the Associated Press.)

st. Petersburg, Oct. 31.-Up to six
o'clock tonight no serious collisions
had taken place here as result of the
demonstrations over the Cars mani
festo. although there seemed to be
momentary danger of great aisor-
ders
The workmen all over the city left
their work during the afternoon and
drifted to the center of the city, mass
ing before the Kazan Cathedral. Fully
a hundred thousand persons gathered
i'm the great square completely filling
the space between the spreading col
onades of the cathedral whose wings.
like st. Peters at Rome. stretch out
like arms on either side. The spectacle
was impressive. In the gathering
gloom the red banners massed be-
hno speakers on the cathedral steps
seemed like splashes of blood against
the grey, cold imposing edifice. The
orators were mostly students and
workmen. Their appeals kindled the
widest enthusiasm in the crowds
which included hundreds of women
and girl students. The oratory con-
tinued for hours and while ii was in
progress a procession was formed with
Students at its head bearing red flags.
s'I1 tile SdStffc.
A cry was set UP of "To the Bastile'
and the procession started in that di-
rection. Preparations had been made
against attempts to storm the political
prison. termed the Bastile, and al the
afternoon two companies of the Semi
noffsky regiment and four squadrons
of hussars were drawn up on Shaler-
inia street with ample reserves inside.
The leaders of the professiQn-h hSTeyer
had already been advised that Count
Witte had announced that an amnesty
proclamation was being prepared and
led the procession to the Nevsky
Prospect and the Nicholas station, fol-
lowed by an imense crowd all singing
and shouting Complete darkness had
settled down before their return.
At the KaZan Cathedral the process
sion was joined by the thousands there
and singing the "Marseillaise' and
shouting for a constituent assembly
the human tide now composed of fully
100000 persons, swept down the
avenue and across the palace bridge to
the university in the Vasili Ostrov
district. The shOpGeepers and the bet
ter classes of people became panic
stricken. fearing that the mob would
get control of the city. The stores
were closed and people fled to their
homes The Nevsky Prospect and
end to end as a precaution agains;
possible pillage.
a Few Minor Disorders.
There were some minor disorders
and a revolver firing reported dur
ing the day at various places. Gend-
arrnes at the Polytechnic Institute
fred some students are said to have
been wounded, and eighty-two were
made prisoners
An officer in a restaurant who re-
fused to doff his cap before red flag
was set upon by a crowd, but he
covered his retreat by firing two shots
in the air.
A collision between Whites and
Reds occurred near the Anitchkoh
Palace The Reds put the Whites to
flight and destroyed their flags.
The strike committee during the af-
ternoon decided to continue the strike
joining with the students in their de-
mand for the deposition of General
Trepoff, general amnesty. the removal
of the troops to twenty miles out OF
the city and the creation of a national
militia.