Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-31
PEACEFUL DAY IN RUSSIA
Demonstrations Expected on Anniversary
Of Constitution Fail to Appear.
sTUOEETs@ UNIFORM KEEP FROMsTREETs
Garrison of city DistriButed to Pre-
serve Order-EiEht Persons Con-
victed of RobbinE Custom
House Exec-tcd.

ST PETERSBURG, Oct. 3O.-The first an
niversary Of the proclamation of the mani
festo giving a constitution 20 Russia passed
In undisturbed quiet. Disorder and blood
shed were averted The workmen Of st.
Petersburg, always the most numerous ele-
ment in any disturbance, complied abso-
lutely with the orders Of the labor organi-
cations and abstained from any celebration
or demonstration.
The Putlloff iron works employees worked
as usual in obedience to the orders from
labor headquarters These works are the
heart OF the labor movement. Disquieting
signs were observed near the works last
night and today and an adequate force of
men was stationed In the neighborhood to
cope with any emergency The men of
score Of smaller factories had the day of,
but work was performed I'm a majority Of
the shops.
Several bands Of black hundreds. armed
with slaves. parsded In a remote street.
but there were no collisions with them nor
have there been any conflicts between the
workmen and the police.
Todays issue of the Oko. formerly the
Russ and the Tovariskeb, has been con-
fscated.
students Keep on streets.
Students in uniform were conspicuously
absent, as the result OF a warning issued
at the meeting held in the university yes
terday that bands Of reactiOnary rowdies
had been formed TO beat pedestrians in
student garb. The garrison of the city was
distributed in accordance with the emer-
gency regulations for preserving order.
Large forces OF infantry and cavalry were
concentrated in the vicinity Of the Kazan
cathedral. whose portico was guarded by
soldiers, and large numbers of troops were
gathered In the neighborhood of the uni
versty, but the soldiers were kept out Of
sight, as far as possible. in the interior OF
courts and in buildings Special guards.
were stationed at ali the railway stations.
There was conflict last night between
a detachment OF troops and large crowd
which had gathered at a fire in an indus
trial district Of -schlusselburg. Some row.
dies cut the fire hose drove the iremen
away and began plundering. whereupon
the soldiers fired volIey in the air and
Dispersed the crowd without any casualties
Otherwise the night passed quietly.
Eight persons, arrested here in cOnnec-
tion with the robbery of S1Ssi26o from
Cashier Hermann OF the customs house
October a. were tried by court-martiai and
executed.
UIkaae to Dissenters
At noon special edition of the Official
Gazette containing the imperial ukase
granting full religious freedom to the "old
believers was issued, the preamble of
which Is as follows:
To guarantee to all Russian subjects lib
erty OF faith and public worship according
to tho Gictatss Of their conscience, we is
sued = ukase April a. 1905. IN continuance
of this task Of love and peace we deem It
good TO establish rifles and regulations
governing the internal organization Of the
old believers and other dissent sects of the
holy orthodox church. charging the minis
try Of the interior at the same time to
elaborate a similar law for the sects issu-
ing from other Christian confessions. With
trust In a benehcent providence. we believe
that these .casures will serve TO
strengthen the ties of loyalty by which the