The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-22
BLOODY SUNDAY.
PARADE AND MASS MEETING AT
 MUSIC HALL.


 Many Stirring and Patriotic Speeches
 Made-ResolutiOns of Sympathy Read and Unanimously Adopted by
 the Audience.
 A big demonstration took place yes- terday under the auspices of several of the Jewish societies and Socialistic clubs, to commemorate Bloody Sun day." and to sympathize with those who suffered in the massacre at St. Petersburg a year ago. The call for the meeting was eouched in the fol- lowing language:
 "On Sunday mo1ping, January p last, the white snow covered the streets and squares of St. Petersburg. The czar looked out from his palace windows on 2 pure and beautiSul scene.
 Before night tile czar looked out on snow trampled and stained crimson with the blood of many hundreds of working men and working women men and women who were willing (spite of all his past crimes) to give him last chance to risk their lives in trusting his humanity, to come un- armed, by thousands, and tens of thou sands, to present to him a statement of the wrongs they hat- endured so long and petition for their redress.
 "The czar knew they were coming They had given him Lotice. He knew that they came with leace and order in their hearts, and they were willing to make any personal sacrifice, in or der that Russia might have freedom and progress, if possible, without civil war. He knew this-he and his capital ist and aristecratie counsellors. And with the advice of the nobles and fnanceiers he decided how to answer the toilers' petition.
 '"The workers gathered. They filled the great square. They waited for the czar to come out and hear and answer their petition.
 "The czar did not come out. His statesmen did not come out. They sent Cossacks and dragons and Gattling batteries.
 ''That was the czar's answer to the toilers' complaints -saIbres, bayonets, and a storm of bullets -merciless slaughter of men and women and chill dren,"
 Previous to the mass meeting which took place in Music hall a parade of the various organizations took. place, headed by the Second Regiment band, and the American flag, many red ban ners, as well as banners denoting the various societies were carried. They marched through the principal streets in the center of the city. Many women also took part in both the parade and the meeting at Music hall. The scene at Music hall was intensely patriotic and interesting and the greatest enthu- siasm prevailed all through the meet ing. Eugene B. Toomey presided and introduced the various speakers, James 1, T. Hunter of New York was the first speaker, He began by contrasting the parade they had in New Haven with that which occurred in St. Petersburg a year ago. The Russian peasants who paraded that day were just as quiet and peaceful as they were. He spoke of. the attempt to present their modest wants to the czar, and the reception they received. He likened the scene in Russia to that which occurred in this country 1S0 years ago, when the Boston massacre took place, and said that just as surely as that massacre brought about the freedom of the people of this country, so surely would the massacre of St. Petersburg bring about the free dom of the Russian people The tri- ump of the working men of Russia meant the ultimate triumph of the working men in France, Germany and other parts of the globe. He concluded his remarks amidst great applause, by predicting that the real struggle for the emancipation of the whole globe would take place in this country.
 H. W. Laidler of Middletown was the next speaker, and although very young in years proved very strong in argu- mentative powers. He spoke principal 1y on the history of civilization and contrasted what had taken place in the past with that which was taking place now. He described the conditions un- der which the peasants of Russia have existed. He predicted that the great battle for liberty in Russia had just be- gun. The working men and women of Russia were not conquered as some maintained. They were simply pausing for breath, They had gone back, it was true to their old places and ways, but they were quietly organizing for 8 great struggle. He also warned them that the aristocracy were not asleep to these conditions, but were also busy among themselves for the fight, and that they would be ready to meet the working people when the struggle took place. He concluded by reminding them that their sympathy and financial help were required to further the prog ress of the movement which had just begun. and which would ultimately bring about the time that Robert Burns, the Scotch poet, wrote about:-
 'When man to man,
 The warl o'er,
 Would brithers be
 An a that"