Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-03-07
A EVOLUTIONARY DEMONSTRA-
TON.
IN SEVERAL ENCOUNTERS
Police and PopuIace Receive More or
Less injury-Temper Of Crowd
Fired by Speeches Of Social Revo-
iutionary Members Of Lower House
OF Parliament.

St Petersburg March 6--The open
ing day of the lower house Of the Rus.
sian parliament, although in Itself
devoid Of incident, was made the oc-
casion Of a great revolutionary dem
onstratlon by the st. Petersburg pro
letariat and students Of the city
which resulted in several encounters
between the police and populace and
more or less serious injury to a mum
Der Of the latter. The situation was
such that the authorities finally were
forced to I'll the streets with military
patrols as in the ominous days of
the Trepoff regime.
After adjournment Of the house a
tumuItuous crowd, by this time esti-
mated close to 10000, with red ban.
ners dying and accompanied by mu-
sic OF revolutionary chants, started
toward the central quarter Of the city
whore the winter palace Of the EN-.
poror rs located. Few clements Of the
prelude Of red Sunday" We're lack
ing, and the command fire" would
have precipitlted Il similar massacre.
But the present project OF st Peters
burg, General Drachenski, followed
another course and dispersed the pro.
cesslon by charges of mounted gen
darmes with whips and by an Impos.
ine display Of force he prevented the
demonstrators from reforming
Set Wild by Speeches.
When the deputies emerged after
adjournment of the session the tenn.
per OF the crowd was fred by speech
es from the social revolutionary mem
bers, 4 dozen of whom mounted upon
the shoulders Of their followers and
haranguod those present upon the ne
cessity OF organizing to support par
lament against the government.
SiwuiGsnoOusiy rcd handkerchlefs be.
gan to tlutter above the heads of the
crowd and then crimson banners ap-
paargt ukg magic The crowd sing
lrg ghs maVss.tlIaise and the battle
SONGS Of the Russian revolution.
1I1ved sluWly down the broad Four
eAs1dtsEafa avenue. stopping at inter.
walls to listen 10 speeches and to sing
70 m1ta demonstration on the way
s1 truat os che house Of chief Of sc.
eeef police where a small force OF
geu5armes attempted 10 dispense the
people but soon fell back In face OF
The rusoIute bearing of the manifest.
ants
Meanwhile The authorities had has.
tlly concentrated n strong force of
gandarmcs, which charged the head
NJ the procession when 1t reached
IdtOiny prospect one of the main
business avenues of the city. The
gentarmes piled their whips vIgor.
1nsly. and IN one case used the flats
~ their sabros, The crowd twice at.
tempted to rcassemho but in each
instance It was dispersed
Crowd Fears cosaacks.
The gendarmos by this time. had
been reinforced by detavhmeuts OF
guards, who pallopcd hither
and thither clearing the roadway
amid curses of derls'on from the side.
walks Finally large force of cos
sacks, armed with lances, arrived in |
sight The spiteful red.pennoned |
weapons. which never before had been
brought out in street demonstrations.
took an the heart out Of the crowd
Another monster demonstration was
held at the university To celebrate the |
victory of the revolutionary domoc-
iacy" The way along the Neya and
streets in lao nelghborhood Of the
were densely packed. but
there was no interference by troops
or police, who arrived on the scene In
strong force only after the demonstra
tlOn had ended.