The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-06
USUAL RIOTOUS
SCENES ENACTED
Meeting of the Russian Dou-
ma the Signal for Revolu-
tionary Outbreak.
COSSACKS AGAIN ON GUARD
NJ. GOLOVIN WILL LEAD THE
LOWER HOUSE.

St Petersburg, March 1.-The opening
today of the douma, or lower house of
Russian parliament. although in itself de-
void of incident, was made the occasion
Of great revolutionary demonstration
by the st. Petersburg proletariat and
students, which resulted in several en-
counters with the police and the popu-
lace. and more or less injury to number
of the latter. The situation was such
that the authorities finally were forced
to fill the streets with military patrols,
as in the ominous days of the Trepoff
regime.
After the adjournment of the house a
tumultous crowd. estimated to number
close to forty thousand persons, with red
banners flying and accompanied by the
music of the revolutionary chants, started
toward the central quarter of the city,
where the Winter palace of the emperor
IS located. Few elements of the prelude
Of Red Sunday" were lacking, and the
command Fire" would have precipitated
a similar massacre But the present pre-
fect of St Petersburg, General Dracheff-
sky, followed another course and dis
persed the procession by charges of
mounted gendarmes armed with whips.
BY an imposing display of force he pre-
vented the demonstration from reform
ing
The police guarding the Tauride palace
acted with great forbearance. giving the
spectators free vent in singing and cheer
-
people from forcing their way into the
palace.
seditious Speeches.
When the deputies emerged after ad-
1Ournment of the session, the temper of
the crowd was fired by speeches from
Social Revolutionary members. dozen
OF whom mounted upon the shoulders of
their followers and harangued those pre-
sent on the necessity of organizing to
support parliament against the govern
ment.
The Social Revolutionary motto, I'VE
will fight for our rights" was adopted as
a slogan and simultaneously red hand
kerchiefs began to flutter above the
heads of the crowd and then the GRIM
son banners appeared like magic. The
crowd, singing the Marseiliaise. the battle
song of the Russian revolution, moved
slowly down the avenue. stopping at in
tervals TO listen to speeches and to sing.
Meanwhile the authorities mad hastily
concentrated a strong force of gendarmes.
which charged the head of the procession
when il reached the head of the Litoiny
prospect one of the main business ave-
nues The gendarmes piled their whips
vigorously. and in one case used the
flats of their sabres. The crowd made
two unsuccessful attempts to reassenble. 1
The gendarmes by this time had been
reinforced by attachments of the cheve-
leT guards. who cleared the roadway
amid curses of derisi0n from the side
walks. Finally large force of eossacks
armed with lances arrived The spiteful
red-Pennoned weapons, which never be-
fore had been brought out in the street
demonstrations, took all the heart out
of the crowd
Another demonstration was held at the
university to celebrate the anniversary
of revolutionary democracy.
The quay along the Neva and the
streets in the neighboThoOd of the uni
yersity were densefy packed. but there
was no interference by troops or police, |
nj arrived On the scene in strong force
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