Salt Lake Herald | 1901-02-14 | Page 2 | Russian Students Strike and some Are Sent to Trans-Caucasia

RUSSIAN STUDENTS STRIKE AND ND SOME ARE RE SENT TO St Pt Petersburg Leb eb 13 The R prints a telephonic dispatch ing ng the students stud of Moscow uni university met in a 8 hall hail declared themselves them themselves themSelVes selves in favor of obstruction and suc sue succeeded seeded eded C in stopping all lectures as a protest against the KlefT Kieff students sen sentence sentence tence hence The authorities have appealed in a local bear paper to the students ask asking lug ing them theta to ar eum their studies Students to the number of 35 S met Monday at th the St Petersburg Mining academy and laO voted to abandon their studies while favored a con continuance continuance continuance of work wort wor There were wert twenty two blank ballots No definite detinUe decision w us taken The government is drastic measures against the continuation of the troubles Eighteen stu students students dents den ts of the St Petersburg university were summoned Sunday to a police station and were there arrested and immediately tried summarily by a acourt acourt acourt court under the presidency y of Carlo Zenin of the St Petersburg education district They denied having buying been en engaged engaged engaged in the forcible obstruction of university work but demanded the annulment of the penalties against the and Kieff students They The admitted they were leaders linders of r a peaceful strike which would last until their demands are fulfilled They will probably receive the martyrs crown in the form of military service Seven Seyen other oth r students were summoned before the political police poUce and warned that they would be ar arrested arrested arrested rested if they approached the university university sity buildings Of the students condemned to mill mili military tary tar service have departed for various cantonments the farthest be bc being being ing log There is a sim similar simIlar ilar liar ferment In all the higher institutions institutions