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RUSSIAN STRIKE.nS GHOT DOWN
OR SABERED ESY SOLDIERS
Or the e.yperor.
% ~%EN AM CHILDREN SLAIM
SHARE ~H7 TATE OF THE MEN !N
THE r 1. 3T CiG CLASH CF
7 A REVOLUTION.
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THE AHZ'fiZR OF THE CZAs?
WITH BALL AND BAYONET HIS
TROOPS REPLY TO PLEAD
ING OF HIS PEOPLE.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 23. ft is said
2,3”0 persons were killed snd 5.0C0
wounded Sunday
In the center of the city all was
quie: at 10 a. re., but ferment contin
ues in the outlying industrial quarters.
The Official Messenger announces
that up to 8 o'clock Sunday night the
total killed was 7G; wounded, 233.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 23. —Sunday
was a day of unspeakable horror in St.
Petersburg. The strikers of Saturday,
goaded to desperation by a day of
violence, fury and bloodshed, are in a
state of open insurrection against the
government. A condition almost bor
deiing on civil war exists in the terror
stricken Russian capital. The city is
snder martial law, with Prince Yosil
chikoif as commander of over 50,000
©f the emperor’s crack guards. Troops
are bivouacking in the streets apd at
various places on the Nevsky Pros
pect, the main thoroughfare of the
city. On the island of Yassiii Ostrov
and in the industrial sections, infuriat
ed men have thrown up barricades,
which they are holding. The empress
dowager has hastily sought safety at
Tsarskoe Selo, where Emperor Nich
olas 11. is living.
Minister cf the Interior Sviatopolk-
Mirsky presented to his majesty Sat
urday night the invitation of the work
men to appear at the winter palace
Sunday afternoon and receive their
petition; but the emperor's advisors
already had taken a decision to show
a firm and resolute front, and the em-,
peror’s answer to 100,000 workmen try
ing to make their way to the palace
square Sunday was a solid array of
troops who met them with rifle, bayo
net and saber. The priest, Gopon, the.
deader and idol of the men, in his
golden, vestments, holding aloft the
cross and ma r ching at the head of
thousands of workmen through the
Narva gate, miraculously escaped a
volley which laid low half a hundred
persons. The figures of the total num
ber killed or wounded here, at the
Moscow gate, at various bridges and
Islands and at the winter palace vary.
The best estimate is 500, although
there are exaggerated figures placing
the number as high as 5,000.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN SHOT
BY SOLDIERS OF THE CZAR.
Many men were accompanied by their
wives and children and in the confu
sion which left no time for discrimina
tion, the latter shared the fate of the
men. The troops, with the exception
©I a single regiment, which is reported
to have thrown down its arms, remain
ed loyal and obeyed orders. But the
blood which crimsoned the snow has
fired the brains and passions of the
strikers and turned women as well as
seen into wild beasts and the cry of
the infuriated populace is for ven
geance. The sympathy of the middle
class is with the workmen.
If Father Gopon, who is the master
mind of the movement, aimed at open
volution, he managed the affair like
a genius to break the faith of the peo
ple in “the little father,” who they
were convinced and whom Father
Gopon had taught them to believe,
would right their wrongs and redress
their grievances.
Gorky, the Russian Socialist, ex
pressed the opinion that Sunday’s
work will break this faith of the peo
ple in the emperor. He said Sunday
evening:
“Today inaugurated revolution in
Russia. The emperor’s prestige will
be irrevocably shattered by the shed
ding of innocent blood. He has alienat
ed himself forever from his people.
Gopon told the people to believe that
•a appeal direct to the ‘little father’
would be herded. They have been
*nd°ceived. Gopon is now convinced
fcha -acefui means have failed and
the only remedy is force. The first
blood has been shed and more will be.
It is now the people against the op- !
pressors—and the battle will be fought
to the bitter end.”
MILITARY AUTHORITIES HAD
FIRM GRIP ON CITY STREETS, j
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The military authorities had a firm j
irrip on every artery in the city. At
ifybreak regiments of guards, caval-
rj and infantry held every bridge
m -ass the frozen Neva, the network
of canals which interlace the city, and
the gates leading from the industrial
section, while in the palace square, at
the storm center, were massed dragoon
regiments, infantry and Cossacks of
the guards.
Barred from the bridges and gates
men, women and children crossed the
frozen river and mals on the ice by
twos and threes, hurrying to the pal
ace square, where they were sure the
emperor would be present to hear
them. But the street approaches to
the square were cleared by rifle vol
leys and Cossack charges.
Men and women, infuriated to frenzy
by the loss of loved ones, cursed the
soldiers while they retreated. Men
harrangued the crowds, telling them
that the emperor had failed them and
that the time had come to act. Men
began to build barricades in the
Nevsky Prospect and ot other points,
using any material that came to hand
and even chopping down telegraph
poles.
Fighting meantime continued at va
rious places, soldiers Volleying i.nd
charging the mob. The whole r ky
was in a state of panic. Women v e
running through the streets see! big
lost members of their families, sev
eral barricades were carried by the
troops.
Towards 8 o’clock in the evening
the crowds, exhausted, began to dis
perse, leaving the military in posses
sion. As they retreated up the
Nevsky Prospect the workmen put out
all the lights.
The little chapel at the Narva gate
was wrecked.
EVERY WEARER OF A UNIFORM
FOUND ALONE WAS MOBBED.
On the Kaminostov island all the
lights were extinguished. Svery man
wearing the uniform of the emperor
who was found alone was mobbed. A
general was killed on the Nicholas
bridge and a dozen officers were
seized, stripped of their epaulets and
deprived of their swords.
It is rumored that M. Witte will be
appointed dictator Monday, but the
report has not been confirmed.
The authorities, while they seem to
recognize the magnitude of the crisis
that confronts the dynasty 0 and the
autocracy on account of Sunday’s
events, apparently are paralyzed for
the moment.
An official statement was promised
at midnight at which hour it was an
nounced it had been postponed until
Monday.
Intense indignation is bound to be
aroused all over Russia. The work
men and revolutionists expect news
from Moscow and other big centers,
where the troops are not of the same
class as the guards regiments of St.
Petersburg.
A member of the emperor’s house
hold is quoted as saying Sunday that
this conflict will end the war v ith
Japan and that Ruusia will have a
constitution or Emperor Nicholas will
lose his head.
The Warsaw and Baltic railway is
reported to have been torn up for a
mile and a half, but the damage is
said to have been repaired.
There are rumors of trouble in Fin
land and disaffection of the troops.
With darkness it was feared the
mob might begin to loot and pillage
and even burn, but beyond the break
ing of a few windows in the Nevsky
Prospect and the pillaging of fruit
shops little disorder was reported.
Most of the theaters are closed.
FIRING CEASED AT MIDNIGHT
EXCEPT CN VASHiLI ISLAND.
By midnight the sound of firing had
ceased except on Vashili Ostrov is
land, where the troops met a renewed
demonstration with several volleys.
In the meantime the strike leaders
assembled and decided to continue the
struggle with arms. No day was fixed
for the next demonstration. The
strikers are so excited, however, that
trouble is expected Monday.
At a meeting Sunday night, the fol
lowing message from M. Gorky, the
novelist, was read:
“Beloved associates: We have no
emperor. Innocent blood lies be
tween him and the people. Now be
gins the people’s struggle for free
dom. May it prosper. By blessing
upon you all Would I might be with
you tonight.; but I have much to do.”
A workman who was introduced to
speak in Father Gopon’s name made
a fiery speech. He appealed to Liber
als to furnish arms.
The meeting adopted a letter de
nouncing the officers and regiments
that, fired upon the workmen and an
other letter extolling the Moscow regi
ments, which refused to fire.
The most harrowing scenes of the
day occurred around the Palace
square. This enormous place back of
the winter palace is surrounded by
gardens fronting the admiralty and by
a vast semi-circular building contain
ing the offices of the genera*’ staff, the
ministry of finance and the foreign
office. In the center of the block is
cut an arched gateway surmounted by
a bronze quadriga. The gateway
serve.-, as an entrance to the grand
Morskaia, one of the most fashionable
streets of the city, which crosses the
Nevski Prospect. Beyond the semi
tircular building is a wide space lead
ing to the Moikai canal.
CROWDS BEGAN GATHERING .
EARLY ON PALACE SQUARE.
Early in the morning the crowds
began gathering at the Palace square,
which presented the appearance of a
military encampment, being filled with
cavalry and infantry. Pickets were
stationed at all the entrances of the
palace and cavalry patrols kept prome
nailers moving along the sidewalk.
Sleigh traffic continued uninterrupted
till the time came for the cavalry to
BATTLEJf KOLPii
HUNDREDS OF RUSSIAN STRIK
ERS SAID TO HAVE BEEN
KILLED OR WOUNDED.
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(MARCHING ON CZAR'S PALACE
WORKMEN INTENDED TO PRE
SENT COPY OF THEIR PETI
TION TO EMPEROR.
j;:;: 7 l;.vl by the troops
THE "-.TTUNG AND HELPLESS
V, C;iKMI:N SURROUNDED AND
SLAIN LIKE SHEEP.
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St. .Tan. 25. —“The ras
sals got another bath in blood.”
Thus spoke a high military officer,
describing a terrible scene he witness
ed Tuesday morning. Other officers
sneeringly called the slaughter “the
battle of Kolpino.”
Between 20,000 and 25,000 strikers
set out from the town of Kolpino. sev
enteen miles from here, to march
about ten miles to Tsarskoe Selo,
where they thought the czar was at his
country palace. The strikers carried
a copy of their petition, which they
were still determined to present to his
majesty himself. Five miles from
Kolpino they met a body of troops
drawn up to receive them, just as last
Sunday Grand Duke Vladimir most
advantageously disposed his forces in
this city to shoot down the petition
ers. The result was the same; for
when the men from Kolpino attempt
ed to advance they were massacred.
Since Sunday a considerable num
ber of these Kolpino workmen had
got possession of government rifles,
and undoubtedly they were prepared
to advance, not like sheep to the
slaughter, but with deliberate inten
tion, so far as it was possible to carry
it out, to force their way into the
czar’s presence. In a word, they were
more rebels than strikers or petition
ers.
Workmen Ordered to Retire.
Early in the morning the workmen
proceeded along the high road to
Tsarkoe Selo. After they had advanc
ed five miles they found a regiment of
infantry, supported by a half battery
of artillery, awaiting their arrival.
They were ordered to retire, but malt
ing some show of force, they contin
ued to advance until they had come
within point blank range of the troops.
Then a succession of volley.- stopped
them and threw them in disorder
They fled precipitately, leaving the
ground strewn with their dead T.atcr
they tried to form up anew, but in
fantrv, quickly following their advant
age, pursued them, pouring in succes
sive volleys which drove them in a
panic into Kolpino.
Nor was this enough warning, pun
ishment and vengeance to satisfy the
Russian commander. He ordered his
soldiers to surround the’ trembling, ill
armed workmen and poured volley
after volley into them. How many
were killed and wounded will never
be known. It must be hundreds, prob
ably thousands. When the slaughter
ended the commander of the troops re
ported to his superiors here: “Quiet
has been restored at Kolpino.”
Father Gopon has disappeared. The
rebel strikers have no leader. On the
other hand, Grand Duke Vladimir is
pouring more troops into the city.
ANTICIPATE TROUBLE
RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES LOOK FOR
SERIOUS AFFRAY TO OCCUR
AT MOSCOW.
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St. Petersburg, Jan. 25. —St. Peters
burg will be declared in a state of
siege Wednesday.
General Trepoff, until recently chief
of police of Moscow*, has been appoint
ed governor general of St. Petersburg
and has taken up quarters in the win
ter palace. Strangely enough the
only precedent is the case of General
Trepoff ! s father during the reign of
nihilistic terrorism under Alexander
I. and it is also a strange coincidence
that unsuccessful attempts were made
upon the lives of both. General Tre
poff is a man of great energy, but the
measures he adopted at Moscow for
suppressing student demonstrations in
December last provoked much resent
ment and the revolutionists recently
condemned him to death
The aspect of the Russian capital is
decidedly more calm. Business, which
had been at a complete standstill, has
been resumed upon a limited scale.
The employes in a few small factories
went to work Tuesday and the crowds
of strikers in the streets were dimin
ished. The troops in evidence were
not so numerous as on Monday and a
more confident feeling exists in official
circles that the energetic measures
which have been inaugurated will en
sure the safety and quiet of the city.
Beneath the surface, however, the
ferment continues and the public nerv-
sness and apprehension as to future
developments is still unallayed.
Secret meetings of different olasses
in opposition to the existing order of
things were held in various places dur
ing the afternoon and evening, but the
divergent elements which were sudden
ly brought together by the tragic
events of last Sunday are advancing
cn diverging plans and no common
ground of action yet has been found.
In the meantime the police are active
ly searching out the leaders.
Many Arrests Made.
Three well known Russian authors
and a prominent editor were arrested
Tuesday night and the prisons are
filled with agitators, rowdies and stu
dent orators. Such methods may re
sult in terrorism Wednesday, but the
consensus of opinion is that the imme
diate future action of the agitators de
pends upon what occurs in Moscow
and other large cities, where the work
men are beginning to strike. Over
100,000 men are now out in the old
capital of the empire. A telephone
message from Moscow at midnight
said there had been no disorder there
as yet.
There will be a big demonstration
In Moscow Wednesday and it is feared
it will be accompanied by bloodshed.
The situation confronting the military
authorities at Moscow is much more
serious than at St. Petersburg. Out
of over 1,000,000 inhabitants of Mos
cow, over two-thirds are workmen, in
cluding ah exceedingly rough and
turbulent element. The troops there
are fewer and the city does not lend
itself, like St. Petersburg, to natural
barracks to prevent the congestion of
men.
The center of tbp town has no plazas
and no canals, and hills and narrow
streets make it difficult for troops to
operate. Only the gates piercing the
walls of the old Chinese town, which
surrounds the Kremlin, would afford
the military natural places to bar dem
onstrators.
At Kovno and VJlna, where strikes
also have been begun, the workmen
are following the St. Petersburg plan
of inarching about the city and induc
ing or forcing other workmen to leave
their employment.
Great Crop of Sensational Rumors.
The windows and doors of practical
ly every shop and residence in St. Pe
tersburg are boarded lip, and at mid
night the streets, as on Monday night,
were completely deserted except for
troops. During the day there was a
great crop of sensational rumors, in
cluding stories of strikers marching
on Kolpini to seize the small arms fac
tory there and of the assassination of
General Fullon, prefect of St. Peters
burg, all of which, on investigation,
have turned out to be false. The in
habit.? nts have again been warned tc
remain indoors.
It is not known definitely whether
Father Gopon, the leader of the work
men, is in Moscow or in St. Petersburg.
A proclamation said to emanate from
him has been distributed indicating
thai he has gone over body and soul
t-i I'ne Social Democrats.
The proclamation declares that
since the emperor and the emperor’s
ministers have refused to listen to the
people’s grievances and fired upon
them, the government has outlawed it
self so that every man’s hand should
be against it and calls upon the peo
ple to stay the outlawry and destroy
the government root and branch. It
urge? the men to use bombs, dynamite*
and anything else, and invites sol
die's to break their oath of fealtv.
The destruction of government prop
erty i? recommended, but the procla
mation requests the followers of
Father Gopon to spare private prop
erty and ransack only shops contain
ing victuals and arms and urges all to
continue the fight until they succeed
in obtaining a national assembly.
Escaped the “THigrht Have Been.”
“Yes,” said the gentle optimist, “I
confess I am superstitious euough to
wear a lucky stone.”
“And do you really think it gives you
luck?”
“Oh, I am quite sure of it.”
“Did you have it with you yester
day?”
“Certainly.”
“And in spite of it you lost a five dol
lar gold piece, tore your coat by catch
ing it on a nail, sprained your ankle
and failed to (dose the business deal of
which you expected so much.”
“True,” replied the gentle optimist,
“but think of what might have hap
pened'to me if I hadn’t had my lucky
stone.”—New 7 York Press.
Derelict Trolleys as Hospitals.
A committee of the New Jersey State
Charities Aid association is at work on
a novel scheme to aid pauper consump
tives, says the New York Globe. The
plan is to establish an open air colony
at Snake hill, on the Hackensack mead
ows, in New Jersey. A number of old
trolley cars will be usee instead of
tents. It is expected that the smaller
sized cars will accommodate two pa
tients and the larger ones four. The
first patients will be taken from the
almshouse, where there are about forty
consumptive meu and women. Many
of the physicians of Hudson county are
said to have approved the scheme.
Wireless Burglar Alarms.
Wireless telegraphy is likely to be
put to a new r use. says the New York
Tribune. In England experiments are
being made with wireless burglar
alarms. Steel safes are equipped with
transmitters. When the safe is opened
the electrical waves are radiated.
These waves come in contact with the
usual coherer at some distant central
point, ring a bell and so announce that
the door has been opened. It is thought
that when this system is perfected,
which it is not as yet, no burglar will
be able so to tamper with it as to de
itroy its-efficiency.
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