Daily globe., 1879-06-08
A Battle in a Printing Office.

A letter from ST. Petersburg to the
New York Herald gives details Of the de-
scent by the police Of Kief upon secret
Nlhilist printing Office at that place and
the fearful struggle which followed. The
letter says: The policemen went in by
the way indicated for the use of the in
mates Of the house, but were fired at the
moment they made their appearance.
seeiug themselves in the midst Of some
dozen resolute and armed youths the po-
licemen though it prudent to retire, and
went to the nearest police station for re-
Inducements. The Nihilists had no time
to remove anything and did not choose.
to give them over to the police cheaply.
They lost no time in getting up plan Of
action and of defence against the ex-
pected attack. Thirty-four policemen
returned. Some were stationed around
the house as outposts and the rest went
directly in by the gates Of the yard,
which had {. two storied house on the
right hand and one on the left. All the
windows on the second floors, as we'll as
the roofs of the two houses, were occu-
pied by armed students, who welcomed
the police with a sweeping volley of bull
lets. Three policemen fell dead on the
spot; the rest retired for consultation.
They determined to enter the house. in
tending to fall upon the Nihilists who re-
manned down stairs in charge of the
books and the presses. And here, in a
large room, was enacted fearful scene
The fight became general, and the result
was as follows: On the side of the po-
police four men received light wounds,
three were seriously injured and four
killed on the spot. The losses on the
side of the Nihillsts were, it seems, still
greater -four young girls, students Of the
university, and three students killed,
| while all the others were wounded and
finally arrested by the police The police
seized the printing press and great
number of interdicted books of foreign
publication. How many people were ar
rested in all do not know, as the num-
Der Of political prisoners is not fully Civ
en- by the official reports.
| But the affair did not end here. Sim
ultaneously two other girls and several
men were arrested in the neighborhood
of the printing Office. Then a Mile.
Herzfeld, was arresthda daughter of a
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position in St. Petersburg, being a
membor of the State Council. The
young and renowned Countess Panin,
belonging to one of the Oldest Russian
families, was also taken. Her step
mother is reported to be still one Of
the danes dAonneua' of the empress,
and her great grandfather was sec
ond Chancellor of State in the time OF
Catherine the Great. / am told that
both young ladies were taken in the
act of firing at the police with their re-
volvers. It is not to be wondered al
that girls of high families are found in.
volved in such disturbances. The wo.
men of Russia have repeatedly taken
part in the manifestations of national
aspirations, as for instances, Martha
4 Possadniza, Of Novgorod; the Princess
Sophia, Peter the Greats enterprisine
sister, and others. Russian ladies II
the olden times of domestic seclusior
could not be kept wholly from taking an
active part in the popular movements an6
nowadays they take a lively share in al
that concerns their husbands and brothers
and are quite ready to support then
when the occasion cOues.