The Indianapolis journal., 1902-11-09
Now at MinnedOsa, but Will He Re-
turned to Their Homes Under Es-
cort of Mounted Police.
CAPTURED AFTER A STRUGGLE
WANTED TO CONTINUE THEIR
MARCH IN SEARCH OF JESUS.
Mercury Below Zero and Many Are i'm
Danger of Freezing-Singing and
Praying Last Night.

MINNEDOSA, Man, Nov. s.-After one
of the most exciting incidents in the his
tory of the Northwest Territory the Douk-
hobor fanatics have been forcibly en-
trained. loaded in cars like cattle and are
now guarded by a large detachment of
mounted police, who are kept busy pre-
venting the guarded Russians from throw
ing themselves from the car windows.
A military special of ten coaches will
leave here with the army at 10 o'clock and
unload it at Yorkton early tomorrow, when
the mounted police will drive the Doukho-
bors to their northern villages.
The Doukhobors arrived here last night,
en- route to Winnipeg. This morning they
attempted to resume the journey with the
mercury standing at 10 below zero. Gov
eminent officials held them with difficulty
until the military special arrived this even
ing with 500 mounted police. The fanatics
were addressed by the officials and told
they would have to go home. They cried:
mo. we go to seek Jesus"
Zeibroff, their leader. harangued his fol-
lowers. instructing them not to resist.
Seven hundred farmers and other citizens
offered assistance. Fifty fanatics got out
Surrounded by the crowd, they resisted
desperately. and the police grappled with
the leaders and carried them bodily to the
cars.
Zeibroff, chief of the fanatics, had to be
taken to the cars, five hundred yards from
the rink, and when the rink vomited forth
the fanatics an indescribable scene fol-
lowed. Farmers, townspeople and police
threw themselves on the Doukhobors and
dragged or carried them to the station
The latter encircled each other with theii
arms and seemed linked together as by
bands Of steel. While they struggled they
gave voice to their weird chant. Some
struggled so hard that their clothing was
literally torn from their backs. For over
an hour the ground to the station was
filled with seething people, and excitement
was intense, as though one hundred fierce
football scrimmages were going on at on'
time.
The Doukhobors refused to strike theil
custodians, but struggled blindly for free
| dom. Their captors, with blood warmed
to hot heat by the strange struggle, shoutet
and cursed as the bloodess battle became
more exciting, and when the cars wer.
| reached struggles ensued. Stalwart police
handed up the kicking Russians, wh'
were thrust into dark, cold coaches, anc
the foreigners threw themselves agains
windows and doors, barred to prevent thei
escape, and confusion followed. During tn
| enforced entraining of the men a small
blizzard sprang UP and the weather becam
intensely cold.
The Doukhobors have been living ol
| wheat and raw oat meal. Tonight small
| quantities of bread were thrown to them
Many are debilitated, but all protest the.
will leave Yorkton for their homes whel
the train reaches there. Only about twent!
out of 500 escaped and they are on tn
prairie in a temperature that means deatl
| to them.
The action taken tonight was an in
struction of the government, which sai'
the pilgrims must be sent home If they ha'
to be carried.
The Doukhobors are now locked in tn
| coaches struggling vainly for freedom t
look for the Messiah. They sing and pra,
necessarily, asking Divine assistance t
turn the hearts of their captors and re
| lease them.