The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-28
RUSSIAN STRIKERS REVOLT
CARS TROOPS KILLS uNARMED
MEN AND WOMEN.
Labor Troubles In Russia Results In
Bloodshed, and May Lead to Civil
War In Cars Domains.

War In Cars Domains.
The strikers of st. Petersburg,
goaded to desperation by a day of vic.
lence, fury and bloodshed, are in
state Of open insurrection against the
government. A condition almost Dor
dering on civil war exists in the ter.
ror-stricken Russian capital. The city
is under martial law, with Prince Va
silchikoff as commander of more than
1000 of the emperor's crack guards.
Troops are bivouacking in the street
and at various places on the Nevsh
prospect, the main thoroughfare OF
the city. On the island of Vassilios-
troy and in the out sections, infuriat-
ed men have thrown up barbados,
which they are holding. The empress
dowager has hastily sought safety at
Tsarskoe.Selo, where Emperor Nicho.
las II is living.
Minister of the Interior Sviatopolk-
Mlrsky presented to his majesty the
invitation of the worimen to appear
at the winter palace Sunday afternoon
and receive their petition, but the en-
peror's advisors already had taken a
decision to show n firm and resolute
front, and the emperor's answer to
100000 wOrkmen, trying to make their
way to the palace square, was a solid
array of troops, who met them with
rifle, bayonet and saber.
The priest, Gopon, the leader and
idol Of the men. in his golden vest
ments, holding aloft the cross and
marching at the head of thousands OF
workmen through the Narva gate, mir.
aculously escaped a volley, which laid
low half a hundred persons. The fig.
ures of the total number killed or
wounded here, at the Moscow gate, at
various bridges and islands, and at the
winter PALACE, vary. The best esti,
mate is 500, although there are exag.
gerated figur IS placing the number as
high as 5000.
Many mex were accompanied by
their wives and children, and in the
confusion, " hich left no time for dis
elimination, the latter shared the fate
of the men. The troops. with the ex
ception of single regiment, which is
reported to have thrown down its
arms, remailed loyal and obeyed or
ders. But the blood which crimsoned
the snow has fired the brains and pas.
sions of the strikers and turned wo.
men as we'll as men into wild beasts
and the cry of the Infatuated populace
is for vengeance.
The sympathy of the middle classes
Is with the wOrkmen.
Later in the evening, after the ter.
rible massacre, every officer wearing
the uniform of the emperor, who was
found alone, was mobbed A general
was killed on the Nicholas bridge and
n dozen officers were seized, stripped
Of their epaulets and deprived of their
swords.
It is rumored that NJ Witte will BIO
appointed dictator, but the report is
not confirmed. The authorities, while
they seem to realize the magnitude
of the crisis with which the dynasty
md the autOcraCy are confronted on
account of Sundays events, apparently
IRE paralyzed for the moment.
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 regiment of 81
Petersburg.
A member of the emperor's house,
hold is quoted as saying that this con-
flict will end the war with Japan and
that Russia will have a constitution
or Emperor Nicholas will lose his head.