The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-01-24

Emperor Nicholas will lose his head.
The Warsaw and Baltic railroad is
reported to have been torn up for a
mile and half, but the damage is said
to have been repaired.
Reproached the Troops.
The strikers manned and held a
small edifice at the corner of the ad-
miralty gardens and poured out con-
slant objurgations and reproaches at
the troops. 1t was in vain that officers
requested them to disperse.
1--WE have come to present our hon.
age and grievances to the emperor"
LET the emperor come out and hear
us; we do not wish to do harm. Long
live Nicholas H. If he only listens to
our grievances, we are sure he will be
| lust and merciful" eve can not long
er endure our sufferings. Better die
at once and end ALL" Such were the
cries repeatedly heard from many
strikers.
"You soldiers are our brothers; you
can not shoot these little Ones,' they
exclaimed. But as the pickets and
patrols continued driving off the peO-
pie the demonstrations began to give
way and the bitterest insults and Oths,
in which the Russian vocabulary is
particularly rich, became frequent.
1--WE are not Japanese; why brutal
ize US? Will you shame the mother
who bore you, who was a Russian like
ourselves" were some of the cries that
were heard.
Later such exclamations as "scOun-
drels," "mercenaries," dogs" and
worse were heard.
The Fatal Charge Made.
Every time the troops moved the
crowds Kissed them. Strikers also
gathered at the entrance of the Grand
Morskaia and of the avenue leading
to the Moika canal. The crowd at the
latter place swelled to huge proper
tions, blocking the bridge across the
canal. The order came at 1:30 p m.
to clear them Off The colonel com
manding the horse guards uttered a
short, sharp command; the troopers
drew their swords and advanced at 2
quick trOt, and then br9ke into a gal
| lop, heading straight for the MOika,
where they were lost in a cloud Of
snow. Shrieks from the wounded re-
sounded Then came a deadly silence,
broken only by the galloping of ambu-
! lance horses.
The next 20 minutes passed without
| incident Nothing indicated the ap-
preach of the horrible butchery which
was destined to stain the corner of the
admiralty gardens with human blood.
The crowd there persisted in refusing
to move on, clamoring for the empe-
ror and continually hurting abuse at
the troops, but attempted no violence.
Two companies Of the Proebranjensky
guards formed and marched at double
quick towards the fatal corner. Events
followed with awful swiftness. The
commanding officer shouted ''Disperse!
Dispense. Dispersed"
Many Attempted To Flee.
Many in the crowd turned to fee,
but was too late. A bugle sounded and
the men in the front ranks sank to
their knees and both companies fired
three vOlleys, the first two with blank
cartridges and the last with ball A
hundred corpseG strewed the sidewalk.
Many women were pierced through the
back as they were trying to escape.
Mangled cOrpses of persons of all ages
and both sexes strewed the ground.
One boy of Is had his skull pierced
and rent by bullets. Great spalshes
and streams of blood stained the snow
Only few of the victims remained
alive, for the fatal vOlley was fired at
a distance of not more than 20 PAGES,
and so the aInbulances had little work
to do. The police recruited a large
number of droshys (sleighs) to carry
off the dead Heartrending scenes
were witnessed as wives, husbands
and mothers came up to claim their
dear ones and were carried off with
them in the sleighs. Meanwhile the
crowd had drifted up the Nevsky Pros
pect, called "Murderersi" Murderers!"
and the square resumed it's calm as
pect, the troops returning to their sta
tiCns.
1t was now the turn for the crowd
stationed at the Marskaia entrance to
the square where the horse guards re-
peated the exploit with which they
had cleared the Moika, and drove the
people pell nell down the thorough
fare.
ITO Arms!" the Cry.
A crowd quickly formed outside a
drug store and an orator was found
for the occasion. Standing on the
steps of the drug store he addressed
the impromptu meeting thus:
! Comrades: We came humbly and
peacefully to meet the emperor and
lay our grievances before him; but the
emperor refuses to see us and instead
soldiers were sent to shoot us down.
Then all can say he is no emperor"
Clown with the emperor!" shouted
! the crOwd.)