Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-24
Eaetory pIstrIets peserted

over 1u,VVo tTOops are ndeseu db ASoi .
koe-selo.
Factory Districts Deserted
The factory and mill districts Of the
city were practically deserted today.
The strikers had no plans for demon
stratIons and no special meeting points
had been arranged. The absence Of
any definite objective led the strikers to
drift toward the principal thoroughfare.
the NevslSy Prospect, which has been
the center OF today's less thrilling
events. AS the afternoon wore on the
crowds in the Nevsky Prospect became
Dense and the authorities, possibly fear
ing that the cars might be converted
into material for barricades, stopped
street railway traffic and reinforced the
number Of cavalry patrols.
Toward 5 o'clock, driving up the
Nevsky Prospect. the Associated Press
correspondent saw through the gather
ing gloom the blaze of camp fires in
the palace square, with the dark forms
Of troops sitting around them.
The Nevsky Prospect itself was ablaze
with light. Strikers and curiosity
seekers promenaded the two miles of
sidewalk between the Admiralty and
the Nicholas station, and squadrons of
hussars and cuirassiers rode up and
down in endless procession. The
crowds seemed peaceful enough, the
watchword evidently being Don't
abuse the troops" The only shouts
heard were a few isolated hurrahs.
Suddenly the electric lights in the up
per section between the bazaar called
Gostinny Dvor and the Nicholas station
were extinguished and the thorough
fare was plunged without warning
into utter darkness, which was not
relieved even by the lights in shop win
dows, as all the stores were closed.
The scene was weird and funereal.
The driver at first refused to move on,
fearing some hidden danger, but he
finally was persuaded to proceed, ex-
claiming with Russian stoicism "One
can die only once"
Silence and Darkness
"a uCdlHiy pICNdlltu, uclS ILL
ened by the rustic of hundreds of feet
on the snowclad sidewalks, the muf-
fled tread of looming squadrons and the
lugubrious hammering of shopkeepers
taking precautions against possible at
tack by boarding up the windows of
their stores with rough lumber. The
curious hastily scufried into adjoining
streets, finding their way home as best
they could through the darkness. Only
a fringe of sullen strikers and rough
characters remained, the police warn
ing all to get home as soon as possible.
The only bright spot was a blaze of
light from the courtyard of the Annil-
ohoff palace, whence the Empress
Dowager yesterday fled to the Tsars-
koe-Selo. Beyond stood the dark,
grim palace of Grand Duke Sergius
The crowd was particularly dense
around the approaches to the Nicholas
station. Here in the darkness, maraud-
ers attacked a few news vendors stalls,
but grim row of infantry around the
station buildings effectually discour-
windows in the Gostinny
Dvor and the kiosk at the corner of
the Annilchkoff Palace garden. A
bench torn up from the adjoining park
was placed in the roadway in the hope
that it might trip up cavalry. Some |
policemen were roughly handled and
1isarmed in side streets, but there was
40 firing. AS the Associated Press
drove down the Nevsky
Prospect troopers were cleaning the
sidewalks of loiterers, using the flats
If their sabres and causing a general |
stampede.
This continued until o'clock when |
he lights were again turned on and |
'evealed the Nevsky Prospect almost |
deserted.
viii Storm City's Market
A report has gained currency that
The strikers intend to storm the market
IN Vassiliostrof and seize the provisions
there.
At Kolpino, twelve miles up the river,
4 body of workmen, who had started |
Tor st. Petersburg to join the strikers,
we're stopped and fired upon by SOL
liers.
Accounts as to the number killed or
conflict.
THIS is THE VERSION
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