The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-01-24

Of the actual murders Of the day but
t was the great climax Of the tragic
story.
Where the Trouble Began.
The beginning was at the Putilof
Iron works. More than 1000 Of the
striking men had assembled there at
0:45 in the morning. They started to-
ward the Neva bridge, receiving acces-
sion to their ranks as they marched to-
ward st. Petersburg proper. They
were orderly and bore on high Russian
flags, portraits OF the emperor and
legends announcing their faith III 4
peaceable settlement Of their diflicul-
ties. They We're stopped at Neva
bridge BY dismounted Cossacks. who
first warned them not to cross. then
fired volieys Of blank shot and, finding
that the mon marched steadily on. Of
fering no resistance. discharged their
rifles filed with ball cartridges, point
blank at the crowd Thus began the
slaughter Of the day The forward
ranks Of the worIxingmen broke, and
" forward These were charged at
the point Of the bayonet. and then, the
Russian love for blood becoming all
powerful with the soIdiery. the crea-
lures of the czar used their long bladed
knives on the women and grownup
children who were attempting to flee
from the scene.
The bodies Of many Of these women
and children who are dead show that
the wounds were in the backs, and IN
many cases the bayonets went clean
through their bodies. 1t seems improb-
able, but nevertheless true, that riot
ing by the workingmen did not begin
then They attempted to reach the
Winter palace by another route. only
to be stopped by uhlans and ordered
back The uhlans, more sanguinary
than the Cossacks, not only fired point
blank into the leaders of the crowd.
but followed them in what was rout
to the Putilon works. where more than
100 persons were killed in thirty min
utes. There were scenes of great saw
agery, and there are reported cases
where the czar's soldiers bayoneted
children under six years Of age.
How the Trouble Began.
The trouble which eliminated in such
bloody Sunday had been smoldering
for some time, but it really broke into
fame when on Thursday last, during
the ceremony of the blessing of the
waters of the Neva, in the presence OF
the emperor, charge of grape instead
Of saluting charge was fired from a
gun belonging to one of the batteries
stationed near the Bourse point blank
at the Winter palace, breaking four
windows and barely missing the EN-
peror.
On the day following organized work
ingmen, more than 100000 strong. not
only tied up the business life Of the
city, but emphasized their contempt
for the government by drawing out the
civil employees in the arsenal, all the
men In the government printing offices
and the employees in the government
lighting works. Every newspaper in
the city was closed. In addition to all
this, they framed most extraordinary
petition to the car, and committee
being refused admittance to the palace
of Tsarskoe Selo in order to present It
the leaders made their petition public
in st. Petersburg by printing it secret
" and distributing it throughout tie
streets The Setition demanded Sc.
cret ballot and parliamentary reDrcs
sentation and was tinged throughout
with revolutionary sentiment.
The happenings since Sunday in this
imperial city are grave enough to show
that the authority of the emperor is
being put to its severest test. Tic
czar, after conference with his min
isters at Tsarskoe Selo, issued an or
fetal proclamation declaring the city
of ST. Petersburg in a state of siege
Thus was presented a formal confes-
sion of revolution, and yet in the Of
fetal Messenger. distributed by the
uniformed police, was the contrary an
nouncement that the proceedings or
Sunday had been exaggerated, that tbs
loss of life had been under 100 and that
the police. not the military, could con
troll the situation existing.