The San Francisco call., 1905-01-23

neadlng straight Tor the MOlka, Where
they were lost in a cloud of snow.
Shrieks from the wounded resounded.
Then came a deadly silence, broken
only by the galloping of ambulance
horses.
ADMIRALTY GARDENS BUTCHERY.
The next twenty minutes passed
without incident. Nothing indicated
the approach of the horrible butchery
which was destined to stain the corner
OF. the admiralty gardens with human
blood. The crowd there persisted in re-
fusing to move on, clamoring for the
Emperor and continually hurting abuse
at the troops, but attempted no vio-
lence. Two companies of the Preobra-
jensky Guards, of which Emperor Mich
olas himself was formerly colonel,
which had been standing at ease in
front of the palace, formed and
marched at double quick toward the
fatal corner.
Events followed with awful swiftness.
The commanding officer shouted, Dis
perse. Disperse! Disperse!''
Many in the crowd turned to flee, but
1t 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 cart
ridges and the last with ball. A hun
dred corpSes strewed the sidewalk
Many women were pierced through the
back as they were trying to escape. A
correspondent standing behind the
troops saw mangled corDses of persons
OF all ages and both sexes strewn on
the ground. The skull of one boy of 13
years was pierced and rent by bullets.
Great splashes 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 twenty PAGES, and so the
ambulances had little work to do.
The police recruited a large num-
Der of droshkies (sleighs) to carry off
the dead
RELATIVES CLAIM THEIR 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 Prospect. yelling MUIR
derers! Murderers!' and the square
resumed it's calm aspect, the troops
returning to their stations.
1t was now the turn for the crowd
stationed at Morskaia 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.
From thence forward the Palace
Square ceased to be the center of in
terest. A press correspondent went
to Grand Morskaia and stood an en-
tire hour near the corner of the New
sky Prospect. The fashionable hotels
on either side of the Grand Morskaia
were crowded, but the doors were
locked, except to well known visitors.
Quite a number of prominent per-
sons stood on the sidewalks watching
the developments. Secretary Spencer
Eddy of the American Embassy chat
ted with Grand Duke Boris, who had
driven up in stylish sleigh drawn by
a magnificent trotter. Bompard, the
French ambassador, drove past with
his wife. AS a couple of squadrons of
red capped hussars trotted by the Of
ficers gave the command:
Use the fiat Of your swords"
Then the troopers moved off and
disappeared down the street, the
crowds shrieking "Murderers!''
sDogs!" but quickly vanishing before
them. A few who were wounded were
picked up and conveyed to a drug
store on the opposite corner of the
Grand Morskaia and the Nevsky Pros
pect.
ORATOR INFLAMES CROWD.
No troops were visible for as much as
q hour. A crowd quickly formed
outside the drug store and an orator
was found for the occasion. Standing
on the steps of the drug store he ad-
dressed the impromptu meeting thus:
"Comrades-We came humbly and
peacefully to meet the Emperor and
lay our grievances before him. But the
Emperor refused to see US, and instead
soldiers were sent 60 shoot us down.
Then all 1 can say is, he is no En-
peror.'
Down with the Emperor shouted
the crowd.
1--WE have suffered under the sway Of
the Chinovniks," said the speaker
A"Down with the Chinovniks!"
I'VE hoped for redress. but hope is no
longer possible. We can win our rights
only by fighting"
Down with the autocracy." yelled
the crowd.
"Our only chance of redress is from
of the people,
Long live the constitutional assem-
blyi" was the cry.
"Then all have to say is, To arms!
comrades; to arms!''
ITO arms.'' was the thunderous re-
sponse.
ATTACKS UPON OFFICERS.
The crowd, now aroused to a state of
frenzy at the sight of the wounded, who
were being brought out of the drug
store and placed in an ambulance, sa-