Evening journal., 1905-01-23
RIOT AND BLOODSHED IN
ST. PETERSBURG STREETS
Hundreds Of People Shot Down by the Troops and
1t Is Believed Revolution Will Follow.
Tried to Petition the Gar

companies nred three volleys. the first
two with blank cartridges and the last
with ball. A hundred corpses strewed
the sidewalks. Many women were
pierced through the back as they were
trying to escape.
Women and Children Among Dead.
The Associated Press correspondent
standing behind the troops, saw man
gled corpses of peasants of all ages
and both sexes strewing the ground.
One boy OF 13 had his skull pierced
and rent by bullets. Great splashcs
and streams Of blood stained the snow.
Only few of the victims remained
alive. for the fatal yolley was fired at
a distance of not more than 20 PAGES,
and so the ambulances had little work
to do. The police recruited a large
number Of droshkys (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 Prospect yelling Muir
derersl Murderersl" and the square
resumed it's calm aspect, the troops
returning TO their stations.
Il was now the turn for the crowd
stationed at the Morskaia entrance to
the square, where the Horse Guards
repeated tho exploit with which they
had cleared the Molka, and drove the
people pell-moll down the thorough
fare Men and women, infuriated TO
frenzy by the loss Of loved ones,
cursed the soldiers while they retreat
cd. Men harangued the crowds, telling
them that the emperor had foiled them
and that the time had come to act
Men began to build barricades m the
Nevsky Prospect and at other points.
using any material that came to hand,
and even chopping down telegraph
poles
Fighting meantime continued at
various places. soldiers volleying and
charging the mob. The whole city WAS
in a state of panic Women were rum
ming through the streets seeking lost
members of their families. Several Of
the barricades were carried by the
troops.
Scene Resembled a Shambles.
At the Putilof works the scenes re-
sem bled a shamhles. There the work
men facing the troops when the order
was given to fire threw themselves
upon their faces on the ground. The
troops fired on them as they lay pros
trate
From thence forward the palace
square ceased to be the centre of in
terest Quite a number OF prominent
persons stood on the sidewalks watch
ing the developments. Secretary
Spencer Eddy. of the American em-
bassy. chatted with Grand Duke Boris,
who had driven up in a stylish sleigh.
drawn by a magnificent trotter. NJ.
Bompard, the French ambassador.
drove past with his wife AS couple
Of squGdrcns OF red-capped hussars
trotted by the officers gave the com
mand use the flats of your swords.
Then the troopers moved OF and
disappeared down the street the
crowds shrielsing "murderous dogs"
but quickly vanishing before them. A
few who were wounded We're picked
up and conveyed to a drug store on The
opposite corner Of the Grand Morskaia
and the NevslSy Prospect No troops
were visible for as much as half an
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;
"Down With the Emperor"
"Comrades-We came humbly and
peacefully to meet the emperor and lay
our grievances before him, but the en-
peror refuses to see us. and instead
soldiers were sent to shoot us down.
Then all can say is he is nc en-
peror"
down with the emperor" shouted
the crowd
1--WE hope for redress. but hope is no
longer possible; we can win our rights
only by lighting
Down with the autocracy," yelled
the crowd
"Our only chance of redress is from
representatives of the people"
Long live the constitutional assem-
bly,"
'Then all have to say is to arms,
comrades, TO arms"
ITO arms" was the thunderous re-
sponse.
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,
saluted them as martyrs. Every head
was uncovered as the victims were
conveyed away.
Intense indignation is bound to be
aroused all over Russia. The work
men and revolutionists expect news
from Moscow and other big centres.
where the troops are not of the sarae
class as the guards regiments of st.
Petersburg.
A member of the emperor's house
hold is quoted as saying that this con-
ilict will end the war with japan. and
that Russia will have a constitution
or Emperor Nicholas will lose his
head
Bv midnight the sound of firing had
ceased. except on Vassii Ostrov Isl.
and, where the troops met a renewed
demonstration with several volloys. In
the meantime the strike leaders as