The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-27
HUNDREDS ARE
SHOT DOWN IN.
ST.. PETERSBURG
ESTIMATE OF THE TOTAL NUN
Der KILLED VARIES FROM
500 TO 5000.
METBY VOLLEYS AND CHARGES
WORkMEN ASK TO SEE EMPEROR
AND ARE SLAUGHTERED
By TROOPS.

st. Petersburg, Jan. 24.-Yesterday
was a day of ~unspeakable horror in st.
Petersburg. The strikers, goaded to
desperation by a day Of violence, fury
and b~loodshed, are in a state of open
insurrection against the government
A condition almost bordering or civil
war exists in the terror-stricken Rus
sian capital. The city is under mar
tial law, with Prince Vasilchikoff as
| commander of over SO, 900 Of the m
peror's crack guards. Troops are biv-
| ouacking in the streets and at various
places on the Nevsky Prospect, the
main thoroughfare of the city. On the
| island of Vassili Ostrov and in the in
| dustrial sections
Infatuated Men
have thrown up b~arricades, which they
are holding.
Minister of the Interior ~Sviatopolk-
| Mirsky presented to his majesty Sat
urday night the invitation of the work
men tt appear at the winter palace
yesterday afternoon and receive their
petition; but the emperor's advisers
already had taken a decision to show a
| firm and ~resOlute front, and the emper-
| or's answer to 100000 workmen try
ing to make their way to the palace
square yesterday was a solid array OF
troops who met them with
Rifle, Bayonet and Saber.
The priest Gopon, the leader and
idol of the men, in his golden vest
ments, holding aloft the cross and
marching at the head of thousands of
workmen through the Narva gate, mi
raculously escaped a volley which laid
low half a hundred persons. The fig
ures of the total number killed or
wounded here, at the Moscow gate, at
various bridges and islands and at the
winter palace vary. The best estimate
is 500, although there are exaggerated
figures placing the number as high as
! s 1000. Many men were accompanied
| by their wives and children and in the
COQluStOn WAlCA lClI III IlAlO oAoH
elimination, the latter shared the fate
of the men. The troops, with the ex-
ception of a single regiment, which is
reported to have thrown down it's
arms, remained loyal and obeyed or
ders. But the blood which crinsoned
the snow
Has Fired the Brains
and passions of the strikers and
turned women as well as men into
wild beasts and the cry of the infuri-
ated pOpulace is for vengeance. The
sympathy of the middle class is with
the workmen. If Father Gopon, who
is the master mind of the movement,
aimed at open revolution, he managed
the affair like a genius to break the
faith of the people in "the little faith
err" who they were convinced and
whom Father Gopon had taught them
to believe would right their wrongs
and redress their grievances. Gorky,
the Russian socialist, expresses the
opinion that yesterdays work will
break this faith of the people in the
emperor. He said to the Associated
Press:
Fight to Bitter End.
To-day inaugurated revolution in
Russia. The emperor's prestige will
be irrevocably shattered by the shed.
| ding of innocent blood. He has alien.
| ated himself forever from his people.
| Gopon told the people to believe that
m appeal direct to the little father
| would be needed. They have been un
deceived. Gopon is now convinced
| that peaceful means have failed and
the only remedy is force. The first
blood has been shed and mor will be.
It is now the people against the OPP.
pressors and the battle will be fought
10 the bitter end"
Toward. 8 o'clock in the evening the
exhausted crowds began to dispense,
leaving the military In possession.
AZ they retreated up the Nevsky Pros.
pect the workmen put out all the
lights.