The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-01-25
FlRE HUNDRED PEOPLE KILLED
OR WOUNDED.
TROUBLE CROWS OUT OF STRIKE
NEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
SLAIN BY coSsACKs.
cAPlTAL A VAST MILITARY CAMP
Members Of One Regiment Refuse to
/, Fire on Populace When So Ordered
and Lay Down Their Arms-omi-
nous Signs of Still More Trouble.

nous Signs of Still More Trouble.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 23.-The day
has been one of unspeakable horror
In st. Petersburg. The strikers,
Ygoaded to desperation by day of vio-
Hence, fury and bloodshed, are in a
state of open instruction against the
government. A condition almost Dor
dering on civil war exists in the ter
ror-stricken Russian capital. The
city is under martial law, with Prince
Wasilchikoff as commander of over
$4,000 of the emperors crack guards.
Troops are bivouacking 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 industrial sections
dnfuriated men have thrown UP barri
cades, which they are holding. The
empress dowager has hastily sought
safety at Tsarkoe Selo, where En-
peror Nicholas II is living.
Minister of the Interior Sviatopolk-
Mirsky presented to his majesty the
Invitation of the workmen to appear
at the winter palace and receive their
petition, but the emperor's advisers
already had taken a decision to show
q firm and resolute front and the en-
peror's answer to 100000 workmen
trying to make their way to the pal
ace square was 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
vestments, holding aloft the cross and
marching at the head of thousands
of workmen through the Narva gate,
miraculously escaped volley which
laid low hundred persons. The
figures 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 es-
innate is 500, although there are ex-
aggerated figures placing the number
as high as 5000. Many men were ac-
Icompanied by their wives and chill
dren and in the confusion, which left
no time for discrimination, the latter
shared the fate of the men. The
troops, with the exception of single
regiment, which is reported to have
thrown down it's arms, remained loyal
and obeyed orders. But the blood
(which crimsoned the snow has fired
the brains and passions of the strik-
ers and turned women as we'll as men
into wild beasts and the cry of the
anfuriated populace is for vengeance.
The sympathy of the middle classes
Is with the workmen.
Breaks Faith in Emperor.
If Father Gopon, the master mind
OF the movement, aimed at open revo-
tuition, he managed the affair like a
genius to break the faith of the peo-
pie in "The Little Father" who they
were convinced and whom Father
Gopon had taught them to believe,
would right their wrongs and redress
their grievances. Gorky, the Russian
novelist, expresses the opinion that
the days work will break this faith
of the people in the emperor.
The military authorities had firm
grip on every artery in the city.
Barred from the bridges and gates,
men, women and children crossed the
frozen river by twos and threes, hurry
ing to the palace square, where they
were sure the emperor would be pres
ent to hear them. But the street APP
proaches to the square were cleared
by volleys and Cossack charges Men
and women, Infatuated to frenzy by
the loss of loved ones, cursed the SOL
diers, while they retreated. Men ha-
rangued the crowds, telling them that
the emperor had failed them and that
the time had come to act. Men began
to build barricades in the Nevsky
Prospect and at other points, using
any material that came to hand and
even chopping down telegraph poles
Firing meantime continued at yari-
Gus places, soldiers volleying and
charging the mob. The whole city
was in a state of panic. Several bar
ricades Were carried by the troops.
The little chapel at the Narva gate
was wrecked.
Sound Of Firing Ceases.
With darkness it was feared the
mob might begin to loot and pillage
and even burn, but beyond the break
ing of few windows in the Nevsky
Prospect and the pillaging of fruit
shops, order was preserved. By mid
night the sound of firing had ceased,
except on Vassili Ostrov island, where
the troops met a renewed demonstra-
ton with several volleys. In the
meantime the strike leaders assembled
and decided to continue the struggle
with arms. No day was fixed for the
next demonstration. The strikers are
90 excited, however, that trouble is
expected to continue.
It is rumored that M. Witte will be
appointed dictator, but the report is
not confirmed. The authorities, while
they seem to realize the magnitude
Of the crisis with which the dynasty
and the autoeracy are confronted, ap,
parent|y are i, sa ssi lne;' s;s,
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