Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-01-26
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION.

BILE repetition of the French revolu-
working men and hundreds were
killed. The mobs were preparing to
attack the cars palace
ST PETERSBURG, Jan. 23-(2 p.
M The crowd is moving towards the
winter palace and has assumed threat
ening dimensions.
The government office issued a
statement at noon. saving 16 were
killed and 233 wounder in the riots on
Sunday. rney ridiculei the lowest
outside estimate that two hundred
were dead and two thousand wounded
one police official said the total cas-
ualties were seven thousand, The
government statement addressed to
the public Of foreign countries, blames
the workingmen for bloolshed. and
SAYS the government took repressive
measures because the strike was OF
an insurrectionary doctrine
The statement says that Father
Gopon appeared before the strikers
saturday, spreading revolutionary
doctrines. Sunday he drew up peti-
ton to the czar, containing insulting
demands"
officials this morning believe the
uprising quelled and an easier feeling
prevails. Troops removed barricades
from the streets but later the munich
pal buildings of the second district
was demolished by people. while
the strikers issued a pronunciamen-
10 that they would fight to the last
. drop of blood. Clashes with military
are reported from all sections of the
city The government siezed tele-
graph lines and news of the uprising
is not known in the interior. Martial |
law is declared in Moscow Towards |
noon people began gathering In the |
public square.
LONDON, Jan 23.-Russian imper
tal fours dropped to eighty-seven. the |
lowest record Japanese bonds rose.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 23.-This |
ii'' hih' 10 foiet' Dul lne IearIul |
scenes of yesterday are likely to be
enacted before nightfall Over TWO
thousand were wounded in yestei-
days clash between the military and
the people in hospitals and at homes
The dead number at least five hun
dred. although the government says
only one hundred or even less. This
statement is absolutely ridiculous
Yesterday afternoon when vast
crowd OF working people. lead by the
priest, Father Gopon, in his golden
vestments and carrying a cross,
marched to the winter palace to pre-
sent their moderate petition to the
emperor, the government ordered
them back. but falling to check the
strikers the order was given to the
soldiers to FIRE. They did so and nun
dreds OF dead and wounded was the
result. Father Gopon. although
bright and shining light for the shots
OF the soldiers was not toucned al.
though men and women fell all round
him II was evident the Cossacks
would not shoot the priest whatever
their orders were. One regiment de
people were dispersed but only to
prepare for greater clash today, The
strikers have no arms but everything
available that can be truned into
weapon is being gotten ready for
conflict. The working people are by
no means bloodthirsty. There is no
looting of pillaging, but they are fear
ful infuriated against the soldiers by
the slaughter Of their fellowmen. 1t
is believed here that all through the
empire there is instruction today
Looting Of stores was sternly re-
pressed. 1t develops a great amount
OF explosives have been stolen from
the Putiloff Powder works
The worst slaughter of yesterday
was not at the winter palace, but on
Basil island. Strikers erected bara-
cade and defended 1t against bayon-
cts and rifles of soldiers with ice
picks. tools, clubs and chunks OF ice.
Witnesses say the carnage there was
trightful. Heaps of dead and wounded |
lay everywhere. They estimate two
thousand We're shot down. A priest |
was snot dead as he prayed for the |
people.
At some points yesterday bloody |
collision occurred between tHe peo- |
pie and the soldiers. AT one point a
Darricade was erected and a red flag
was hoistei. Troops were fired on
from housetops.
The same measures are in force to-
day as yesterday.
ST. PETERSBURG Jan. 23.-ln-
vestigation by newspaper men show
estimates the slaughter in BasilisiS
exaggerated Probably between fifty
and a hundred killed. A mob attacked
the residence OF grand duke Sergius
and smashed windows and doors. The