Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-01-24
St. Petersburg Has Apparently
Quoted Down But the
Strike Movement
Spreads.
SUNDAYS MASSACRE
An Official Account, Obviously Toned
Down, Says Over Four Hundred
Were Wounded and
Killed.

Ol. feIcFSDuI5, JAN. an uC WAoiC
city is quiet but there is still extreme
tension. From Moscow comes the
news of disorders begun there and the
lull here may be only the precursor of
another storm. Not single factory
has started up. No workmen applied
for pay though some have two weeks
pay coming to them. This is signifi-
cant that they are being supplied with
sinews of war. The crowds on the
streets are sullen. Several thousand
additional troops were brought into the
city and housed in the barracks. Ma
chine guns were placed at several
points. Many foreigners are leaving.
The authorities insist that the dangers
are exaggerated, scouting the idea of
a revolution and maintaining the abil-
ity of the government to meet all emer-
gencies.
A Quiet Night.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 24.-11:30 a. m.
The night was quiet. There are no
signs of undue excitement this morn
ing, although thousands of workmen
are strolling through the streets. A
number of government printers re-
sumed work this morning.
Lawyers Join Socialists.
St. Petersburg, JAM 21.-2 p. m.-
The troops have been withdrawn in
to the court yards. Only the pickets
are left outside. Small squads of
Cossacks are patrolling the streets.
The stores are closed and barricaded.
Daylight showed the damage done to
the store fronts on the Nevsky Pros
pect last night greater than apparent
in the darkness. A large number of
business places were wrecked, the mob
having devoted itself principally to
confectioners and pastry cooks.
Proclamations are being handed
freely to the people in the streets to-
day. They are signed: Russian So
cial Democrat Labor Party" and de-
clare: $50 long as autocracy exists,
no improvement of our condition is
possible The demands include i'm
mediate cessation of the war, consti-
tutional assembly elected by the peo-
pie, the removal of class and race priv
ileges, and the freedom of conscience,
speech and press. The situation is so
tense that many men are sending their
wives and children away. A meeting
of $50 barristers and solicitors passed
resolution of solidarity with the
strikers, protesting against the action
of the government in provoking blood
shed, declining to plead in the courts
and opening a subscription in aid OF
the propaganda.
Panic Returns With Darkness.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 24.-6:17 p. m.
The lower section of the Nevsky
Prospect, including the Winter Palace
district and quay where the embassies
are located is in darkness and there
has been resumption of the panicky
feeling. Nevertheless the authorities
express increasing confidence that the
backbone of the strike has been brok-
en- and that all prominent agitators
and many extreme liberals have been
arrested. Father Gopon has disap.
peared and is said to be in Moscow d.
recting the strike there.
Assassination In the Air.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 24.-7:50 p. m.
Sensational but unconfirmed reports
are in circulation that the prefect of
st. Petersburg has been assassinated
and will be succeeded by General Tre-
poff, former chief of police of Moscow.
1t is also reported that the chief of
police of st. Petersburg has been as
sassinated.
A coIorless Official Tale.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 24.-The off,
cial account of yesterdays events is
as follows: During Monday there were
no collisions between the rioters and
the troops. The detachments of sol.
diers had no need to use their arms
as the crowds dispersed when the
troops appeared. In the course of the
day an attempt was made to attack
the Gostinny Dvor market but it was
repulsed. The workmen at the elec.
trio stations, joined the strike in the
evening. Then some groups taking ad.
vantage Of the darkness began to
break the windows Of the shops but
order was everywhere quickly re-
stored. No person was killed or
wounded on Monday. The exact num-
ber of killed on Sunday was SO, wound
ed 333. OF whom SO were treated at the
ambulance stations.
Social Democrats at Work.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 24.-One proc
lamation distributed in the streets
calls the people ITO arms" saying:
"Seize the arsenals and arms at the