The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-27

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 a volley which laid low half a
hundred persons.
Populace Infuriated.
The blood which crimsoned the snow
has fired the brains and passions of the
strikers and turned women as we'll as
men into wild beasts and the cry of
the Infatuated populace is for ven
geance. The sympathy Of the middle
classes is with the workmen.
The military authorities had firm
grip on every artery in the CITY, At
daybreak guards. regiments, cavalry
ard infantry. held every bridge across
the frozen Neva. the network Of canals,
which interlaces the city. and the gates
leading from the industrial section.
while in the palace square, at the
storm center, were massed Dragon
regiments, infantry and Cossacks of
the guards.
At the Palace Square.
When the correspondent arrived at
the palace square early in the morning
he found a considerable crowd of DEM
constructors already lining the ratings
of the admiralty garden and the boule-
ward. The square itself presented the
appearance of a military encampment.
The crowd of strikers in and outside
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grow hourly, swelled by arrivals from
the Nevsky Prospect. which touches
upon the boulevard skirting the gar
dens. The strikers manned and held
small ediiice at the corner OF the gar
dens and poured out constant objurga-
tons and reproaches at the troops. 1t
was in vain that officers requested
them to disperse.
Bridge Cleared.
Every time the troops moved the
strikers Kissed them. Strikers also
gathered at the entrance Of the grand
Norskaia and of the avenue leading to
the Moika canal. The crowd at the lat
ter place swelled to huge proportions,
blocking the bridge across the canal.
The order came at 80 D. M to clear
them off. The colonel commanding the
horse guards uttered short, sharp
command; the troopers drew their
swords and advanced at a quick trot,
and then broke into a gallop. heading
straight for the Moika, where they
were lost in cloud of snow. Shrieks
from the wounded resounded. Then
came deadly silence, broken only by
the ga!loping OF ambulance horses.
Charge Ordered.
The next 20 minutes passed without
incident. Nothing indicated the ap-
proach of the horrible butchery which
was destined to stain the corner of the
admiralty gardens with human blood.
The crowd there persisted in refusing
to move on clamoring for the emperor
and continually hurting abuse at the
troops, but attempted no violence. Two
companies of the Proebfanjensky
guards. of which Emperor Nicholas
himself was formerly colonel, which
had been standing at ease in front of
the palace. formed and marched at
double quick towards the fatal corner
Events followed with awful swiftness.
Awful Butchery.
The commanding officer shouted:
"Disperse! dispense! dispersed" Many
in the crowd turned to flee, nut it was
too late. A bugle sounded ard the men
in the front ranks sank to their knees
and both companies fired three volleys,
the first two with blank cartridges and
the last with ball. A hundred corpses
strewed the sidewalk. Many women
were pierced through the back as they