The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-01-23

Iwho bore you, who was Russian like
ourselves we're some of the cries
that were heard. Later such express
| sions as "scoundrels," "mercenaries,
dogs" and worse we're heard.
A long haired student among the
crowd hurled an insulting epithet at
an officer who sent a couple Of men to
arrest him. The crowd tried to rescue
the student, but the latter was drag
ged and kicked across the sunlit
square, his long hair tossing in the
wind. The crowd broke into a stream
of boots and Kisses. Then young
| workman jeered at soldier who ap-
fplied his rifle butt, and with the help
LOT his comrades, dragged the work.
man, despite his piteous pleadings, to
the lookup, Every time the troops
moved the crowds Kissed them The
strikers also gathered at the entrance
of Grand Morskaia and on the avenue
leading to the Mokai canal. The
crowd at the latter place swelled to
huge proportions, blocking the bridge
across the canal.
The order came at I:3o to clear
them 4off. The colonel commanding
the horse guards uttered a short,
sharp command. The troopers drew
their swords and advanced at a quick
.trot, and then broke into a gallop,
heading straight for Moikai, where
they were lost in a cloud of snow
The shrieks from the wounded sound
ed, then came a deadly silence, broken
only by the galloping of ambulance
horses. The next twenty minutes
passed without incident. Nothing in
dicated the approach of the horrible
butchery which was destained to stain
with human blood. The crowd there
persisted in refusing to move on, clam
oring for the emperor and continually
hurting abuse at the troops, but at
tempted no violence. Two companies
Of Proebranjensky guards, Of which
Emperor Nicholas himself was former
ly colonel, which had been standing at
ease in front of the palace. formed and
marched at double quick towards the
fatal corner. Events then followed
with awful swiftness. The command
ing officer shouted. 3tDisperse, dis
perse, disperse. Many in the crowd
turned to flee, but it was too late The
bugle sounded and 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 sidewalks. Many wo-
men were pierced through the back
as they were trying to escape. An
Associated Press correspondent stand
ing behind the troops saw rnangled
corpses Of persons Of all ages and both
sexes strewing the ground. One boy
of Is had his skull pierced and rent by
bullets. Great splashes and streams
| Of blood stained the snow Only a
few of the first lines made their. es-
cape, for the fatal volley was fired at
| a distance Of not more than 20 PAGES,
$50 the ambulances had little work to
do. The police reduisitioned large
number Of drospkys (sleighs) to carry
off the dead.
The piteotis scenes we're witnessed as
| the wives and husbands came up to
claim their dear ones and were carried
loft with them in the sleighs, meanwhile
1.-THE crowd had dfifted up Nevsky Pros
lpect, yelling Nmurderers. mnrderers,
! and the square resumed its calm as
ipect, the troops returning to their sta
ttions. 1t was now the turn for the
crowds stationed at the Moskaia en-
trance to the square, where the horse
guards repeated the exploit BY which
| they had cleared Moikai and drove the
lpeoplc pell nell down the thorough
flare. The few who were wounded
were picked up and conveyed to a drug
store on the opposite corner Of Grand
Morskaia and Nevasiy Prospect. No
troops were visible for as much ais hall
J AN hour. Al crowd quickly formed out