The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-01-26
IN AREvOLUTION
ST. PETERSBURG BECOMES A
FERMENr or lNsuRREcrloN.
SEVERAL HUNDRED axe KILLED
Estimates Of Total Casualties Range
From Five Hundred 10 Seven
Thousand-oHleers Were
Mobbed IN the street.


ST DECENTRALIZATION was =
DAY Of ~unspeakable horror in St Pet
ersburg. The strikers OF Saturday.
goaded TO desperation by a day OF VIC
lence, fury and bloodshed. are In a
state OF open insurreotion against the
government
A condition almost bordering on
civil war exists In the terror
stricken Russian capital. The city is
under martial law. with Prince vasil-
chikoff as commander Of over $4,000
OF the emperor's crack guards. Troops
are bivouaeking in the streets and at
various places on the Nevsky prospect.
the main thorOughfare OF the city.
On the island Of Vaseiliostroy and in
the Industrial sections Infatuated men
have thrown up barircades which they
are holding. The empress dowager
has hastily sought safety at Tzarskoie-
Selo, where Emperor Nicholas II is uiy-
ing.
The minister OF the interior. sviato-
polk-Mirsky. presented to His Majesty
Saturday night the invitation of the
workmen TO appear at the winter pal
ace Sunday afternoon and receive
their petition. but the emperor's advis-
Frs already had taken a decision to
show a firm and ~resolute front. and
the emperor's answer to 100. 900 work
men trying to make their way to the
Palace square Sunday was a solid ar
ray OF troops, who met them with rifle.
bayonet and saber.
The priest. Gopon. the leader and
idol of the men. in his golden vest
ments. holding aloft the cross and
marching at the head Of thousands Of
workmen through the Narva gate. mir
aculously escaped a volley which laid
low half a hundred persons.
The Military Authorizes in Control.
The military authorizes had a firm
grip on every artery in the city. At
dayhreak guards, regiments, cavalry
and 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 regi-
ments. infantry n Cosacks Of the
guards. Barred from the bridges and
gates. men. women and children
crossed the frozen river and annals on
the ice by twos and threes, hurrying
to the Palace square. where they were
sure the emperor would be present 10
hear them. But the street approaches
TO the square were cleared by volleys
and Cossack charges. Men and wo-
men. Infatuated to frenzy by the loss Of
loved ones. cursed the soldiers while
they retreated. Men began TO build
barricades in the Neysky prospect and
at other points, using any material
that came to hand. and even %chOpping
down telegraph poles.
Fighting meantime continued al va.
rlous places. soldiers voleying and
charging the mob. The whole city was
In a state Of panic. Women were run
ming through the streets seeking lost
members OF their families. Severn.
barricades were carried by the troops.
Toward s o'clock Sunday evening
the crowd. exhausted. began to dis.
perse, leaving the military In posses,
sion. AS they retreated up the New.
sky prospect the workmen put out all
the lights. The little chapel at the
Narya gate was wrecked. On the
Kaminostoy island all the lights were
e~xtinguished.
-
the emperor who was found alone was
mobbed. A general was killed on the
Nicholas bridge and a dozen Officers
we're seized. stripped Of their epaulets
aud deprived OF their swords.