Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-01-25
STRIKERS MAY BURN CITY,
Fear That They May Cut Off St..
Petersburg Water Supply.
LIGHTS ARE ALL OUT.
The Electric Plant Is Closed and the
Russian Capital Is Wrapped
in Darkness.

st. Petersburg, Jan. 23.-7:1O .. NJ
Panic exists in the darkened portions Of
the city. The correspondent Of the AS
ISOLATED Press has just returned from a
trip through the Nevsky Prospect so far
as the Moscow station. All the stores
and houses are closed and the windows
and doors are barred, but sullen crowds
Of strikers continue in the streets. The
whole appearance Of the district is SIMS
ter and explosion might occur at any
minute. The police are going from house
to house warning the people to remain in
doors, all injunction which the terror
stricken inhabitants sitting in their dark
ened homes are glad to obey.
The greatest fear is that the water
supply will be cut off and the city
burned. Petroleum is not on sale at any
place.
The troops had not fired on the people
up to this hour
The estimates Of the number of dead
and wounded yesterday continue to vary
greatly, as at least a majority Of the
killed and wounded were carried off by
their comrades. Few of these taken to
the hospitals have been reported.
Five Hundred Dead.
The official account of the rioting by
no means indicates the total of killed
and wounded. From careful investiga-
ton by the staff of the Associated Press
it appears that the estimate of 500 ca
bed last night SENS liberal. There We're
Al killed and 81 wounded at the Putt
loft works. where the greatest casualties
occurred; about so in the Alexander gar
dens, 10 in the AIoika district, 40 in the
Vassiiostroff district and the remainder
at various other points.
III II, -
where detachments Of soldiers are sta
toned. The palace square when the
darkness fell resembled a vast bivouac,
the glare Of the campfres being reflected
against the big, red palace and surround
ing ministerles
1t is now officially denied that a single
regiment refused to obey orders yester-
day and the war office expresses not the
slightest doubt Of the loyalty of the
troops.
City in Darkness.
Shortly before 6 o'clock this evening
the electric light plant supplying the up
per section of the Neysky Prospect and
several ministeries was suddenly shut
down, leaving the thoroughfare in utter
darkness and causing renewal OF appre-
hensiOn that trouble was imminent The
authorities are trying to get men to oper-
ate the plant.
Enormous crowds at that hour were
parading the sidewalks and squadrons Of
cavalry were moving up and down. The
innocent spectators hastily hurried into
the side streets.
1t is said that an emergency battery
of machine guns is located in a court
yard opposite the Hotel de l'Europe.
Moscow Is Excited
Moscow, Jan. %. The people of Mos
cow are greatly excited over the news
from st. Petersburg, which was received
over the telephone from private sources
and spread like wildfre through the city
Last night it was the only topic of CON
versation at the theaters, in the restau-
rants and in the streets.
The workmen here are greatly aroused
and the Social Democrats are resolved
to make the best of the opportunity.
The factory and mill owners are also ex-
cited as a general suspension of work IS
expected January 26. The owners and
the authorities are comforting in regard
to the measures to meet disturbances
Many shop owners are purchasing arms
to protect their property.