The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-01-27
DAY OF RIOT AND DEATH
IN RUSSIAN CAPITAL

leaving the military in possession. As
they retreated up the Nevsky Prospect,
the workmen put out all the lights.
The little chapel at the Narva gate Was
wrecked.
WTTTE MAY BE DICTATOR
On the Kaminostov all the lights
were extinguished and an officer was
found and nlobbed. A general was kill
ed on the y cbolas bridge and a dozen
officers were stripped of their epau.ei1
and deprived of their swords. 1t Is ru-
tonight that NJ. White will be
appointed dictator tomorrow, but the
report is confirmed. The authorities
while they seem to realize h magai-
tude of the crisis with which the dynas-
ty and a utocracy are confronted on
account Of today's events, apparently
are paralyZed for a moment.
MUST END THE WAR.
An official statement was promised II
midnight, at which hour it was an
nounced that 1t had been postponed IN
TIL tomorrow Intense Indignation is
bound to be aroused all. over Russia.
The work7nen and revolutionfsts ex-
pect news from Moscow and other c.g
centers, where the troops are not OF
the same class as the guards regiments
of ST. Petersburg.
"A Ilcf1DSF OIL Tie ClIlpC4 vi . cioS
hold is quoted as saying today that
this conflict will end the war with ia
pan, and that Russia will have a con-
stitutfon or Emperor Nicholas will lose
his head.
The Warsaw and Baltic Railroad is
reported to have been torn UP for a
mile and a half, but the damage IS
said to have been repaired.
There are rumorS of trouble in Fin
I--I - A. ffoo%;o~ ~ thn y-NnnC
WILL CONTINUE THE FIGHT.
With darkness it was feared the mob
might try to loot and pillage and even
burn, but beyond the breaking of a few
windows in the Nevsky prospect, and
the pillaging of fruit shops, little dis
order was reported. Most of the thea
tres were closed, but at the Peoples
Palace, which was open, Liberals at
tempted to harangue the audience, pro-
posing, but at the close h audience
testified to their sympathy with the
workmen. In the meantime the strike
leaders met and decided to continue the
struggle with arms. No day was fixed
for the demonstration. The strikers are
SO excited, however, that rou is ex-
pected tomorrow.
At a big meeting tonight the follow
ing message from M. Gorky, the novel
list, was read:
GORKY'S INCENDIIARY MESSAGE.
beloved associates: We have no
Emperor. Innocent blood lies between
him and the people. Now begins the
peoples struggle for freedom May 1t
prosper. My blessing upon you all.
Would l might be with you tonight;
but I have much to do"
A workmen, who was introduced to
speak in Father Gopon's name made a
fiery speech. He appealed to Liberals to
furnish arms. TIE meeting adopted a let
ter denouncing the officers and regl-
ments that fired on the workmer Ind
another letter extolling the Moscow
regiment, which refused to fire.
STATE OF OPEN INSURRECT1ON.
St. Petersburg. January 22-This has
been a day of unspeakable terror IN
ST. Petersburg The strikers Of yester-
day, goaded to desperation by a day OF
violence, fury n blo0dshed, are ln a
state of open insurrectLon against the
government. A condition almost bor-
dering on civil war exists in the terrcr
stricken Russian capital. The city IS
under martial law with Prince Vasilctn-
ikoff as commander of over $4,000 OF
the Emperor's crack guards. Troops
are bivouacked in the streets tonight
at various places On the NeVesky pros
pect, the main thoroughfare of the nity.
VII Tie IStdIIu vi ooSIIOo ~" oiiNl ~
the industrial sections Infatuated men
have thrown UP barbados, which they
| are holding. The Empress Dowaser
hastily sought safety at Tsarskoe Selo,
where Emperor Nicholas II is living.
Minister of the interior Sviatopolk-
Mirsky presented to his majesty !lst
night the invitation of the 10
| appear at the Winter Palace this after
noon and receive their petition; but
| 49, Ty,orn~nrsc aIViC0rC a1rpaHN hlr
taken a decision to show a firm and
| ~resolute front an dthe Emperor's ans
Wer to 100, 900 wOrkmen, trying to make
J their way to the palace square today
was a solid array of troops, who ne
them with rifle, bayonet and sabre. The
priest, Gopon, the leader and idol OF
the men, in his golden vestmelts, hold
ing aloft the crosses marching at tn
head of thousands of workmen through
the Narva gate. m~iraculously escape
a volley which laid low half a hundre
persons.
The figures of the total killed O.
wounded at the Moscow gate, at va
rious bridges and islands and at tn
Winter Palace vary. The best estimat
us 500, although there are exaggerated
figures, placing the number as high a.
5000. Many men were accompanied t.
their wives and children and in the con
/ oIO Il 4SAS AN NAAA
nation, the latter shared the fate of tn
men. The troops, with the exception o
a single regiment which is reported II
have thrown down its arms, remain
loyal and obeyed orders. But the bloc
which crimsoned the snow has fired tn
brains and passions Of the strikers an
turned women, as we'll as men, mt
} wild beasts; andthe cry of h infuriat
ed populace is for vengeance.
/ STORY OF THE BUCHERY.
St. Petersburg, January g., 2:23
m.-The Associated Press correspondent
was present when he first barricade
were constructed on Eassili Ostroy I:
land where fighting occurred later, II
sulting in the killing of thirty Of tn
defendants of the barricades. The strii
{ ers, driven from the river front, Ia
l gathered in front of the union heat
> quarters, out of sight Of the soldier.
; Buzzing like a nest of angry hornets,
: hundred men brandished handless 81
! bre blades secured from some junk snt
j u-l,oh u-oro tho oD1v seen