The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-01-28
A DAY OF HORROR.
St. Petersburg Streets Run
With Blood of Work.
ingmen.

OC. T0C0ISUUIS, Jdu. Ill., Las udo
been day Of unspeakable horror in
st. Petersburg. The strikers of yester-
day, goaded to desperation by day Of
violence, fury and bloodshed, are in a
state of open insurrection 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 Vasilchikof as commander Of
over $4,000 of the emperor's crack
guards. Troops are bivouacking in
the streets tonight and at various
places on the Nevsky prospect, the
main thoroughfare of the city. On
the island of Vassiliostrov and in the
outsections infuriated men have thrown
up barricades which they are holding.
Refuses to Receiee Petition.
Minister of the Interior Sviatopolk-
Mirsky presented to his majesty last
night the invitation Of the workmen to
appear at the winter palace this after
noon to receive their petition, but the
emperor's advisers already had taken
a decision to show a firm and resolute
front, and the emperor's answer to the
100000 workmen trying to make their
way to the palace today was a solid
array of troops, who met them with
rife, bayonet and saber. The priest,
Gcpon, 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, miraoulously escaped a
volley which laid low half a hundred
persons.
The figures of the total number kill.
ed or wounded here, at the Moscow
gate, at the various bridges and islands
and at the winter palace vary. The
best estimate at this hour is 500, al
though there are exaggerated figures
placing the number as high as 5000.
Many we're accompanied by their wives
and children, and in the confusion,
which left no chauce for discrimina-
ton, the latter shared the fate of the
men.
Cry For. Vengeance.
The troops, with the exception of a
single regiment, which is reported to
have thrown down it's arms, remained
loyal and obeyed orders. But 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
class is with the workmen.
If Father Gopon, the master mind Of
the movement, aimed at the revolution,
he managed The affair like genius
The faith Of the people in the "little
father" who they were convinced, and
who Father Gopon had taught them to
believe, would right their wrongs and
redress their grievances, is broken.
Bloody Revolution Predicted.
Cork, the Russian novelist, express.
es the opinion that today work wrecks
the faith Of the people in the emperor.
He said this evening to the Associated
Press:
To-day inaugurated revolution in
Russia. The emperor's prestige will
be irrevocably shattered by the she'd
ding Of innocent blood. He has alien
ated himself forever from his people.
Gopon taught the workmen to believe
that an appeal direct to the little
father would be needed. They have
been undeceived. Gopon is now con-
vinced that peaceful means have failed
and the only remedy is force. The first
blood has been shed, but more will
follow. It is now the people against
the oppressors and the battle will be
fought to the bitter end"
The military authorities had firm
grip on every artery of the city. At
daybreak the guards, regiments, caval-
~ and infantry held every bridge
ACROSS the frozen Neva, the network Of
canals which interlaces the city and