Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-01-27
REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA.
Trouble Raging Between the Czar
and His Subjects. Hundreds of the
Poorer Classes Are Being Slaugh-
tered In Cold Blood.

Poorer Classes Are Being Slaugll-
tered In Cold Blood.
At last the common people of Rus
sia have found it impossible to longer
stand the OPPRESSION Of their rulers.
Trouble has been brewing there for
some time and at last the Russian
people have broken out in open revolt.
Sunday the crowd kept surging toward
the cars winter palace, and the sol.
dters, commanded by the czar's uncle,
Grand Duke vladimir, were ordered
to fire on the crowd. AS a result, ALI
classes we're butchered by The whole
sale and the streets of the Russian
capital ran red with the blood Of the
oppressed who dared to demand their
rights as human beings.
The czar is prostrated by this new
calamity, following closely, as it does,
on the the Russian losses in Manchu-
ria. The people claim that they will
have more limited form of govern
nent or else they will have the life Of
the czar. and at present it'looks as If
they might get both. The czar is in
hiding and 1t is not known exactly.
where he is. The Russian com mand
ers are using the utmost cruelty in
the present trouble, the troops receiv.
ing, on the slightest provocation, or
dorS ts, Fl IN an In ,,op,It,
When the strikers were making.
their way toward the palace TO asl of
tile czar The right to live aud draw
living wages, aud before there were
any signs Of mob violence, the soldiers
were turned loose and men, women
and children were shot down in cold
bloud. At some shops in one part oil.
the city the worllmen, who had gone
ON a strike, were ordered to. disperse.
Without giving the strikers lime to-
obey the command, the soldiers were
ordered to fire, and the workmen, who
had thrown themselves face downward
in the snow, were killed by the dozen.
AuC ICpn1U lllttO ItC PtOPlC WI
Moscow are rising in revolJ;l also. From
all parts Of the Russian Kingdom come
the reports of uprising and bloodshcd.
The gun shops Of the city Of st. Pet
ersburg have been closed to prevent
the strikers from obtaining arms. The
sale OF petroleum has also been pro-
hibited for the reason. that those in
charge are afraid that the mob might
attempt To burn the city. The people
are aroused To such IL state Ut frenzy
that nothing but Il change in the pres
ent form or government will satisfy
them. 1t is Il repetition uf the scenes
in France in years g"ne by. This
will undoubtedly close the Russo-Ja-
panese war.
The following is an extract from
one Of the reports OF the present up
rising: ''St. Petersburg has often wit
messed riOling, clearing OF streets
Of demonstrations, aud Cossack charges
with whips and sdberS, but the bloc
shed OF Monday is unparalleled in Its
history, and many stories of brutality
told by the populace seem to have
convinced. them that Il progranrof de-
liberate bloodletting was planned tt
uverawe the strikers" The mob has
possession Of all tho cars capital ex-
cept the winter palace and it's ap.
prOacileS.
The present conduct of the author.
ities Of the terrorized country Is only
in keeping with their usual action
that Of brntel force and bllldozing.