The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-01-26
Itiot at st. Petersburg.


Sunday WIS n Jay Of unspeakab g
horror IN st. Petersburg. The
strikers Of Saturday goaded to d.
peration by day Of violence, fut} aad
odshed. are h h state Of open Ilsuf-
rection against the government. a c5t-
dition almost bordering Oh civil war ex-
ist4 in the tefror-stricken Russian CAP :
tai. The city is under martial law, viii
Prince Yasilchikof H. commander Of
over 30, 900 Of the kmpefot's ef4ek
guards. Troops were blyouacking Il
the streets At night and al various places
on the Nevesky prospec', The main
thOrOughfare OF the city. o. the Island
OF VassilostroV aud industrial sections,
Infatuated men had thrown VI barracks
which they are holding The Empfes-
Dowager had hastily sought saiefy Al
the Isarkkoe-SelO, where Emperor \ ch.
oas l is living.
Minister OF the Interior SyiatoooIk-
Mirsky presented 10 His Majesty Satuf-
day night the invitation Of the workmef=
TO appear at the winter palace SUNDAY
afternoon, aud receive their petition. bur
the Emperor's advisers already had
taken decision 10 show firm aud res-
olute front and the Emperor's answer TO
the lOO.oD workmen trying to make
tEelr way 10 the palace square, Sunday.
was solid array Of troops, who met
them with If a, bayonet aud sabre. The
priest, Gopon, the leader and idol Of tn
men, Ia his golden vestments, holding
Aloft the cross and marching at the head
Of thousands OF WOTkmen through the
Nlrva gate, miracu ously escaped a vols
ley which laid low half a hundred pr.
sons. The figures OF the total nun Der
killed or wounded there, at the Moscow
gate at various bridges and islands and
AT the winter palace vary. The best g.
innate is 500, although there are exag-
gerated figures placing the number a.
high as 5000
The military au horites had a firm
grip on every artery in the city. At
daybreak guards, regiments, cavalry and
Infantry held every bridge across the
frozen Narya; the network OF canals
which interlaces the city and the gates
leading from the industrial section
while in the palace square, az the storm
center, were massed dragoon regiments,
infantry and Cossacks of guards.
The official Messenger announces thai
up to O'Clock, Sunday night, the total
killed was 76; wound, 233 The paper
adt is that the same precautionary meas
ures used, Sunday, had been adopted
for Monday.
The military had complete possession
OF this city, Monday morning, and quiet
prevailed in all sections
After the last volevs in the VassiliaS-
trotf quarters, the workmen abandoHta
he few barricades which they held ~
/ = 4 thor hanr IA,
passed around by the leadrrs To remaIf
| quiet for the present.
During the night, fine damp snow
fell, covering the ugly red stains ann
ohliterating all traces of the cOhhJct Of
! sunday and with the break OF the day.
the city, except for the presence Of
troops in the streets has resumed IL
] normal appearance. The shops had re-
opened and general traffic WAS partially
resumed. The men appeared vt work il
several factories and mills, including the
works of the Russian Westinghouse Co.
but the managers in majority Of the
cases told the men to remain away for q
few DAYS
The people generally were nervous and
apprehensiye and kept in doors. The
strikers looking weary and hqggsrd after
the excitement of Sunday, collected in
| sullen little groups in the vicinity of
their various headquarters and bsrricades
awaiting the decision of their leaders
regarding the work of action. They were
in an ugly mood and broke out in curses
wherever soldiers marched by.
The general strike in Moscow is pro-
ceeding on exactly the same lines as the
St. Petersburg strike. The proclamation
and methods are identical.
Emperor Nichols is completely pros
trated by grief. He is represented To
be almost in a state Of collapse over the
situation. In the meantime everything
waits his decision.