Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-24
A FIRM GRIP.
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''e StrtetS. except a few strikers and
ioushs hed TO their homes. Police Of
iicers visited every house and store,
oIdeflhS all not to venture out at their
perm ana 10 turn out the lights in their
front windows. Shopkeepers ana even
private mousse owners Doarder or barred
thelf windows and doors After about
louf hours soldiers from the engiuee~
corps with the aid of German engineers
from factories. started w m. plauts
w hen the lights We're turned on ~
ccnt iof the patrulling cavalry and in
iaEtrN, the streets We're deserted Al
midnight. when life in the Russian
capital is usually bright. 81. Peters,
burg rescmbled Il city of TIE. dead in
Naded by Il hostile army. The. f;,c,des
of the buildings We're black and every
restaurant and place Of amusement
was closed. The only sound ~ n.
heard was the dradened patter Of the
Eoofs Of the cavalry horses and The
tramp of marching men over the snow
as the Empcror's legiouS moved 10 ana
iru.
Inc guard at the palaces of the
grand dukes are especially heavy and
over 10000 troops are mtSSed nj the
TS:rSkoe-Sc!o.
The mill ana factory districts Of the
city We're practically deserted. today.
The strikers had no plans for demon
STATIONS ANA 40 special meeting points
had been arranged. The absence Of
any definite objective led the strikers
Ia drift towards the principal thor
ouShfaie. the NeNSky Prospect which
| has been the center of today'S less
less thrilling events. AS the afternoon
Wore ON the crowds in the Nevsky
| Prospect became dense. and the au-
| thorities. POSSIBLY fearing that cars
| might be converted into material for
| harricudes. stopped street railway
| traffic and reinforced the already con-
siderable number Of cavalry patrols.
| Toward ) O'Clock driving up The Nrv-
| SKY Prospect. me Associated Press
| correspondt III saw through the gather
| ing gloom tine bIazeS of c;implreS in
| the palace Square. with the dark forms
| of troopers sitting around them. The
\eVSky Prospect itself was aDlaZe with
| light and animation. Strikers and
| curiosity seekers promenaded the two
miles of sidewalk between the admir-
| atty ana the Nicholas station and
| StluadronS of huSSdrS ana cuirasSierS
| rode up and down in endless process
| sion. TIL" crowds seemed peaceful
enough the WatchWord evidently be-
| ing don't abuse the troops The only
shouts heard We're few isolated hur
MS SlI1ph1N the ,.1pPIri(. lights /
the upper section, between the bazaar
connecting Gnst;nny Dvor and the
| Nicholas station. we've extinguisheI
and the th"roughf;re was in darkness
without warning, ana was not relieved
| even by lights in shop windows as all
| The stores were closed. The SCENE was
| wierd. The driver at first refused to
move on, fearing some hidden danger.
! but he was finally persuaded to pro-
coed. but eXclaimng with Russian
| stoiciSm: "One can die only once.
| Deuthly silence prevailed. heightened
| by the rustic of hundreds of feet ON
the snow-clad sidewalks. the muffled
| tread of looming Sqaudrons and the
| ugubvTious hammcrn2 by storekcep-
erS taking precautions against posi-
| bic attack by boarding up the windows
! of their stores. People hastily sour
ried into adjoining streets. finding their
! way home as best they could. through
| the inky darkness. only Il fringe Of
| SulleI strikers and rough characters
| remained. the police warming all to
| get home rs soon us possible. tn"
| only bright SPOT was Il blaze Of light
| from the courtyard of the AnnitChkoif
! palace. from whence the empress
| ,loWal;-r. Yesterday. fl-d To Ts.irskoe
| sirlo. The crowd WAS particularly
| dense around the approaches to TIL"
| Nicholas station. Here. in the dark
ness. maraudCrS attacked a few news
| vendors stalls. but II grim low of in
| fantrN around tile station buildings ef
| Fl ctuaIIl discouraged violence. other
| t;aStinny Dvur and the Kiosk at the
corner of the Annitchkoff palace
/ garden. 4 bench torn up fInrn the adj
joining park was placed in the road
| way in the hope that it might trip up
| cavalry. Some policemen were rough
! ~ handled and disuImed in side
t streets. but tn, re Was NO firing.
| AS The Associated Press correspond
cnt drove down the Nevsky Prospect
troops wele clearing the sidewalk Of
| lnitcrcrs. using the fats OF their
| SdbreS ana causing a general STAN
| ledt. This continued until . o'clock at
! night when ;he lights We're again
turned on and revealed the Nrvsky
! Prospect almost deserted