The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-01-25
MANY SHOT DOWN IN ST. PETERSBURG
Sunday of Riot and BIOOdshed in Russia S
Capital
PEOPLE CRY DOWN WITH THE EMPEROR" "
Their faith in the Gar Turned Terrible Hatred Which II Feared
May Lead to a General ReyolulOn..Ihe Dead and
Wounded Estimated at 500 to 900.

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was 4 day OF unspeakable horror in ST.
Petersburg. The strikers OF Saturday,
goadcd to desperation by a day of vio-
lence fury and bloodshed, are i'll state
OF open insurrcction against the govern
mcnt a condition almost bordering on
civil war exists in the terror-stricken
Russian capital The city is under mar
tial law. with Prince Nasilchikoff as
commander of over $4,000 OF the En-
peror's crack guards.
Troops are bivouacking in the streets,
and at various places on the Nesky
Prospect, the main thoroughfare of the
city. On the Island OF Nassili Ostrov
and in the industrial sections infuriated
men have thrown up barricades, which
they are holding. The Empress Dow
ager has hastily sought safety at Tsar-
skoe Seio, where Emperor Nicholas IL.
is living.
Minister of the Interior Sviatopolk-
Mirsky presented to His Majesty Satur-
day night the invitation of the workmen
to appear at the Winter Palace Sunday
afternoon and receive their petition, but
the Emperor's advisors already had
taken decision to show firm and reso-
lutte front, and the Emperor's answer 10
100000 workmen trying to make their
way TO the palace square was a solid ar
ray of troops, who met them with rifle,
bayonet and sabcr.
There was a very dramatic scene at
the Narva Gate when Father Gopon, in
golden vestments, bearing aloft an ikon
and flanked by two clergymen carrying
religious banners, approached at the head
of a procession OF 5000 workmen.
Troops were drawn up across the en-
trance.
Several times an officer called upon
the procession to stop, but Father Co
pom did not falter. Then an order
was given to fire, first with blank car
tridges. Two volleys rang out, but the
line still did not waver. Then, with
seeming reluctance, an officer gave the
command to load with ball, and the next
volley was followed by shrieks and cries
OF the wounded.
As the Cossacks followed up the vol
lev with a charge the worlmen fed be-
fore them, leaving about 100 dead or
wounded. 1t was evident that the SOL
diers deliberately spared Father Gopon
One OF the clergymen by his side was
wounded. but he escaped untouched and
hid behind a wall until the Cossacks
passed, and he was then spirited away
by workmen
The figures of the total number killed
or wounded here, at the Moscow gate,
at various bridges and islands and at
the Winter Palace vary. The best es-
innate is 500, although there are eNag-
Grated figures placing the number as high
as 5000. Many men were accompanied
by their wives and children. and in the
| confusion. which lett no time for dis
elimination, the latter shared the fate
/ Of the men
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 well as men into wild
! beasts. and the cry OF the infuriated
populace is for vengeance.
The sympathy of the middle classes
is with the workmen.
If Father Gopon, the master mind OF
| the movement, aimed AT open revolution,
/ he managed the affair like a genius to
break the faith OF the people in "The
Little Father who they were convinced,
and whom Father Gopon had taught
them 10 believe. would right their wrongs
and redress their grievances.
/ Gorky. the Russian novelist, expresses
the opinion that Sundays work will
break this faith Of the people in the En-
| peror He said this evening
Sunday inaugurated revolution in
Russia. The Emperor's prestige will BE-
| irrcvocably shattered by the shedding OF
/ innocent blood. He has alienated him
self forever from his people. Gopon
taught the workmen 10 believe that an
appeal direct TO the Little Father
would be needed. They have been un-
deceived Gopon is now convinced that
peaceful means have failed. and that
the only remedy is force. The first food
has been shed, but more will follow. it
is now the people against the oppre,-
sors and the battle will be fought to the
bitter end
The military authorities had a firm
grip on every artery in the city At
daybreak guards. regiments, cavalry and
infantry held every bridge across the
frozen Neya. the network Of canals
which interlaces the city and the gates
leading from the industrial sections,
while in the Palace Square, at the storm
center, were. massed dragoon regiments
infantry and Cossacks OF the Guards
Girl FoulIy Murdered.