The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-23

Monday Evening,
tions along the radiating suburban
thorofares. The cavalry, infantry and
Cossacks appeared in small detachments,
but later the infantry and some Of the
guards marched away in regiments, their
fixed bayonets glittering wickedly, IN
dicating that the official program was
going to be literally carried out. Evi.
IDENTIFY no procession from any industrial
suburb was to be allowed to approach
thescenter of the capital.
Triple Gordon of Defenses.
can hour later, little tour in a fast
sleigh showed that central st. Peters.
burg was ringed with a triple Gordon OF
defenses as terrible as those at Lao
yang, as if to resist an invading army.
| Out on every main road on Ekaterinof-
sky Prospect, on the left bank of the
| river, at every strategic point where
there were crossroads, detachments of
troops were placed.
"The further side Of every bridge
crossing the Neva to Vassili island was
strongly held, while from the inside Of
! the great courtyards of the Winter Pal
ace mass of troops came out into the
palace square. ..' -
"The czarina's regiment, mounted
all on black horses, was a magnificent
square. It was plain thus early that
there would be no demonstration in
front Of the pala> }, and it only re-
manned to see with how much considers
ton any attemDt to hold one WOULD be
repressed. There was not long to wait,
Shot Down In Masses.
describe, because it is impossible to
know what occurred in many PLACES so
widely apart. The narratives of eye.
from many different directions the peg
pie set out upon their projected pill
grimage, only to be shot down in masses
BY their uniformed brothers, almost be-
fore their procession had started from
the suburbs.
"The Putiloff strikers left their bar
rack homes about the factory, according
to their program, bringing with them
their wives and children and even their
babies, as had been arranged. Father
Gopon marched at their head, bearing
his crucifx aloft above the great roll
marched down Peterhoff chaussee,. where
the works stand, on down the, hill to
arch erected after the Turkish war
stands, at the junction with the main
Baltic thorofare.
| regiment of which the car is honorary
> colonel, was drawn up waiting. AS the
| head Of the procession approached the
3 acting colonel called upon them to stop.
3 "Father Gopon, still holding his cru
, cifx, advanced and demanded that the
: petition, which was I, declined: Then
l after a few minutes hesitation, the
procession continued to advance.
First Order to Shoot.
| "a sharp order was given, the sol
F B}sns cs Gq4 Sut they had only used
"Then came another order, this time
- children fefi in heaps. Father Gopon
n still clutching his crucifix, stood among
' the dead and dying with the petition il
z s'stilI another volley was fred ano
8 then the crowd, no longer procession
q turned and fed-all but 800, who were
o lying dead, and 500 writhing wounded
Some of the crowd who had revolvers
fred as they fed. Others carried ict
picks and some had stones, but prac
f tically they were unarmed.
r "It was all over with the Putilof
f strike procession and at 11:41 the strik
r ers were still in sight of their works
It As they retreated the soldiers followed
= and before a quarter Of an hour ha(
Q elapsed most Of them had fed to thei
= homes, and there only remained tn
d dead and wounded, who were removed
/ with the usual Russian skill to be take1
= to some hospital or home. .s.
@ All Massacres Alike.
G. tt1xL+ L.,,o.a ~ ~, D,,+;1oAc oor
- tingent happened in other places. I
procession starting it's advance foun
its progress barred almost before it wa
begun, and as it attempted to continu
was moved down by volleys.
4 "Twenty thousand people starte
from Kolpino, a manufacturing village
twenty-five miles away. At the Mo-
al cow arch on the confines OF tn
town they were met with six volley'
= One thousand marchers fell dead an
er 1900 were wounded.
s. marched to the Nevsky gate, where SO
On fell dead and 700 were wounded. Th
ae Vassii island workers only lost &c
&c killed and 700 wounded.
ne Two Thousand Corpses.
lls "Revolution, demonstration, strik
to petition, pilgrimage, whatever it was
Ut was intended to be, it was all over by
ng O'Clock, and nothing was left but 2,0(
odd corpses of Russian citizens and s
or seven dead soldiers.
er "Of what followed thru the afternot
IN; IN, it is unnecessary to speak in deta
TIL People were shot, sabred and riddle
to down by the Coccacks, but this w
CO merely incidental to clearing away ca
re ual sightseers, who, in defiance of tt
I'm proclamation, were abroad in the &c
trail streets. Many found their way in
No Nevsky Prospect, the Garochavai al
lef Morskai Prospect, and stood lookil
OF about until Cossacks began to Gle
OF them away. Then there was some jee
;ty ing to which the repartee was sab
cuts. There were carried off in drov
ler to the hospitals, men, women and ch
'ur dren with heads and shoulders laid op
az by great gashes. The Cossacks did the
we work well.
More volleys, More Charges.
ss1es GAS early darkness began to ia
10y there were more. charges by t
, an Cossacks in Nevsky Prospect and
% volley was fired on the palace bridl
oi- Many such incidents befell the peop
IN who kept retreating into the side stree
ina as the soldiers advanced and then eco
y, ,es ing out to ,jeer at them as they pass
-, 3D. Then again they were charged or fir
81 upon. This went on until well Into
%, er evening. Towards the last, talk y
"a" heard Of barbados for tomorrow.
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