The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-01-24
FACES
REBEL,LI
Troops Slay Men, Women and
Children. Thousands Dead
and Wounded.
PRIEST LED UNARMED MEN.

OF many Workingnlen are dead women
and children, the victims of the Russian
civilization of today. In temporary
morgues are piled the bodies Of men
who thought they could march unarm-
ed to the Winter palace and make d
peaceable protest against the conditions
in which they live. In several of the
churches are the bodies Of other men.
women and children, unidentified. stab
bed in the back by the gallant uhlans
or the Cossacks Of legendary valor. In
prison is Father Gopon, shot twice as
he carried his cross in the procession
that caused the death of probably ]. 500
persons and the wounding Of 2,O0G
more. and in his former home. dead, is
Father Servius. another patriot priest.
who, carrying. a cross in one hand and
a portrait of the Emperor Nicholas in
the other, was shot down by Infantry
of the Second Moscow regiment. The
portrait OF his ruler, the czar, was
smashed by bullets from the same
brave battalion Of soldiers that iireG
lead into the priest.
TWO Thousand Slain.
Eyewitnesses estimate that 1900
men and women were killed and $500
wounded OF the thousands Of the
Putiloff workmen whom Father Gopon
led 800 were killed and 800 wounded.
In the square Of the Winter palace so
deadly was the fire that 100 men were
killed and only so wounded. A pro-
cession beginning its advance to the
palace found its progress barred al
most before 1t started, and as it at
tempted to continue it was moved
down by volleys. Twenty thousand
working people set out from Kolpino,
a manufacturing village twenty-five
miles away. At the Moscow arch, on
the confines of this city, they were met
with six vo.Ieys. One thousand fell
dead and 1900 were wounded. From
the Neva river a great crowd marched
to the Nevsky gate, where 500 fell
dead and, roo were wounded. The Basil
island workers lost 200 killed and TOO
wounded Seven soldiers were killed
Story Of the Sunday Slaughter.
The story OF the awful Sunday
slaughter In st. Petersburg does not
seem like twentieth century relation
of solemn facts. Not at any time dur
ing the early day and, In fact, until the
late afternoon was there any attempt
at rioting by the many thousands Of
protesting people OF ST Petersburg. and
yet from 10 O'clock in the morning
men in the livery of the czar were busy
killing not only men and women who
attempted to make their way toward
the Winter palace, but also. as reports
agree, in shooting unoffending persons
for no reason whatever except that
they appeared within the view of the
soldiers who were on guard. The city
was place of death from early in the
day until 6 at night The carnage be
gan at 10 o'clock in the morning, and
its official end was at O'clock. when
two companies of Cossacks emphasiz-
ed the horrible butchery by firing into
200 persons gathered at the upper Pu
tiloff bridge, who We're engaged only
in discussing the repressive measures
taken by the government in dispensing
the first body Of citizens that marched
toward the Winter palace,
1t was at the main church hour that
the bloodIetting began. st. Petersburg
rarely saw a finer morning There
was not heavy cloud in the beautiful
winter sky The sun set off brilliantly
the famous towers and golden crosses
for which the cathedrals and churches
of the city are famous. There was no
sign of disorder anywhere at Q O'clock.
The eleven sections of the trades unions
had all their men well in hand They
had been ordered to take their wives
their sisters and their children with
them. Father Gopon. driving to the
several assemblies shortly after dawn.
had advised them not to march in
large bodies, but TO go in family groups
by the various roads and bridges that
lead to the Winter palace There was
unusual in this ST Petersburg
scene except the presence of military
in the streets, an unusual number of
policemen and the fact that the pom
ular churches were deserted. At 9:30
o'clock all OF outer st. Petersburg was
vending its way toward the main sec
tion of the city, and there was not an
inkling then of the bloody scenes that
were to follow.
Father Gopon, surrounded by DOG
picked members Of the trades uniofs
and accompanied by Fathers Theophi
lus and Servius, had visited all the di-
vision headquarters, had insisted that
no man should carry arms and that
the several unions assemblies shonld
not meet as bodies until they approach
ed the public square.
Il and my fellow priests said Go
pom twill carry our crosses. and one
of us will bear aloft the picture of our
sovereign. SO that none shall tell us
that we were bent upon mis-
chief to the state or that we sought
anything except the right which we
believe is ours. to lay before the EN-
peror and his ministers a truthful com
Dlaint of the burdens under which we
suffer and a proper recital Of the re-
forms which we demand We must
20 to the palace even ii shot down.
The patriot priest headed a division
1f about 1000 after crossing the Alex
ander bridge and there he was stop
ped as be bore aioft his cross When
be and his fellow priests, surrounded
oy the leaders Of the labor assemblies.
declined to retire at the command Of
The soldiers they were shot down as
.hev stood IN solid ranks ANA AFTER