The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-26
Infantry Refuses to Fire.

That fact was demonstrated when a
crowd Of Father Gopon's followers at
tempted to cross the Nicholas bridge
on the way to the palace square. This
crowd was met on the bridge by solid
lines of soldiers.
"Disperse, Dispenser shouted the
commander of the troops. The crowd
refused to halt
Fire. commanded the military
leader, addressing his soldiers.
The infantrymen under him imme-
diately laid down their rifles and re-
fused to shoot the people. The Uhlans
and Cossack regiments of cavalry,
however, obeyed orders. fired on the
crowd and then charged it with sa-
bers, infiicting death and injury.
People Prepare to Fight.
Time and again the soldiers charg-
ed other crowds attempting to gain the
palace square. When night fell the
snow in ell the streets leading toward
the proposed rendezvous of the people
vas red with blood Mobs were arm
ing in all sections Of the outlying part
of the capital On Vassili, or Basil.
island, the industrial quarter, the
workmen were erecting barbados and
preparing to resist attacks by troops.
Meantime news Of the bloody days
work had spread far beyond St Pc
tersburg. In Kolpino, sixteen miles
from the city, it fired the Russian
workmen as they had never been
aroused before. They found a leader.
formed 10000 to 10000 strong and be-
gan march to st. Petersburg, 1000
or more of them to death.
News of the uprising in Kolpino was
telegraphed to the government and
| when the Kolpino host reached the
Moscow gate of st. Petersburg it was
met by a tremendous force of troops.
1t refused to disband and the COM
mand was given the soldiers to fire.
At the first volley 1000 of the work
men fell dead. Fifteen hundred or
more were wounded by the soldiers
bullets. Then the workers halted and
the military went into camp on the
scene of its triumph Martial law has
been proclaimed and Prince Vasilchi-
koff is In command.
Bloody Times Are Anticipated.
The bloody days of the Paris CON-
mune are predicted for st. Petersburg.
Gear Nicholas is yet safe. He refrain
ed from visiting the winter palace. re-
naming at Tsarskoe Selo. But the
people have lost faith ii the Little
Father" and 1t is openly predicted that
his life will be taken, that the au-
| tocracy will be overhthrown and that
a republic will be set up on the ruins
Of the despotism.
Father Gopon, holding aloft a cross
and wearing the full vestments Of the
church, attempted to lead the people
into the palace square. The soldiers
moved down his followers by hun
dreds but it is sai6 they deliberately
| turned their rifles away from the
priest Father Gopon fell, but not
| from a bullet wound, and was ena-
bled to escape to safety. Later word
was distributed ing his followers
| that he would be at their head the
following day, when the people would
be armed and would fight.
Although in the fighting Of Sunday
the people suffered heavily. they were
not the only victims. Frenzied at the
sight Of comrades falling, women and
men attacked the military with bare
| fists, with table knives and sabers
without handles. They killed one gen.
eral, stripped dozens CT other ,flcers
of their swords and bea,; them INNER
csfully.