The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-24
Come Out Just Like Ordinary Plug Who Never

people were once more trying to col
lect. All the grand dukes palaces were
strongly guarded.
Revolution with all its terrors now
grips st. Petersburg and Is expected to
bring forth scenes of bloodshed and
riot even greater than before. The city
is in state of siege, with troops CON
tinualIy firing on the people and the
mob looting property.
1t is asserted that the carnage was
committed by the authorities with the
deliberate purpose of terrorizing the
Russian people, so that the flames of
revolution rising throughout the en-
pire might be quelled. But the atrocl-
ties had the opposite effect. The mas
sacre instead Of overawing the rioters
has awakened within them rage that
taken in connection with their num-
bers, cannot be denied, and it is feared
that the troops will have more than
they can do TO deal with the throngs
A general strike in Moscow is pro
ceeding on exactly the same lines as
the ST. Petersburg strike. The procla.
nation and methods are Identical.
The deputy project has issued
proclamation warning the Moscow pub
lie, In view Of the strike, to avoid as.
semblages and professions. Otherwise
the same severe measures will be
adopted as at St. Petersburg.
Davidof. the captain. and Rurzeff.
the senior officer of the battery from
which the loaded shell was fired strik-
Ing the imperial pavilion and other
buildings, have been arrested. Disturb
ers broke down numerous windows in
the Gastinny dvor and the kiosk at the
corner of the Annitchkoff palace gar
den. Some policemen were roughly
handled and disarmed In side streets,
but there was no firing.
Troopers cleared the Nevsky prospect
sidewalks of loterers, using the fats
Of their sabers and causing a general
stampede. The crowds gathering in
the Nevsky prospect became dense,
and the authorities, possibly fearing
that the street cars might be converted
into material for barricades, stopped
street railway traffic and REINFORCED
the already considerable number of
cavalry patrols.
AT Sevastopol fire broke out at the
admiralty works Immediately after the
second signal for beginning work was
| given. The flames burst Simultaneous
ly from different parts of the works,
and the whole building was so quickly
| involved that men In the modelling de-
partment barely escaped by jumping
out of the windows. Energetic meas
ures prevented the flames extending to
| the docks.
Employees of the Bromley Metal
works at Moscow, to the number Of
1000, at a mass meeting declared that
they were unable TO continue at work
because their st. Petersburg comrades
had asked them to strike. They i'm
mediately left the works, formed a
procession, marched through the streets
and begged their fellow workmen In
all industrial establishments to join in
the movement. A majority Of those
who were thus requested to quit work
complied. Afterward the strikers Wis
tied the Sytin Printing works, the
largest establishment Of the kind In
Moscow and belonging to the million
aire publisher Sytin, and induced the
men employed there to strike.
AT midnight, when life in the Rus
sian capital is usually bright st. Pc
tersburg resembled city of the dead
invaded by hostile army. The IA
cades Of the buildings were black, and
every restaurant and place Of amuse-
ment was closed. The only sound to
be heard was the deadened patter of
the hoofs Of the cavalry horses and the
tramp Of marching men over the snow
as the emperor's legions moved to and
fro.
The guards at the palaces Of the
grand dukes are especially heavy, and
over 10000 troops are massed at Tsar-
skoe Selo.
Latest dispatches indicate that the
city is on the verge Of another bloody
conflict. The strikers have been push
ing on to the Winter palace, meeting
resistance at every step. There were
some minor clashes. but the mob lead
ers have held their men in check, al
though all are in sullen mood and
ready for fight.
The cars capital looks like huge
bivouac, camp fires being lighted on
almost every corner, while troops pa
trolled the streets.