Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-23
Special to The Oil Review.

day was a day of unspeakable hor-
ror in St. Petersburg. The strik-
ers of Saturday, goaded to des-
peration by day of violence,
fury and bloodshed, are in a state
of open insurrection against the
Government. A condition almost
bordering on civil war exists In
the terror-stricken Russian capi-
tai. The city is under martial law
with Prince Vasilchikoff as com
mander Of over $4,000 of the En-
peror's crack guards" Troops are
bivouacking in the streets and Mt
various places on the Nevsky
Prospect, the main thoroughfare
of the city. On the island at Vas
silioslov and in the industrial sec
tions infuriated men have thrown
up barricades, which they are
holding. The Empress Dowager
has hastily sought safety at Tsars-
koe-Selo, where Emperor Nicholas
Ii. is living
Minister Of the Interior Svia-
topolk-Mirsky presented to His
Majesty Saturday night the invl-
tation Of the workmen to appear
at the winter palace Sunday aft
ernoon and receive their petition;
but the Emperor's advisers had
taken decision to show a firm
and resolute front, and the En-
peror's answer to 100000 work
men trying to make their way to
the palace square yesterday was
solid array Of troops who met
them with rifle, bayOnet and 81
bre. The priest, Gopon, in his goI-
den vestments, holding aloft the
cross and marching at the head OF
thousands Of workmnn through
the Ncrva Gate, miraculOusIy es-
capped a volley which laid low half
hundred persons.
Admiralty works at SevaStopol
are abIaze and burning furiousIy.
This city at ) o'clock this morn
ing was comparatively quiet. 1t
is that quiet which precedes
storm The night was full Of meet
ings Of working men and policies
were proposed and adopted which
| if carried out mean breaking
loose Of full-grown revolution at
any moment. The Capitol is full
of the widest rumOrs. AT III
o'clock the center Of the city re-
mains quiet, but there is a fer
ment in outlying districts that
riot may break forth at any mo-
ment. Words are weak in convey
ing an idea Of the awful situation
which today confronts Russian
autocrats or in describing heart
sickening events which have
brought about the situation since
yesterday. The night was made
even more hideous by its success
sion of terrible events Of yester-
day, it being a night of revolu-
ton. Ranks Of the Neva this
morning ring with "ShibOleth -
"Down with the autOcracy!"
"Long live the Republic!' As to
the number which paid the pen
atty with their lives nothing Off
cial can yet be learned. A po-
lice official states that fully TO-
900 strikers were either killed or
wounded. Government has deter
mined upon most stringent meas
ures to check populace today. All
schools are closed, and in many
parts of the city the water supply
was cut out. At II 30 feeling
is growing that possibly the
worst is over unless the workers
who broke into the Vodka shops
on Bassil island just before noon
are able to get together in force
and carry either NICHOLAS or pal
ace bridges. There are even some
signs that the strike is beginning
to break. Small numbers Of the
lmore timid strikers have resumed
work, and traces of yesterday s
conflict have been largely remov-
ed. The Government has issued
a statement blaming workmen
for yesterdays bloodshed. The
demands of the workmen are de-
scribed as audacious and impossi-
BILE of fulflment. Most of the re-
sponsibility is ascribed to Father
Gopen, leader of the strikers.
A crowd is moving toward the
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