The Penn's Grove record., 1905-01-27

frozen river and canals on the ice by
twos and threes, h%urrying to the Pal
ace Square, where they were sure the
Emperor would be present to hear
them.
But the street approaches to the
square were cleared by volleys and
Cossack charges. Men and women, in
furiated to frenzy by the loss of loved
ones, cursed the soldiers while they
retreated.
Men harangued the crowds, telling
them that the Emperor had foiled them
and that the time had come to act.
Strikers began to build barracades in
the Nevsky Prospect and at other
points, using any material that came
to hand, and ever chopping down tele-
graph poles.
Fighting meantime continued at va
rious places, soldiers firing volleys and
charging the mob. The whole city was
in a state of panic. Women were run
ming through the streets seeking lost
members of their families. Several
barricades were carried by the troops.
Toward s o'clock in the evening the
crowds, exhausted, began to dispense,
leaving the military in possession. AS
they retreated up the Nevsky Prospect
the workmen put out all the lights.
The little chapel at the Narva Gate
was wrecked.
On Kaminostov Island all the lights
were extinguished.
There was a very dramatic scene at
the Narva Gate when Father Gopon,
in golden vestments and bearing aloft
an ikon, and ianked by two clergy
men carrying religious banners, ap-
preached at the head of a procession of
5000 wOrkmen.
Troops were drawn up across the en-
trance. Several times an officer called
upon the procession to stop, but Father
Gopon did not falter. Then an order
was given to fire, first with blank cart
ridges. Two volleys rang out, but the
line still did not
Then, with seeming reluctance, an
officer gave the command to load with
ball, and the next volley was followed
by shrieks of the wounded.
AS the Cossacks followed up the vol
ley with a charge the workmen fled
before them, leaving about 100 dead
or wounded.
1t was evident that the soldiers de-
liberately spared Father Gopon. One
of the clergymen by his side was
wounded, but he escaped untouched
and hid behind a wall until the Cos
sacks had passed. He was then spirit
ed away by workmen.
At the Palace Square early in the
morning a considerable crowd of dem
onstrators lined the ratings of the Ad-
miralty Gardens and Boulevard. The
| square itself presented the appearance
cf a military encampment.
Several companies of the Pavloysky
and Preobrajensky Guards had piled
their arms, while the men were sitting
around campfres or stamping on the
snow to keep warm. Beyond the in
fantry stood s%quadrOns of the Chevalier
Guards and the Horse Guards, with
out their lances, ~cuirasSeS or the usual
gay trappings.
A whole row of ambulances drawn
UP near the palace served as a grim
reminder of the stern business on
hand.
The order came at 1.3O p. IN. to clear
off the crowd. The Colonel command
ing the Horse Guards uttered a short.
sharp command; the troopers drew
their swords and advanced at a quick
trot, and then broke into a gallop,
headed straight for the Moika.
Shrieks from the wounded resounded.
Then came silerce, broken only by the
galloping of ambulance horses.
At the corner of the Admiralty Car
dens the crowd persisted in refusing
to move on.
Two companies of the Preobrajensky
Guards, of which Emperor Nicholas
himself was formerly Colonel, which
had been standing at ease in front of
the palace, formed up and marched at
double quick toward the fatal corner.
Events followed with awful swift
ness.
The commanding officer shouted
"Disperse! Dispense! Dispenser
Many in the crowd turned to flee, but
it was too late. A bugle sounded and
| the men in the front ranks sank to
their knees and both companies fired
three volleys, the first two with blank
cartridges and the last with ball.
A hundred corpses strewed the side
walk. Many women We're pierced
through the back as they were trying
to escape.
So the work of terror went on until
4 O'Clock, when came the