Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13
CADETS DISPLAY
GREAT BRAVERY
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tcn. Early in the afternoon the
cadets realized that the cause was
hopeless as no news had come OF
the expected relief and their am.
munition was nearly exhausted
Many of the cadets were parolled
after the surrender of the Winter
Palace last week and feared to trust
themselves again in the hands OF
Bolsheviki. In taking the EXCHANGE
the cadets had captured NJ. Anto-
noff. the assistant minister of war
whom they held prisoner
Panic soon seized the defenders
the officers in desperation cut the
buttons and insignia from their uni
forms, while others discarded their
uniforms and attired themselves in
the garments of linemen. Frantic
telephone calls were sent in every
direction asking for help. Finally
NJ. Antonoff and Mr.. Williams were
sent to parley with the Bolsheviki
who gave their word that the men
would be spared if they surrendered
The military cadets were led out one
by one and formally delivered to the
victors.
The telephone operators became
excited during the fighting but many
remained at their posts throughout
the firing. Miss Beatty cheered and
encouraged the more timorous girls
and assisted in treating the wounds
OF the military cadets who had been
shot by the Bolsheviki.
Desperate Sunday Fighting
Petrograd was still in the hands
of the Bolsheviki to-day after des-
perate street battles on Sunday in
which a handful of brave military
cadets was killed or captured py
Bolsheviki forces after the cadets
inflicted considerable losses.
The new Bolsheviki government
heaGed by Nikolai Lenine and Leon
Irotzky Is having anything but an
easy time in controlling the city as
the committee of public safety which
includes all the elements opposing
them. is seeking to establish a new
Socialist government. They con-
tinue to placard the streets with de-
mands that the Bolsheviki "realize
their folly and consent to Law down
their arms and await the coming of
Kerensky."
Most of the ministers of the Ker-
ensky cabinet who were captured
after the eight-hour battle at tho
Winter Palace Wednesday night
have been released from the fortress
of st. Peter and st. Paul. M. 7
Terestchenko and A I. Konovaloff
are still behind the prison walls as
are the military cadets captured in
the battle at the telephone exchange
on Sunday.
Agents of the committee on public
safety have gone to Gatchina in an
eilort to effect a compromise with
Premier Kerensky on an all-Social-
ist government.
Reports Are Conflicting
There are conflicting reports from
Moscow and other large cities. The
Bolsheviki report officially that
Moscow is still in their hands. al
though telegram to the committee
OF public safety on Sunday said that
the Kerensky adherents there had
driven the Bolsheviki into the Krem-
lin, where they were besieged.
The scenes on the streets to-day
were similar to those of last Thurs
day when the people quietly trans
acted their business as though no
bullets had disturbed them.
At the corner of the grand Mors-
Nlld ana the Gofkovai near the tele-
phone exchange, during the long
battle on Sunday in which the Boil
Shcviki regaihed possession OF the
exchange from the military cadets
'rciuents OF the fighting could be
seen from the office of the Asso.
ciated Press nearby. There were in.
tcrmittent fusillades from rifles ,nd
machine guns during the mornina
and the afternoonastheBo etao
and the afternoon as the RoIsbaviIi :
stationed 100 yards down the Mors.
kaia. made spasmodic sorties iowa rd
tie exchange. A curious crowd
reerhd around the corners. bueeaG
buildings and crouched in doorw1. y,
10 escape the bullets.
An oTinored car manned bv mill.
tGry cadets and stationed in the
square around the cathedral ST IsaoC
cleared the streets there with a fusi
lace in reply to occasional firins
from Bolsheviki infantrymen hid.
ing behind the Marble columns :,
front of the great cathedral. SOM
tire Later the fuel supply of the co,
became exhausted and the cnr Wa,
captured by Bolsheviki sailors wnC
Killed two of the occupants nv fir
ing through the portfolios. The,
then hioke into the steel door anf
dragged the third occupant who