New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-14

and the Gorokovaia, near the telephone
exchange, during the long battle on
Sunday, in which the Bolsheviki re-
gained possession Of the exchange
from the military cadets, incidents OF
the fighting could be seen from the
Office of The Associated Press near by.
There were intermittent fusillades
from rifles and machine guns during
the morning and the afternoon as the
Bolsheviki, stationed one hundred
yards down the Morskaia, made spas
modic sorties toward the exchange.
curious crowd peered around the cor
ners, Rugged buildings and crouched in
doorways TO escape the bullets.
An armored car manned by military
cadets and stationed in the square
around the Cathedral st. Isaac cleared
the streets there with a fusillade IN
reply TO occasional firing from Boil
sheviki infantrymen hiding behind the
marble columns in front Of the great
cathedral. Some time later the fuel
supply of the car became exhausted
and the car was captured by Boil
sheviki sailors, who killed two OF the
occupants by firing through the port
holes.
Crowd Protests Killing
They then broke In the steel door
and dragged the third occupant, VINO
was wounded, TO the street lie was
killed by the sailors while crowd OF
SPECTATORS within the Hotel Astoria
cried out in protest. The bodIes iay
in the street for half an hour until
hoapital nurses and French othcers
oained permission 10 remove them.
AT one moment machine gun bullets
we're whizzing through the streets, the
next the firing ceased and the people
dotted their hats as a funeral cortege,
with four white horses drawing a
white-canopied hearse and black
CARRIED mourners following on loot,
crossed the Morskaia directly in the
line of fire.
Bullets spattered against the faeades
of the buildings and one military cadet
fell in a crumpled heap across the
street from The Associated Press
Office Another fell, with shot
through the head, as he was warning
the onlookers to seek safer quarters;
The military cadets within the tele-
nbone exchange surrendered shortly
after dusk, when their ammunition be-
came exhausted. The city then became
quiet, except for occasional spasmoaic
firing.
American Girl Helps
The seizure Of the Central Telephone
Exchange by the military cadets was
made possible by deceiving the Dol
shevik guard, to whom the cadets pre-
sented forged credentials from the Le-
nine government. Two Americans
spent Sunday with the cadets who de-
Tended the building. They were MISS
Bessie Beatty, of San Francisco, aho
Albert Rhys Williams, of Boston.
The military cadets were prompted
TO undertake the adventure in the De-
lief that Premier Kerensky was on
hand with his army and was on the
point of retaking the city. They mum
bered not more than sixty and mad bul
a small supply Of ammunition. Early
In the afternoon the cadets realized
that the cause was hopeless, as no news
had come of the expected relief and
their ammunition was nearly exhaust,
Cd. Many of the cadets were paroled
after the surrender OF the Winter Palace
last week and feared TO trust them
selves again in the hands of the Boil
sheviki. In taking the exchange the
cadets had captured NJ, Antonoff, 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 uniforms.
while others discarded their uniforms
and attired themselves in the garments
of linemen. Frantic telephone calls
we're sent in every direction asking for
help. Finally NJ. Antonof and Mr..
Williams were sent to parley with the
Bolsheviki, who gave their word that
The men would be spared if they sur
rendered. The military cadets were led
out one by one and formally delivered
to the victors.
The telephone operators became eX-
cited during the fighting, but many re-
NAMED at their posts. Miss Beatty
cheered and encouraged the more TIM