The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 24, 1905, Page 2

*“tbhem over. . to-day’s most noteworthy development. | oAy | LPUCHESS | GERE7r5, FLIGHT OF THE CIAR N0 HIS HOUSEHOLD FROM TSARSKOE-SELD Nicholas Loses His NerveWhenRiot- ing Begins. . BEOE T = e | Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1905, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 23.—The fiight of the imperial family from Tsarskoe-Selo after three and a half days of secrecy and frequent change of dwelling from palace to palace, was The Emperor hurriedly left Tsarskoe- | Selo this morning when the news had come that the strikers from Kolpino had chosen that palace as the goal of | their march. Despite the reassuring| statements court dignitaries and | military men, the Czar is alleged Lo bave lost his nerve immediateiy and to | have announced his intention to repair | to Peterhof, which is his summer resi- dence. " Objections occurred to official minds and Gatchina was suggested instead of | Peterhof by the Dowager Empress. The | Czar consented and the imperial party | thereupon made a hasty departure for | the palace where Alexander III lived in | seclusion during his ‘entire reign. | Whether the soldiers can be got to fraternize With the people it is im- possible to say, but I can affirm that vesterday a guard of marines stationed ‘on the quay refused to fire when or- dered to do so by their officers, What happened to them I am unable to as- Certain, but the principal muster o facts in the relations between the Gov- ernment and the people are these: The troops understood that the spir- it of the orders which they had re- ceived from Grand Duke Vladimir was not to spare bullets and to use their own discretion as to the time and place of firing. Secondly, in most cases, some of which I beheld myself, the people were not warned beforehand, but the bugle was sounded for three or five | seconds and before the last note had died away firing began. ~In another instance the order was given to disperse, but time was not acoprded to carry it out and the people could not, if they would, recofl. *In at least one case the troops were moved to fire by sudden anger aad not Dby the necessity for preserving order. I was not myself a witness of the fol- lowing fact, but I have received a statement from a well known noble- man, who is willing to attest it pub- Ticly. “At a police bridge on the Nevsky,” he said, “I was chatting with a fleld strgeon about collisions between the | troops and the people. We were stand- ing beside a Red Cross van. Suddenly | the officer exclaimed, ‘Disperse!’ The soldiers fell into firing order and a member of the public exclaimed: ‘You can show your bravery against your oWwn people, you fratricides.’ The offi- cer cried out, ‘Fire!’ pointing to the side whence the word ‘fratricide’ had come. There were about twelve wound- el and dead. I saw one slain woman lying on her back, having received a ‘bullet between the eyes. Beside her ‘lay an elderly man in a fur cloak. “The troops In this case fired from pure malice." g ‘WILL DEFY CENSORSHIP. of Four St. Petersburg Editors Say They ‘Will Publish Truth. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 28.—The editors of four newspapers, the Russ, the Viedomosti, the Novosti and the Grashdanin, declare their intention, as soon as the printers return to work and they are able to resume publica- tion, openly to defy tne censorship in the matter of strike news and Sun- day’s affair. They drew up a letter to the censor to-day, saying they felt the agravity of the situation, and demand- ‘ed that they be permitted to print the facts without minimizing or glossing The Novoe Vremya and other papers, however, refused to join and the letter was not sent, but the editors of the four papers named agree to adopt the course indicated. it is reported that a number of mills and factories will start up to-morrow. Some of the industrial managers be- lieve that the worst is over. Father Gopon's message to his followers to- night was: “The Czar does not exist. * No longer pray for liberty.” preieas Ou by Arrested for Shooting at Czar. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 23.—David- off, the captain, and Kurzeft, the senior officer of the battery from which the loaded shell was fired on January 19, ‘striking the imperial pavilion, In which was the Czar, and other buildings, have been arrested. } 4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL - ?rRl wer W= T TROIZ,IC R CHAFEZ, Klarmed Ruler May k ~ + MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, JECT OF THE HATH E R TRATING THE PEOPLE'S RECOUR XN Make Concessions to Workingmen to End the Big Strike Continued From Page 1, Column 7. After about four hours soldiers from the Engineer Corps, with the aid of German englneers from factories, start- ed the plants. When the 1ights were turned on, except for the cavalry and infantry the streets were deserted. At midnight, when life in the Russian capital is usually hright, St. Petersburg resembled a city of the dead invaded by a hostile army. The facades 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 more than 20,000t troops are massed at Tsarskoe-Selo. s i AUTOCRACY TO GIVE W John C. Karel Believes the Czar Will Grant a Constitution." DENVER, Jan. 23.—John C. Karel, former Consul General in Russia from this country, now an inmate of the Oakes Home for Consumptives in this city, in an interview to-day, declared that in his opinion no revolution is im- minent in Russia. “I do not believe,” said Karel, “that there is any widespread conspiracy to unseat the Czar. The entire trouble is this: The cotton mil workers are out on a strike. The students of St. Peters- | burg are probably their alders and abettors, ‘as they usually are. These are making g little local trouble, just about as the: striking migers , made trouble in Colorado last year. Thelr object is to call the attention of the Czar to their condition, just as the ob- Ject of the striking coal miners was to attract ident Roosevelt’s atten- tion. / “The Czar is a very kindhearted and sensible man. I believe Russia will be made a constitutional monarchy within twenty-five years, as Nicholas II de- gires It, but the people are not ready for it now.” —_— PRESS FAKERS AT WORK. London Journals Bristle With Sensa- 23.—Special patrolling | men rising and attacking their officers and firing and destroying the build- ings, while the troops (according to | the story) were summoned to quell the revolution refused to fire at all or fired into the air. Other dispatches report soldiers | killed by bomb-throwing, raiding of | Government rifie factories, etc., none | of which can be confirmed in any re- sponsible quarter. There is much curiosity as to the intentions of the imperial family. There. are rumors that they are going to the Crimea, Copenhagen or some other place till thé storm has blown ] over. PARIS, n. 24.—An instance of the wild rumors afloat in the Russian cap- ital is shown by the story telegraphed to the Petit Journal here that 50,000 armed strikers marched on the city marine barracks, surrounded " the troops and that it is believed the men stationed there mutinied. Another correspondent says Em- peror Nicholas is reported to have gone on board the royal yacht Stand- art. SIS 5 e KAISER DEEPLY CONCERNED. Berlin Officials Say Czar Dare Not Yield to the Revolutionists, BERLIN, Jan. 28.—Emperor Wil- liam and the members of his entpur- age sat up late last night recefving press and private telegrams from St. Petersburg. The keenest interest pre- vails here, where Russia is probably better understood than elsewhere, be- cause of geographical nearness ‘and closé business relationship. “While the [outbreak is looked upon as one which proceeded from the hearts of the peo- ‘ple, the Foreign Office does not believe that it presages a revolution, because it lacks efficient leadérship and is without adequate support among the bulk of the pegple throughout the em- pire. Government control of the tele- graph lines and.railroads makes. co- operation of the discontented impos- sible. At the time of the French rev- olution a man could walk from Bor- deaux to Paris, but no one can walk from Odessa to St. Petersburg and partake in the events there. The offi- cial view is that, although any friends of Russia must be sorrowful over the internal situation, the Russian Gov- ernment dare not drop the reins or dis- | the horses will run away. The Gov- patches from Russia to the London| ernment, to avoid anarchy, must act papers to-day bristle with sensational | stringently. statements. For instance, the. corre- spondent at Kieff of the Express as- serts that the naval depots at Sevasto- To Return to Portd Rico. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 23.—Of the sixty pol have been destroyed by a revolu- | Porto Rican girls, who were “brought tionary outbreak of the sailors of the | here by a manufacturing company as Black Sea fleet, whose lives ve been | employes, fifty-one have decided to rendered unbearable by overwork and | take advantage of the company’s offer robbery by corrupt officials and gives [to pay the expenses of all who wish circumstantial details of 8000 of these | to return home. RAND DUKE SHEERS AT PEOPLE'S DEMAND FOR REPRESENTATION More Blood to Flow if Vladimir Has His Way. Epecial Disvatch to The Cail. NEW YORK, Jan. 23.—The strongest, cruelest, most imperious man in Rus- sia to-day is Grand Quke Vladimir, the eldest uncle of the Czar. On him in this emergency depends, to a great ex- tent, the fate of the monarchy. -He | seeks to save the throne because he wants to occupy it himself. From one who knows him, who saw him daily for months at a time at a Russian health resort and who has had long talks with him, the following de- scription ccmes “His countenance did not move a muscle when he spoke. I noticed that | his eye lids even did not wink for | minutes at a time. His was a face of | iron, betokening a dominating, imperi- ous, fearless character. When I en- tered his apartment in the wake of an aid, Vladimir was scribbling a note at a little desk. He jumped up and ipul cut his hand. “'How do you do?" he said, in very | good English. ‘Glad to see you. Sit down.’ “'He drew his chair close up to mine. The aid left the room and we started to talk about Russian affairs dnd poli- tics. It was easy to recognize the jm- periousness of the man in his sharp, clear-cut sentences. His bearded face was shaven at the chin, exposing a tenacious, iron jaw that denoted his strength of character. 3 “He talked with surprising frankness, revealing that he strongly favored the expansion of Russia into Manchuria and the Far East. That policy, which led to the war with Japan, has been ascribed to Viadimir, and I knew' he vigorously urged on the Government. 1 asked him whether it was true that the Czgr was kept In ignorance of many things that went on in Russia, especially in connection With the peo- ple’s demand for greater freedom. His reply was a sneer at the persons who were foolish enough to believe such re- ports. The rulers of Russia, he said, knew what was best for the people; the masses were not fitted yet to control themselves. I spoke of a conversation I had had with a Russian official, who told me that the people could be al- lowed to advance only a step at a time, | because to give them too much free- dom would be to turntheir heads and Tuin the country. Vladimir expressed his agreement with the statement. ’ “If Viadimir has m-free hand the revolution will be crushed with.an iron hand, though Russia runs with blood.” S —— SERVICES FOR THE CZAR. Russians Give Thanks That He Es- caped Injury in Riots. Special services were held vesterday in the Russian Greek Church . on Powell street to give thanks that the Czar had escaped injury in the St. Pe- tersburg disturbances. Bishop Tikhen of the local diocese spoke at some length on the present crisis in Russia. He gave it as his opinion that the peo- ple had been misguided and fafled to realize the enormity of ‘their actions in tebelling against the lawful authority of the state, —_——— } A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. 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At the same time the demands of the men increased and these were formulated in writing, mostly by Father Gopon. The employ- ers discussed the demands and decided that if some of them were satisfied it could not fail to ruin industry, while | others deserved to be examined and partially conceded. Furthermore, will- ingness was expressed to negotiate with the men, but not with the strik- ers' organization. The workmen re- fused to agree to it and violated the agreements between the masters and men of the different factories. | REVOLUTIONISTS TO BLAME. | “As the strike was being conducted without disturbance of public order, no repressive measures were adopted and not a single person was arrested. The agitation. of the workmen’s organiza. tion was, however, soon joined by agi tation of revolutionary circles. On the | morning of January 21 the Workmen’s Association, led by Father Gopon, ap- peared with open revolutionary tend- | encies. On Sunday, Father Gopon drew up a petition of workmen to the Em- peror, which contained, besides de- | mands on behalf of the men, insolent | demands of a political. character. Among the workmen verbal and writ- ten notifications were circulated, urging the necessity for a meeting on January 22 on the Palace Square, in order, | through Father Gopon, to submit the{ petition to the Emperor. One of the demands-was of a political character and the real purpose of the meeting on the Palace Square was concealed from the workmen: Fanatical speeches which Father Gopon, forgetting his | clerical dignity, addressed to the men, and criminal agitation excited the men | to such an extent that on January 22 large crowds proceeded to the center | of the city. “RIES OF BLOODY COLLISIONS. “At some points bloody collisions oc- curred betweeh them and the troops, in consequence of their refusal to obey the police regulations, or owing to their | direct aftacks on the troops. The lat- ter were obliged to fire in the Schlus- setberg causeway, near the Narva Tri- umphal Gate; in Troitjki Square, and In the fourth line of the Vassiliostrov quarter; in the Alexander Gardens, at the corner of Nevsky Prospect and Gogol streets, near the police bridge and at the Kazan Cathedral. In the fourth line the populace erected three barricades of planks and wire. On one | of these a red flag was hoisted. From the windows of neighboring jouses | Shots were fired and . stones were thrown at the military. The crowd took swords from the policemen and | armed themselves therewith. They pil- laged the Schaff small arm factory and carried off about a hundred swords, a large number of which, however, the police recovered. The crowd destroyed telegraph wires and knocked down | poles. The municipal building in the'| Second District was attacked and de- molished. In the evening five shops on the St. Petersburg side were plun- dered.” STRIKE HEADQUARTERS CLOSED. Interfor Minister Sviatopolk-Mirsky at 11 o'clock this morning telegraphed orders to close the headquarters of the Workmen's Union. This was done by the workmen themselves without police interference, After the last volley in the Vas- sillostrov quarter at midnight the men abandoned the few barricades which they held until that hour and retired. The word was passed around by the | leaders to remain quiet for the present. During the night a fine, damp snow fell, covering the ugly red stains and cbliterating all traces of the conflict of yesterday and with the break of day the city, except for the Presence of troops in the streets, had resumed its normal appearande. The shops had reopened and general traffic was par- tially resumed. - The men appeared at work ‘in several of the factories and ‘mmn, including the works of the Rus- Islan Westinghouse Company, but the | managers in a majority of eases told them to remain away for a few days {and that in the meantime they would receive their pay. > | The people generally were nervous ;and apprehensive and kept indoors. | The strikers, looking weary and hag- (Bard after the excitement of yester- jday, collected in sullen rittle groups in the vicinity of their various head- quarters and yesterday's barricades awaiting the decision of their leaders regarding the plan of action. They | were in an ugly mood and broke out | in curses whenever soldiers marched An early morning tour by a press correspondent showed that a cordon of troops barred the entrance of the ciby from the big industrial sections: The bridges were still held by the guards regiments, it being rather strange to see the officers of the Im- perial Guards, the pets of the St. Petersburg drawing-rooms, riding thoroughbreds and doing police duty in the streets around the, palace. There was no.trace of excitement. The big square which yesterday was filled with , by. ‘ GUARDS HOLD THE BRIDGES. | into the hands of the mob. | the lugubrious hammering of- shop- troops was embty, but inside the palace court, beyond the sight of the passers- by, a regiment of dragoons and several companies of infantry were quartered. Rumors were current that the stri- kers proposed to proclaim’a general at- tack on property and a reign of an- archy, but the labor leaders denied this in the most vigorous terms. One of Father Gopon's lieutenants declared that the leaders of the strikers had | resolved to preach the gospel of armed | resistance and the overthrow of au- | tocracy, but that it did not carry with it a threat of pillage or an attack on property. : | GOPON DES THE POLICE. The police have not yet been able to locate Father Gopon, though they, are searching for him everywhere. His whereabouts is known only to half a dozen trusted lieutemants, through! whom he issued orders. No newspapers have appeared since Friday except ‘the Official Messenger, containing the Government decrees, which is printed under military pro- tection at the office of the State Bank, where the banknotes are issued. Offi- cial accounts of yesterday's affair were posted on all the bulletin boards. Strik- ers who came to read spat upon them. As the day advanced the crowds on Nevsky Prospect increased, but the police did not allow them to collect. Squadrons of Cossacks, with lances and carbines, patrolled the thorough- fares as a reminder of what would | occurr at the least disturbance. A half regiment of infantry stacked arms | and remained on duty on the Morskaia, a fashionable boulevard of the city, and at noon troops were again march- ed into the Palace square, where peo- plé were once more trying to collect. All the Grand Dukes’ palaces were strongly guarded. TROOPS FED ON STREETS. St. Petersburg has often witnessed | rioting, clearing the streets of demon- | strators and Cossack charges with whips and sabers, but the bloodshed of yesterday is unparalleled in its his- tory and the many stories of brutality told by the populace seem to have con- | vinced them that a programme of des- perate blood-letting was planned to overawe the strikers. This is indig- nantly denied by the authorities, who | protest earnestly that they regret that the situation compelled such stern measures. -They say order had to be restored or the city would have fallen The troops received their noon meal | in the streets, steaining camp kitchens being driven from 'place to place. An instance of the perfect military man- agement occurred shortly after 1 o'clock to-day, when there was a di turbance on the Palace bridge. bugle rang out and in less than a min- | ute five squadrons of cavalry emerged | from neighboring streets at a gallop, | charging to the alarm. But the few obstreperous, half-drunken strikers had already been overpowered, placed in sleighs and taken to jails. GENERAL BEATEN TO DEATH. Among the authenticated horrors of vesterday was the case of .an aged general, whose sledge was stopped by the infuriated people as he was driving in the direction of the troops. “Are you going to order them to fire on us?" yelled the crowd. ‘When the general ordered his coach- man to drive on, he was instantly struck on the head by a well dressed | person in a sable fur coat. The gen- eral was then thrown out of the sledge | and beaten and trampled to death. There are continued rumors of dis- | satisfaction among the troops here. It Is now reported that in addition to the Moscow Guard Regiment, the Finland and Ismalosky regiments declined to obey orders to fire yesterday. | Toward 5 o'clock, driving up the Neveky Prospect, a press correspond- ent saw through the gathering gloom the blaze of campnfires In the Palace square, with the dark forms of troop- ers sitting around them. The Nevsky Prospect itself was ablaze with light. Strikers and curi- osity-seekers promenaded the two miles of sidewalk between the Admi- ralty and the Nicholas station, and squadrons of hussars and cuirassiers rode up and down in endless proces- sion. The crowds seemed peaceful enough, the watchword evidently be- ing “Don’t abuse the troops.” The only shouts heard were a few isolated hurrahs. CITY THROWN INTO DARKNESS. Suddenly the electric lights in the upper section, between the bazaar called Gostinny Dvor and the Nicholas station, were extinguished. and the thoroughfare was plunged without warning into utter darkness, which was not relieved even by the lights in shop windows, as all the stores were closed. The scene was, weird and | furiereal. The driver at first refused | ‘to move on, fearing some hidden dan- ger, but he findlly was persuaded to proceed, exclaiming with Russian stoicism: “One can die only once.” ' A deathly silence prevailed, helght- | ened by the rustle of hundreds of feet on the snow-clad sidewalks, the muf- fled tread of looming squadrons and ! Al keepers, taking precautions against possible attack by boarding up the | windows of their stores with rough lumber. The curious hastily scurried’ in adjoining streets, finding their way home as best they could through the inky darkness. Only a fringe of sul- len strikers and rough characters re- mained, the police warning all to get home as soon as possible. TROOPS USE FLATS OF SABERS. *{ The only bright spot was a blaze of light from one of the courtyards of the Anniichkoff Palace, whence the Empress Dowager yesterday fled to | page of |to the growth of Tsarskoe-Selo. Beyond stood the dark, grim palace of Grand Duke Ser- glus, | Butcheries hy- Imperial Troops. Declares the Riots of Sunday Were Due to Political Plotters Who Worked Upon the Fanaticism of the Ignorant Masses. The crowd was particularly dense around the approaches to the Nicholas station. Here, in the darkness, mau- rauders attacked a few news venders’ stalls, but a grim’ row of infantry around the station buildings effectu- ally discouraged violence. Other dis- turbers broke numerous windows. in the Gostinny Dvor and the Kiosk at the corner of the Annilchkoff Palace garden. A bench torn up from the adjoining park was placed In the roadway in the hope that it might trip up cavalry. Some policemen were roughly handled and disarmeéd in side streets, but there was no firing. As the correspondent drove dowr tire Nevsky Prodpect, troopers were cléar- ing the sidewalks of loiterers, using the flats of their sabers and causing a general stampede. This continued until 9 o'clock to- night, when the lights were again turned on and revealed the Nevsky Prospect almost deserted. 4 —_— e DEEP CONCERD VIENNA. Bellef Expressed That Revolutionary Spirit Will Not Down. VIENNA, Jan. 23.—The occurrences of Sunday in St. Petersburg have made the deepest impression here upon all classes and are practically the sole top- ic of discussion at the principal cafes and clubs. There being no Sunday aft- ernoon papers here, the people did not learn the full story of the St. Peters- burg riots until this morning. A few of the newspapers here posted bulletins Sunday afiernoon outside their build- ings, but these were read by compara- tively few, most of the Viennese being then in the cafes, theaters or concert halls. This morning the papers published extra editions with black head lines, most of them reading “Revolution has broken out in St. Petersburg.” The afternoon newspapers print page after St. Petersburg dispatches, practically excluding all other news. The lack of a repressive censorship in Russia and the fact that the whole story apparently was telegraphed from St. Petersburg were much commented upon and declared to be unprecedented. The St. Petersburg occurrences were called “A full-fledged revolution,” “A day of terror” and “Bloody Sunday.” . The feeling prevails in anti-Russian quarters that open revolution has be- gun and that there is no telling where it will end. All the members of .the . Russian legation were at the Embassy all day anxiously reading and discuss- ing the news received from the news- papers or brought in by diplomats. Diplomatic circles here are deeply concerned over the St. Petersburg news. 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