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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1905
Page
4
Report from St. Petersburg dated January 23 describes barricades appearing in city streets reminiscent of the French Revolution. The scenes convey a tense mood as observers warn of possible disorder if authorities lose control.
An 11 point list outlines worker demands from wage floors to eight hour days and joint committees. The piece links immediate violence in St Petersburg to Father Gopon's appeal to the Czar and cites the zemstvo movement as a second root cause. It also notes Tolstoyan ideas fueling middle class readiness for change.
AP reports amid the 1905 unrest that troops opened fire on crowds, killing and wounding many including a 13-year-old boy. In Nevsky Prospekt and Morskaia square, ambulances ferried dead and injured as bystanders cried murder. Prominent visitors watched from Grand Morskala while Hussars advanced and left.
In the Vassili Ostrov quarter of St Petersburg lights are out as shops are pillaged and telegraph poles burned during a night of unrest. Strikers fire was heard and electricity and gas are cut off.
Father George Gopon, a Russian priest, leads hundreds of thousands to the Winter Palace in a social rights crusade. He calls for wages and freedom from oppression and warns of fighting if the Emperor refuses to see them. Excommunicated by the Russian Patriarch, locals see it as party power rather than church action.
On a charge of stealing a buggy valued at 185 from Miss Kate B. Vickery in Auburn Maine Frank M. Vickery was arrested by Boston police. He will be returned to the Maine city today.
Soldiers stormed a crude barricade on Vassili Ostrov Island as strikers gathered at the union HQ. Strikers attacked with knives and improvised weapons while firing halted the advance. 50 were killed or wounded as troopers cleared the street amid crimson snow.
An AP report describes Palace Square in St Petersburg as a military encampment with guards, ambulances, and field kitchens amid crowds and pickets. Soldiers in bashliks rest by fires, while sleighs and cannons create tension as preparations unfold around the admiralty and Meikal canal.
St. Petersburg awoke to a siege as thousands gathered near the Winter Palace. Cossacks fired on strikers at bridges, killing and wounding protesters while mounted troops blocked access. Reports from Associated Press desk describe a rapid slide from crowd tension to deadly clash on January 22.
The Rev William H Lyon D D of Brookline spoke on The Terror by Night and the Arrow by Day at the Y M C U vesper service. A male quartet performed with Arnold Proudfoot Clifford Saville George Woods and Alexander Bilis, assisted by contralto Lillian Tortorella.
At St Petersburg Narva Gate 8000 workers march with Father Gopon in gold vestments as troops fire on them. First blank rounds fail. then live ammo kills and wounds about 100. Father Gopon remains unharmed while clergy companion is wounded and hidden.
Cable reports from St. Petersburg cite six volleys near the Moscow arch as workers in Kolpino clash with authorities. Claims range from 1000 dead 1500 wounded to estimates near 2000 killed 5000 wounded, with uncertainty over exact figures. Minister Sviatopolk-Mirsky to meet a workers deputation.
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