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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1905
Page
5
On January 22 in St. Petersburg crowds faced a brutal crackdown as Czarist troops fired on civilians including men women and children. Snow stained with blood and rising anger signal a potential uprising amid mounting unrest.
In St Petersburg a day of terror unfolds as strikers rally against martial law. Troops confront crowds on Nevsky Prospect and Vassili Ostrov while barricades rise and violence erupts. casualties are reported but disputed. The city remains under strict military control as authorities face a growing crisis.
Daniel M. Barrett of 65 Chambers street is recovering after an accidental revolver discharge in Adams square Saturday night. James G. Reaser of 169 Hagt Cottage street dropped the weapon, was held for investigation, and has been released. Reaser, a Kentuckian, is connected with Walworth Manufacturing Company.
A blaze caused by a kerosene stove upset in Rachel Levardo’s grocery store at 7 Charter Street early Sunday morning. The fire caused about $100 in damage.
Captain Orlan Cullen, Imperial Marine Association of Tokio, reports a cable from Constantinople stating 1500 Circassians rose up, killed 200 Russian guards at Slavini, and that Russians and Turks are crossing into the Caucasus to spread unrest in Tiflis province, where the city is nearly besieged.
In St. Petersburg on January 22 the Nicholas bridge clash saw infantry halt the strikers, then lay down their rifles after appeals by strike leaders. However the Uhlans and Cossacks, following orders, forced the crowd back with swords, wounding many.
St Petersberg Jan 22 The Czar stayed all day at Tyarckoe Selo as the Empress joined him amid escalating conditions at the Winter Palace. Reports list 82 dead and 128 wounded from three hospitals, with damage extending to Grand Duke Alexis’s palace and scattered bullet marks.
In Saint Petersburg on January 22 Father Gopon led a large group of workers marching with a cross in full vestments. He was wounded in the arm and shoulder and later taken into custody.
In a letter to Emperor Nicholas the priest pleads that the sovereign meet the masses at the Winter Palace at 2 p m to hear their needs. He warns that failure to appear would sever the moral bond with the people and may lead to bloodshed, while promising inviolability of the czar.
A small fire at 7:25 last night on 148 Winchester Street Brookline was caused by a defective flue and quickly extinguished by the Brookline fire department. Damage did not exceed 50 dollars.
Hopkinson Smith returning from Russia says the crisis is a natural response to extreme strain. He describes the emperor’s palace haunted by assassination and calls Russia defeated and vice ridden. Max Mitchell adds that a new era may begin and autocracy could end with a push for a constitution and limited monarchy.
A crowd outside a St Petersburg drug store hears an orator shout to arms after grievances with the emperor. The crowd attacks officers, seizes a general’s sword, and clashes erupt until infantry restore order. several volleys fire, leaving multiple dead and policemen killed.
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