Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
TO CONTINUE STRUGGLE
REvoLUIoNIsTs RESUMED THEIR
sTRoNGHoLDs IN MOSCOW.

MOSCOW, Friday. December 20, via st.
Petersburg, December 9o.--In view Of the
fact that Gov. Gen. Doubassof refused to
negotiate with the strike committee, which
sought to obtain a free pardon for the par
Elephants in the uprising, the leaders OF the
fighting organizations, encouraged by the
failure Of the troops to occupy or destroy
the barricades in the northwest section OF
the city. decided to continue the struggle
and this morning the revolutionists were
again In possession of their old strongholds
in the Brunnaia quarter.
The governor general is evidently waiting
until he has sufficient troops to hold the
disturbed region, when 1t will be cleared.
Nevertheless the work of routing out the
revolutionists will be difficult and perhaps
costly, as the tactics Of the revolutionists
are not to fight in the open but to defend
the Darr1cades, which are used to impede
the movement of troops, while from the
aoloinlns houses little groups in ambush
shoot at the soldiers and throw bombs.
Inc maze of narrow, crooked streets and
the mily nature of the ground make it prac-
tlcally impossible to use artillery effectively
and eventually will compel the troops to
eiear the region by moving from house to
mousse. The region covers several square
miles between the river and Tverskaia, and
Is hemmed in by troops whose lines cut Off
the revolutfonists from the Brest railroad
The troops occupy a ridge along the
boulevard. A correspondent of the Asso-
ciated Press had no difficulty in traversing
the whole region under the escort of a
member of the "Drujina," a fighting or
ganization of the revolutionists. The pick
cts near the boulevard were then exchang-
Ing sharp fusillade
The 'Drujna" did not appear to be we'll
organized and lacked regular officers The
Workmen's council was supposed to have
general direction of the workmen's army
put each group seemed to act on it's own
initiative The majority Of the men were
tern.
Two companies of 200 men each, however
We're armed with repeating shotguns and a
rev rides. The most business-like feature
was the 'Dru1inists - hospital which was
equipped with regular surgical staff and
sisters OF Mercy. The wounded men were
well cared for The troops on Thursday
captured surgical detachment of the revo-
Jew
The members of the 'Drujna" are very
boastful. They declare they are not dis
couraged and that on the contrary they
VIII take the offensive this Friday night
troops are continually arriving here The
latest arrivals are the Daghestan Cavalry
big, dashfng looking fellows with scarlet
tipped caps.
The police continue to make domiciliary
visits at night and have seized an immense
quantity OF revolvers. In one house. in
habited chiefly by Jews, they captured six
ty-nne revolvers and several bombs. The
owners of the weapons were taken to the
prison, which is already full to overlooking
In the day time people passing through
the gates of the old wall of the city are
almost invariably searched Even sleighs
containing richly dressed persons are
stopped and the occupants are compelled
to descend and pass through the hands of
the wild Cossacks soldiery, who search
every pocket for concealed arms
1t is difficult to form an estimate of the
casualties. but they have been greatly over
stated. The losses of the troops and police
have been mainly from ambush work. but
they are comparatively small and probably
will not reach a hundred.
So far as the other casualties are con-
cerned, those of the workmen generally and
innocent suffers, $500 Is perhaps a con-
sentative estimate