Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-24
BATTLE in MOSCOW
Fierce Fight Between Armed wortm.n
and Soldiers Along the sadoris.
THOUSANDS KILLED AND INJURED
Insurgents Moved Down by Machine Guns
and Cannon.
TWO LARGE ARMS STORES PIlLAGED
Guns Taken Are Distributed to Men
Behind Bsrricades
wo LARGE ARMS STORES PIllAetO
pRoLsTARIAT PROCLAIM ARMED REBELLION
Demonstration Was to Begin at six
O'clock. but General Doubssron
Anticipated Move-Rumor that
Cossacks Are DisIoyaI.
BULLETIN.

MOSCOW. Dec. 3-Midnight.-The situa-
ton is hourly growing worse. The insurg-
ents hold several quarters OF the city and
hghting continues desperately.
Two large arms stores have been pillaged
and the weapons distributed among the
men who have erected barricades along tho
Sadovia. which encircles the city. The mill
itary has succeeded in isolating various
sections preventing communication. From
the heights colored signal rockets are show
Ing instructions to the isolated commanders.
The searchlights on the soukaroff and
other towers illuminate the street where
the fighting is proceeding.
The roar of cannon continues. Machine
guns are being employed to clear the sa-
dovia. 1t is impossible to estimate the
number OF dead and wounded, but 1t prob
ably will run into the thousands.
In square in the heart of the city the
insurgents are making a desperate fight
from a house. using an English machine
gun from the window against battery
which is cannonading them.
There are many revolving details of the
day. At Ffdler's school, after the students
had raised the white flag and come ont
they were charged, ridden down and
sabred by the Dragons. The revolutiona-
ries retallated wherever they caught an
o1icer alone and on the slightest resistance
he was beaten into insensibility.
Telegraph poles, wires planks, barrels
and any material available was used in
the construction of many barricades, which
sprang UP all over the city and as soon
as one was destroyed another went up as
IL by magic at a different place. The
crowds fought the troops with intense
stubbornness using principally revolvers
and hand grenades, but many hundreds
Of persons had rifles and repeatedly stood
their ground, even while crowds were be-
ing moved down by quick-firing guns.
Many innocent persons were killed
among them number OF women. Many
bodies were blown to pieces by shrapnel
On Tverskai street, where the crowds
were enfiladed. the losses were heavy.
Girl students were conspicuous behind the
barricades, either carrying wounded or
tdhinB tHelT places IN the ranks and cheer
ing on their comrades.
Plan of ProIetnrIat Attack.
a. m.-The plan OF the armed rising
of the proletariat was to seize the St.
Petersburg station at dawn Saturday,
take possession of dounia building, cap
ture the state bank and proclaim a pro-
visional government. To the workmen fell
the task of taking the station, the object
OF which was to prevent communication
and the dispatch of troops from ST. Peters
burg. The student revolutionary organ
izations were to have captured the douma
buildings and the bank buildings. Gem
eral Doubasson learned of the scheme
Friday night and decided to put it down
ruthlessly. He also accepted the offer of
the notorious reactionary, Prince Tcher-
batoff, to organize militia composed of
loyalists. The attack on the station at
dawn failed