The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-12-28
N0Sc0N REF0LT FAILS
Military Have Upper Eand and Up
rising is Practically Crushed.
INSURGENTS MAKING LAST STAND
Defending Themselves Against Artll'
lery Fire With Revolvers and Bombs
Horrible Atrocities Feared II BLACK
Hundred" Are Let Loose.

Horrible Atrocities Feared II BLACK
Hundred" Are Let Loose.
ST. Petersburg. Dec. p. - Empcro.
Nicholas and Count Witte received o
report from General Doubassoif. gov
crnor general of Moscow. saying that
the revolt there had failed, that the
military had the situation In hand. and
that whatever detection may have ex-
listed among the troops had been over
come by the attacks on them with
bombs and rcvolvers TO which they
had been subjected from the windows
and roofs OF houses. which had so en-
RACED them that they could hardly be
restrained.
Although rebellion may fare up I'M
mcdlately elsewhere and although
there is an indication of an upheaval
at Odessa if the attempt at armed re-
bcllion in Moscow should be crushed
the leaders of the reds" will receive
blow from which they cannot quickly
recover.
Among the developments here the
most important was the capture of the
leaders Of the fighting legions." which
IL is believed ends the danger OF an
attcmrt al an armed uprising In 81
Petersburg This capture it is under
stood places In the hands OF the gov
eminent complete information regard
ing revolutionary plans and the plac
where arms are concealed, as well as
disclosing the weak spots in the Rus
sian army
Last night the correspondent of the
Associated Press at Moscow tel@-
rhcnod that there seems to he TO
longer any doubt that the revolution
was collaps'ng. Insurgents still he'd
the quadrangle in which the WORK
mems council was sitting as a reyoln-
tionary committee. but only because
Governor General Doubasson was not
vet ready to give the coup de grace.
Firing continued intermttently
throu. hout the day At o'clock auto
matte guns were being used In Strast-
nor Square. but the insurgents were
becoming exhausted after their four
DAYS efforts. and the fighting was RI
pidly degenerating into guerilla war
fare
The INSURGENTS were defending
themselves with revolvers and bombs
as they were being hunted down from
house TO house.
The correspondent says that the en-
tire population of the city Is terror
stricken and that after dark the back
streets D7esosra weird and uncanny
appearance. As he drove to the tele-
nhone station he saw only few civil
ians who were sinking along by the
side of the walls so as 10 avoid the
police and cavalry patrols who fire
without challenging The windows OF
the houses are stuffed with mattresses
and blankets. and no lights are show
Inc. The police carry rifles with bayo-
nets avcd
General Doubassof IS enforcing the
most rieid martial law, and no person
is allowed on the streets after 9 o'clock
at night
About ono-third of the workmen have
loft the city and are travelling on foot
to the villages. some Of which are hum
dreds OF miles distant
Among the lower classes. which do
cot sympathize with the desire TO over
come the emperor. the feeling is becom-
ing intense. and in many cases strikers
have been beaten TO death.
The correspondent predicts that the
cruehing of the rebellion is likely to be
followed by the most horrible atrocities
if the Black Hundreds" are let loose.
Governor General Doubassoff, I'M
known 10 the public, is directing mat
tiers from his headquarters in the
Metropolitan Hotel. which is barri-
caded aud defended by machine guns
A telephone message just received
by the Associated Press from Moscow
saws the fighting in the streets cOntin-
ned throughout the day. The soldiers
are hemming in the main body of the
INSURGENTS IN the quadrilateral near
the Erest railroad station bounded by
Tverskaia street and the Tverskoi, So
iovia and Bronnia boulevards. In this
Quadriateral the insurgents have for
ufed every inch Of their lines with
gelled trees and telegraph poles and
street cars. in front Ct which they have
constructed a network Of entangle-
ments Artillery Is being used merci-
lessly.
The mortuaries Of Moscow are filled
with the dead. the hospitals are unable
to find room for the wounded. and
many private houses are filed with
wounded persons.
The Rourse Gazette says It is report
ed that General De Dioulin, project Of
police Of ST. Petersburg has been in
formed by telephone that the number
of dead or wounded at Moscow num-
Der 5000. ar that when questioned
the general Gi1 not deny that such a /
report had been received.
Troops Puraue Armed Let's.
Pskoif. Northwest Russia, Dec. 81
Armed Let's who crossed the line Of
and Berlin at Redj!tzka. after burning
and pillaging estates and tearing down
images and other sacred relics in the
churches. retreated to the eastward
Troops from St. Petersburg are pur-
suing them.