Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-24
Postal Matters.
BATTLE In MOSCOW
Continued from First Page.

Tending the place with bombs and revolvers
from a window. They killed two officers
and eight soldiers and wounded many more
before they surrendered with a loss OF five
killed and thirteen wounded.
The outlying districts are reported to be
in complete possession of the workmen.
who are disarming all officers and police
men caught besieging residences.
The chief of police says that TO estimate
the total number Of casualties would be
mere guesswork but he thinks they will
probably run into the hundreds.
Bloodshed May spread to Capital.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 24-12: 30 a. m.
The news of the terrible bloodshed at Mos
sow has created a great sensation here and
renders the situation much graver. 1t fur
nishes the necessary stimulus to fire the
waning passions of the proietariat and
their leaders can be relied upon to use IL
to the full They claim that their own
reports show conclusively that the troops
were deliberately ordered to fire on peaceful
demonstrations in order to provoke a gem
eral conflict and that the only recourse left
was to fight back In self-defense.
They also claim to have confirmation of
the reports that the gendarmery and some
troops including artillery and Cossacks.
have refused to obey the commands OF their
officers.
The Walters union OF St. Petersburg
struck yesterday and practically closed all
Of the restaurants and hotels by forcing
the walters by threats of violence to Join
the strike. AS the hotels are crowded with
landowners and refugees from the prov
inces, many of them last night had actual
difficulty in finding "A place to procure food
In addition to the usual political demands
the union asks that the appeiation chevo-
lex, which just distinguishes the human
from the brute, be discontinued and that
tips to the extent OF 10 per cent shall be
regularly included in the bills of patrons,
al it is degrading to receive gratuities from
customers
Bombs Thrown at Police.
MOSCOW Dec 23.-Two bombs We're
thrown at the prefecture OF police this
morning. partially destroying that building.
Two policemen were killed and a soldier
wounded
Serious fighting is now proceeding be-
tween an armed crowd and force OF
dragons.
One hundred and twenty revolutionaries
were arrested today at the Fidler school.
Resistance was offered there and five per-
sons were killed and twenty wounded Two
officers were killed. The authorities seized
eighteen rifles, fifteen revolvers and thir-
teen bombs. A number of officers and
policemen were disarmed in the streets and
several policemen were killed. Troops have
now occupied all the barricades. In one
case they fired on the revoiutionists from
the steeple of a church. Revolutionists are
| I'LL
now besieging the residence of the project
The council of workmen today granted
permission for the banks to continue work
and for the bakeries to bake black bread
but it subsequently, ordered resumption
| of the armed revolt for o'clock this even
| ing.
Expect strike to Fail.
| ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 3.-i:25 D. NJ
Confidence In the failure of the strike was
| reflected on the Bourse today. which for
| the first time in some weeks was actually
| buoyant, with all issues rising sharply
Imperial IS improved IL points. closing al
| 1914, and lotteries rose from $50 TO 400.
The Finnish railroad employees have de-
cided against joining the Russian strike
Trains have continued to run on all the
lines out OF ST. Petersburg today
|
of the Law and Order Party" are being
prevented. For the present the Imperial
bank at Riga has been forced TO cease
gold payments owing to the impossIbility
of shipping gold coin there.
Martial Law In Poland.
/ The fears that the revolt in Lithuanla will
\ extend TO Poland have become so acute
that Governor General Skallon at Warsaw
acting under authority OF the imperial
ukase of November "a, has declared that a
state Of siege exists in the ten Polish prov
| inces
Uhlans of the Guard and the Empress
own regiment have been dispatched to
/ COurland. A telegram received from Riga
announces the arrival there of two bat
| tslons of rinemen and a battery of ma
| chine guns.
/ IL Is understood that the strike leaders
| in their desperation have decided to resort
| to violent tactics and TO blow up the
bridges and the right-of-wsy of the rail-
roads leading out of ST. Petersburg. The
I FIRST attempt at the use OF bombs, with
1 which the reVuiution ria Ar we'll sunpliad