Gilpin observer., 1905-12-28
REVOLT CRUSHED
MILITARY CLAIM TO HAVE CON.
TRoL AT MOSCOW.
REBEL LEADERS CAPTURED

Disaffeetion Among the Troops Over
come. - insurgents Nearly En-
hausted.-Count Witte Regainina
Confidence.
st. observation-disclosures Nicholas
and Count Witte received a report
governor general of Moscow. saying
that the revolt there had failed, that
the military had the situation in hand
and that whatever disaffectiOn may
have existed among the troops had
been overcome by attacks on them
with bombs ana revolvers to which
they had been subjected from the win
dows and roofs of houses, and which
had SO enraged them they could hardly
be restrained.
Although rebellion may flare up i'm
mediately elsewhere, and although
there is already an Indication of an
other upheaval at Odessa, if the at
tempt at armed rebellion in MOSCOW
should be crushed the leaders of the
reds" will receive a blow from which
they cannot quic:sly recover.
Count Witte is not so blind as to be-
lieve that the revolution can be
stamped out, but with the present dem
onstration of the lengths to which the
reds are willing to go, he hopes that
the moderates of all classes will come
to their senses and aid in counselling
order and in accelerating the convoca-
tion of the Douma. the law governing
the elections ITO which was published
to-day.
that firing continued intermittentIy
throughout the day. AT o'clock au-
tomato guns were being used in
Strastner square. butt the insurgents
were becoming exhausted after their
four DAYS efforts and the fighting was
rapidly degenerating into guerilla war
fare.
Among the Developments here Tues
day the most important was the cap
ture of the leaders of the fighting lei
gions," which it is believed ends the
danger of an attempt, at an uprising
in st. Petersburg.
This capture, it is understood.
places in the hands of the government
complete information regarding revO-
lutionafy plans and the places where
arms are concealed, as well as discios-
ing the weak spots in the army.
Shortly before . o'clock tonight the
correspondent of the Associated Press
telephoned from Moscow that there
seemed to be no longer doubt that the
insurrection was collapsing. The in
surgents still held the quadrangle in
which the WOrSmen's Council was sit
ting as a revolutionary committee, but
only because Governor DoubasOH was
not yet ready to give the coup de
grace.
The insurgents were defending
themselves with revolvers and bombs
mousse to house.
The correspondent says that the en-
tire population of the city is terror
stricken and that after dark the back
streets present weird and uncanny
appearance. AS he drove to the tele-
phone station he saw only a few CIV
ilians, who were sinking along by the
side of the walls so as to avoid tho
police and cavalry patrols, who fire
without challenging
The windows of the houses are
stuffed with mattresses and blankets,
and no light is showing. The police
carry rifles with bayonets fixed.
General DOubassoff is enforcing the
most rigid martial law, and no person
is allowed on the streets after 3
o'clock at night.
About one-third OF the wOrkmen have
left the city and are travelling on foot
to the villages, some of whichrare. hun
dreds of miles distant.