The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-21
OUT FOR BLOOD.
Strike Leaders at Moscow Are
Openly BOasting
That Movement viii End in
Sanquinary Revolution.
HOLY CITY WAS DARK.
Business Of Every Kind Sus-
pended Last Night.
Both Sides Express Confidence
in the Result.
HOLY CITY WAS DARK.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 21.-According
to Information received during the
night from Moscow, that city was in
a state of great excitement yesterday.
The inhabitants were scurrying about
buying supplies, candles, etc, the
stores were boarded up, the great ma
jOrity of the factories and mills were
closed and the postal-telegraph off,
ces which had partially resumed their
services, were again closed. Last night
Moscow was in darkness.
The strike leaders at Moscow are
boasting that the strike will be trans
formed into an armed revolution, the
orators at the meetings declaring that
Russia will be drenched with blood
before the long struggle ends.
General Doubassoff, governor gen
eral of Moscow, who has taken pos
session of the late Grand Duke Sergius'
palace in that city, delivered an ad-
dress to the municipal authorities yes
terday in which he declared an unre-
letting war on agitatOrs. He spoke of
the shame to Russia tnat Moscow, the
former bulwark of the autocracy and
the holy city where the emperors
came to pray should become the cen
ter of disorder and insolent agitation
for the overthrow of the emperor.
The general insisted that there were
enough of the faithful TO preserve the
autOcracy mistaken, but they must
organize and suppress the criminal
elements, and he had accepted his
present post because he wished to be
in the forefront of the battle where he
could show his devotion to the en-
peror.
Trains Are stopped.
st. Petersburg. Wednesday. Dec. 20
6:55 p. M.-The governments advices
show that all the trains with troops
which enter the Baltic province are be-
incr stained 5raer A
Der of Cossacks in a car were captured
and disarmed beyond DOrpal.
The town of Tukum has been retaken
from the insurgents by Russian troops.
ATutiny in A1anchuria.
New York. Dec. 21-A cable dispatch
to the American from Viadivostok says
the mutiny and rioting in the Man
Churian army are extending and the
most terrible scenes eaTe ~ witnessed daily.
Al detachment of Cossacks has attacked
the barra cks at Tomsk wherein 900 fnu-
tineers were confined, and set fire to
the buildings. It is reported that all
imprisoned men were roped to death.
Rioting on the streets here continues.
In one street drunken Cossacks set fire
to u block of houses and massacred Il
of the residences as they attempted to
escape Numbers of people are killed
daily on the streets.
Train Moves Under Guard.
st. Petersburg, Dec. 21.-2:30 P. M.-At
noon today the continental train left the
Warsaw station with military engine
drivers and strong guard of soldiers
The tender and locomotive were old, the
strikers having rendered all the others
useless Two files of soldiers were drawn
up on the platform.
The railroad strike began at the Mich
olas station at noon, but the Baltic
roads were still working at that hour.
The employees of the Putilom Iron
works to the number of about lz,0O0 nave
struck.
Favor Armed Revolt.
London. Dec 21=A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph company from
St Petersburg says that numerous
meetings of wOrkmen at Moscow, in
cluding the engineers and postal
telegraph employees, have declared in
favor of an armed revolt. All the
available troops, it is added, have been
modified and guns have been placed
in position before the law courts.
Soldiers Join Rebels.
St. Petersburg. Dec. 21.-Crowds of
strikers at Moscow are marching
through the streets endeavoring to
close up the postohce and other
Advices from Ryezhitsa. the gov
ernment of Vitebak, announce that a,
rising has occurred IN Enar vicinity
similar to the insurrection in Livonia-
The report that Kharkhoff is in the
hands of the revOlutionists is con
nrme0- Two nunQred ana 0IIy men
of the Starobyelsk and Lebedinsk reg
iments have joined the revolutionists,
and their comrades have fatty refused
to fire on them.
At Nikolaieff the revolted regiments
have been captured. Two hundred
and fifty prisoners were sent to
Echkoh fortress. The capture of the
mutineers was effected by General
Stupin, who on the urIsvaI of rein
forcements from Odessa unexpectedly
attacked the barracks where the mt
tineers assembled. The latter soon
surrendered.
FTTZ ABLE TO EAT.
The Battered Old Vefer.an I2a1.faI-es ng