The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28
BATTLE RACES IN
MOSCOW STREETS
f.AnaE roHCE or TROOPS I'm.
oAoE poputAcE.
SCENES or AWFUL CARNAGE
Hundreds Said 70 Have Faiisn-Psopis
Moved Down BY Cannon-Bar.
rieadss Are Captured
by Storm.

London, Dec. 25.-Ths sanguinari
battle Of the Russian revolution haI
been raging In the streets Of Moscow
Hundreds are reported 10 have beef
killed or wounded. and the fighting wal
still going on when the last dispatch
received here was filed. A huge ploi
by the reyoiutIonists 10 capture tb'
railway 10 81. Petersburg and the I'm
periai bank and organize q provisional
government was discovered by the gov
crnor general, and he at ono Assem-
bied $4,000 troops 10 defeat the insur
gents. Barbados erected in tbs
streets were stormed one after another
by the soldiers, who used machine guns
20 nov down tire mofs. The people
I'm turn. looted the asfns stores and
maintained a fierce resistance. having
encircled the city with their forces
While the military seems % have ths
upper hand, the result of the conflict
is in doubt
Battle Continues.
Moscow, Dec. 25@Artnlery, riffs
and revolver firing continued through,
out Sunday. The guns have been born
harding one barricade after another.
the cannonade being followed By
charges by the Dragons, who get fire
10 the Debris, The area Of the fight
ing Sunday was more extended and IN
cinded Trabnois square, gad0yia, IA
retnala and many other streets, This
TeyolHfiOnaries apparently hare not 10
the least lost heart, Notwithstanding
Saturdays heavy casualties, II IL nov
known that 800 II a moderate estimate
Of the losses and many persons
fell Sunday, Tire Yev0lntiOnaries had
few successes, They surprised q fOres
Of gsndarf0es IN Karetnsia street Gpn
day, killing or wOunaing 10 OF them
Since then artillery has been firing IN
interrupted1y in that section 0f the city
In many eases dragons fired into pr
vate houses where they suspected rev,
dictionaries had taken refuge. n
nearly eyery district large numbers d
innocent persons were accidentally
killed or wounded Late SHndaJ
afternoon II war reported that fghtinf
was proceeding IN the outskirts 81 the
city and that there we're heavy l0ssef
on both sides During the DAY bor0ta
were thrown IN the streets The troops
held the railway stations, but the plum
derfng Of freight cars continues ThTee
hundred Of there ears have been entirely
stripped on the Kazan railway sidinf
alone.
The Fighting Begins,
Moscow, Dec, z5-The nFst BATH
with the reg0lutionlsts began ~ dawr
Saturday morning, and after a day o.
frfgntfuI carnage ~ stf1 IN progress
Hundreds Of the reyOIutl0nlsts bayi
been killed and wounded The roar
Of cannon, me drumming M machine
guns and the rattle o. mugketFy wsSf
heard IN all quarters Of the eentra,
part Of the city, The heaviest Gght
Ing took place in the streets diverg1nf
from Red place, under the walls Of M
KremIin. Late FRIDAY Hight Gov. Gen
Doubasson learned that The revolution
lists planned 70 seizs the 60umA build
INK capture me state bank and tn
81 Petersburg railway station al daTf
, Saturday, During the nigbt D0ubass
on rdassed 1900 TROOPS In Red place
Fought Bshfnd BarTieades.
Daylight revealed huge b~arrIcadeg II
Tyerskaia boulevard, near The arch o
trfumps, and along gsdoyia boulevard
II vas near The arch of triumph tina
the mort severe fighting took place
The troops st0rmed me barrlca1es, ear
tuning them finally a. II 1cIock Gai
nYday night There wae heavy AEbi
Ing ~ riders school where the 80
dents had taken refuge after tbet
failure 70 capture The state bank an
the d0una bBilding The student
we're charged aad sabered H ID
dragons after tbey had s1ren1sFe
and given up their arms GoT Ger
! Doubass0H has zsO10 troops At HIS ~
posaI Against these there are 1500D
striking workmen, reinforced b
many thousands o. The people,
Fighting by BsarchIight
Two large arms stores have been VI
aged and the weapons distribute
among the men, who have erected bai
rcades along me GadOvia. which "a
circles the city, The military hay
succeeded ia iso1atiDg various section
preventing Communication, From N
helThts cOIoYe1 signal rOckete ~
showing instructions 20 the ieoIate
commanderg. The gsaScbJigbts on N
GonkaFoH and other towe7s GIumlnate
the streets where me fighting was pr
ceedlnz The roar 81 cannon c0nt1f
ues Machine guns are being en-
pIoyed 70 clear the ea6oyia~ ~ ~ IN
possgbgs 20 estimate the number
DEAD and wounded, bat ~ pYobably VI
run into the thousands,
Massacre o. gtadents.
One hundred and trenty y~eycIgtioI
aries we're arrested a. NE TIf1'
eehooL Hesistenee MAS offered ther
and five Der1ons were killed and +:
wounded Two officers were, hlie
the authorities sslzed ~ fineg - r
yolgess ana ~ bonita There arc mar