The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1905-12-29

Saturday night, Sunday and Sunda!
light battle ragged In the streets o
Moscow between rcvOlutiUnists and III,
loyal troops, The strikers started th'
fighting, using hand greuadcs. bombs
fire arms. any weapons they could pro
| cure S.orc., were broken open, gum
and ammunition secured and dis
tributcd to the strikers. who began II
uso them against the forces represent
Ing the government. Barricadcs wcrt
thrown up bcaind which the strikers
now rcvolutionists, took shelter and
EtubbOrnly fought the troops Every
one was surprised at the loyalty of the
troops The sputter of rapid-fire guns
were heard In many sections of the
| city In towers cappcrs picked of
! the rovolutionIsts rapid-flro guns
were used To clear streets; chen can
| non was brought into action to batter
down the harricadca In tho streets.
! Christmas morning It was estimated
that 5000 wero read In MOSCOW and
1000 wounded, and the battle stiled
| ragged
A corrcspondcnt or tho I onaon noi,v
Telegram at St Petersburg tclcgraphed
his paper at Gas p. IN Christmas.
From fragmcntary accounts received
from Moscow, | gather that the clvll
war bes hronrht rn tocistro ac,to, Lnt
only n thlchcrtrr ~ ,ho h,nod oI,,d
-, ,' ,'''' '''.',' ~ VI VI" ''',o'e ""u "''
-, .''' ~ Wv p'e'"''''t p'''c'"'hS'
''' otNiHE lofee Hhihd both the
- ~ Nv .''e'' 'i'"'
nn,.c =, g. ,ho saro, ns o',"arr,,,-a, ",,,,'n ,,n
b,,o o,d h,r,a ,hn' tooa' ,anar,ai a.a
nn, ,hn ,a,. -, ,o,,,a,, .r,,,a., - -.
nt.r,r,., ,,,, ,,o ana,n,,,,,, 90 ,.,
,nau '''''''' " "''''
y ~ ,'nIos''''' 10 uhH'r8'ahd no"
""p ''''''''"' even o' ,llc extreme" Oh u'-
n'"n '' nat van '''paiI huch iool'
""'''' COURAGE H. So'i'c oi 'ii' rel'i5 als-
pd)
F"' ''''S porr'auo ueS'royea sun
nay wv" OF 'h''N appeared IN other
p,'''S. "FaefR were gwen by the rev.
''"l''"'H'A '' S""' oi'y "hch there
was H',"' ""i' VI o'AiS'hE H'lh
H""h' n"' "il'F"IS' I" 'ire OUT the
s'' NV ,'',''',,, -, ~, ''"''1o' .,'o
t., -, - 81.
stricken with fear and trembling at
every boon oF the cannnn M tho ay-
plosion Of bomb
IT,, su-,.,u, -, An
.rh, -. ,,,,r..,-t.T - .r l.,
.u,o 'n,ar,,. 80 ,ho ,roone u.bioh 49,
hndy bcrc a,tlcI,o,ed
To,,,i,,, ,rt,b - ,r.o,,,co,. ,,,o,r
os O. po,e,z.hnrc ro,nIn,innt,,s was
i,forr,od ,hat wb,,o tbo,, ho,,o,od tho
,tril,n would no vic,orious thov fulIv
realized they we're stalking everything
uppn the issue and that failure would
SGT lack their cause for several years.
They said they were dcvUinC their ef-
forts 10 sinking the foundations Of
Russian finance, in full confidence that
once the existing regime was over
thrown they could as quickly build an
other. and that foreign nations would
be az ready to advance money to dem-
ocratic republic as to the autocracy
Deny IncitinR the Peasantry.
They emphatically denied that they
were melting the peasantry to commit
agrnrian outrages, declaring that these
were the work of socialists.
but they did not deny their advocacy
of the distribution OF the crown lands
among the peasants.
I'm conclusion, they declared that Ia
event OF the failure of their cause,
they would have recourse TO terrorism,
choosing their victims from all classes
Of society"
Cgar Warned TO Leave Russia.
London. Dec. 24.-The Express
nripts an undated 81. Petersburg dis
patch, saying the revolutionists have
warned tho czar to leave Russia. They
Informed him that he was no longer
the ruler of Russia, except In name:
that the leaders OF the Revolutionary
movement did not desire to harm MIN
or his family, but they could not be
responsible Tor his safety.
strik" c"verr All of RnHH'n'
Paris, Dec. PA dispatch from st.
Petersburg to the Temps says: The
strike now covers the whole OF Rus-
with unnrecctlcntcd rap,dity all com.
with provinces and abroad
has been stopped. 1t Ia expected hour.
ly that the ministry will be rendered
entirely helpless"
In the baltic Provinces.
London Dec. 26.-The Russian gov
the city of Riga. according to a tele-
gram from that place. The revolu
tionists have established provisional
government at Dohieh
To Protect French citi1en"'
paris, Dec. 2o'-The cruisers Cassini