The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-12-28
Heavy Fighting in the Streets OF
Moscow With Many Slain
on Both Sides.
the GOVERNMENT IS HOPEFUL.
The Revolutionaries Made Good Their
Threat to Transfer the Strike
Into Armed Rebellion.
n a Foothold Can Be Secured II 10
the Revolutionists' Intention to
Set Up a Government and
Proclaim a Republic.


Saturday. The ancient capital Of Rus
sia was converted into CORY sham
bles. Arsenal cannon and machine
guns OF English make were used.
Many troops were cut to pieces by the
hail Of bullets from the housetops.
The killed and wounded on both sides
number thousands. The situation is
hourly growing worse. Twenty-Five
thousand troops were used against the
armed revolutionists
St Petersburg, Dec. 25.-With Mos
cows baptism Of blood, the revolution
aries made good their threat TO trans
form the strike into armed rebellion,
and the next As hours should determ-
inc whether they can marshal sufIi-
cient strength to plunge the country
into an actual state of civil war and
seriously threaten the immediate
downfall of the government.
The government processes conf
dence that the whole attempt will fail
owing to the woeful insufficency Of
aims in possession of the proletariat
and by reason OF the loyalty of the
army as a whole; but its calculations
might again be rudely upset. A few
arsenals might be seized to furnish
arms or the open support of few
regiments might start a landslide in
the army Certainly the shrewdest of
the revolutionary leaders fully appre-
ciate that the issue must be decided by
the attitude Of the army. which is yet
to cast the die.
Instructions have gone forth that
rislngs must occur everywhere in
order TO test the troops. and II foot.
hold can be secured IL Is the intention
of the revolutionaries to set up a pro.
visional government and proclaim
republic
Will the Troops Prove Loyal?
Thus far reports from Moscow do not
clear up the vital point as TO whether
any of the troops there actually re-
fused to obey commands, although
there are persistent rumors that they
did. Revolutionary leaders here claim
70 have confirmation of a report that a
grenader brigade and some cossacSs
mutlnied and are now locked up in
their barracks.
While the military succeeded every.
where in driving the insurgents from
their barricades I'm Moscow Saturday
night the defeat evidently was not
decisive one. as barricadcs were again
thrown up in dozens OF places Sunday
morning and fighting was renewed be-
fore n O'Clock.
A press representative understands
thar orders have been issued for an
uprising here, but the governments
measures seemingly render this impOs-
s'5lc. No meetings public or private,
are allowed, which makes an assembly
of more than five persons In a private
lodging Illegal The prisons and iai's
are filled with leaders of revolution
aries and agiiators. Two caches of
arms have been seized and an entire
organization consisting Of 300 Cru.
iina," as the student militia Is called,
has been captured.
Rumors were purposely circulated
that a conflict would be inaugurated
at a demonstration of workmen in the
Neysky Prospect Sunday afternoon,
but they proved to be unfounded.
0ulctuuc IN OF. TctcTSpuT9'
The city, in fact, was unnaturally
calm on the surface, and stranger
dropping down the Nevsky Prospect
Sunday afternoon would have seen no
evidence OF ferment. II was bright,
crisp winter day and smart sleighs
and equippages of the arstocracy with
their occupants cloaked in sables and
hnr ,-fn oh L., nnlx
the sullen faces of the crowds OF
strikers on the sidewalks and heavy
horse and foot patrols on every block
looked ominous.
II the plans OF the revoiutionaries to
produce an uprising In st. Petersburg
fall, as II is believed they will, an at
tempt certainly will be made to ter
rorize the government by guerilla war
fare in which bombs will play the
chief role. The government having
embarked in a war against the reds"
II Is difficult to see how it can draw
back one step.
The acceptance by Governor Dou.
basseff OF Moscow OF the offer OF the
notorious reactionary, Prince Tcher-
batoff TO organize the "loyalists" as a
militia, has created a shudder OF
horror
Bombarding Barrlcades.
Moscow, Dec. 25' Artillery, rife
and revolver firing continued through
out the day. The guns have been bonn
harding one barrlcade after another,
the cannouade being followed by
charges by the dragons, who set fire
to the debris.
The area OF the fighting Sunday was
more extended and included Trabnois
square, Sadoyia, Karetnaia, and many
other streets. The revolutionarles ap.
parently have not in the least lost
heart notwithstanding Saturdays
heavy casualties. It Is now known
that 500 Is a moderate estimate of the
losses. and many more persons fell
Sunday.
The revolutionaries had few sue.
cesses. They surprised forco a
gsn6armes in Karetnia street Sunday
killing or wounding 20 of them. Sinoe
then artillery has been firing uninter.
ruDtedly in that section Of the city.
In many cases dragons fired into pri.
vate houses where they suspected rev.
dictionaries had taken refuge. In
nearly every district large numbers of
innocent persons were accidentally
killed or wounded. Late Sunday after
noon II was reported that fighting was
proceeding In the outskirts OF the city,
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