The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-12-30

ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. a., 1886
p. m.-There is no news from Moscow
tonight. The Associated Press COR
respondent there succeeded in getting
the St. Petersburg bureau by telephone
this evening, but he had only uttered
the words, Il am going to tell you
horrible story" when he was cut off.
Since then nothing has been heard
from the correspondent.
The Seminosky regiment Of guards
was dispatched to Moscow by train
| tonight. This is considered rather
A brief message from Moscow of to-
day said that troops with artillery are
pouring int othe city, but that the
situation is not greatly changed. The
| revolutionists hold portions of the
| -Kazan railroad. Desultory fir
| trolls are engaged in guerilla warfare
with the revolutionists who are seek
ing refuge on the roofs of the houses
and in the narrow thoroughfares.
The cannonadinr continues and the
list Of casualties is swelling. The re-
volutionists are operating in three sec
tons. There are about 1000 OF them
with revolvers and rifles. The women
who are participating in the fighting
are guilty of the worst cruelt1es. The
government thinks the revolt will be
quelled within four days.
| According to information received by
ed rebellion on a large scale has been
planned in Poland. i. The Socialist
revolutionaries, encouraged BY the sue
cess Of the insurgents in the Baltic
provinces and Of the situation at Mos
cow and In Russia Generally. have de-
cided that the moment has come to
try to cast off the yoke OF the auto
cracy.
! The tactics to be followed are the
same as those adopted at Moscow, the
rising to be preceded by general
strike, which already has practically
come into operation, bringing about
half the railroads in Poland to q
standstill.
immensely complicate the situation for
the government as, If it should gain
enough Roadway to warrant reasonable
hope Of success, it probably would
draw in the entire population and the
| government would practically have to
reconquer the country. -
| W. E. Smith, resident Of Pittsburg,
who arrived here this morning from
Berlin, reports that 5000 armed insur-
gents from the Baltic provinces have
and Piskoff and that the whole country
is lighted up by fires from burning res
licences. He says that the insurgents,
who are we'll armed and who have a
| battery of machine guns, announce
that they are "annexing' the region
| to the lithuanian republic" Rich
landed proprietors and their families
boarded the train at PiskOff, with moth
ing except hand satchels. They told Mr.
| Smith they were glad to escape alive.
| General Milschenko, who commanded
the Cossacks in Manchuria, has gone
! to Moscow to take charge.
BERLIN, Dec. 27.-The conviction
prevails at the foreign office here that
| the Russian government is more than
holding it's own with the disconnected
elements and the situation is regard
ed as having improved within the last
| two days. -
The Russian government expects the
national assembly to be representative
and to include strong men, who in a
certain sense, will bring the people in
to partnership with the sovereign in
the administration Of the country.
The opinion of the German govern
ment is that Russia has weathered the
worst Of her difficulties and that she
will merge into period Of constitu-
t10nal development. ....
Identical opinions exist In financial
circles in Berlin. All Russian securi-
ties rose from one to five per cent on
the bourse today, and it is added that
the Russian finance minister appears
to have chosen an opportune time to