The state herald., 1905-12-29
BIC STRIKE BEGUN
RUSSIA APPARENTLY IN THRoEs
OF BLOODY REVOLUTION .''is7as.
FIERCE FIGHTS REPlRIED
Moscow Center Of bl.tdrb.nee-r..
KUN Captured and, aseaptursf In
Pitched sattle-hlne; ttundred Mu'
sinous sslalers Burned t. Death by
Cossacks.


sinous Soldiers Burned te De.thsby
cossacks.
st. Petersburg.-While the great
strike opened rather tamely In the cap
ital, it has apparently made a success. I
full beginning in Moscow and the pro-
vlncial towns. Several cities are re.
ported as being in the hands OF the
revolutionists, who in one instance
tried and executed police chief and
several OF his assistants. ,., ,ss,
In Courland the red fame OF rebel
lion is sweeping away the 1nanor
houses of the Russian and German
nobility, leaving smoking ruin} and
mangled bodies In its wake. Details OF
the capture of Takum by the 9evolu'
tionists and f,F recapturesby the gov
ernment troops class 1t as a pitched
battle In which neither side gave quar-
ter. After subjecting the unhappy city
to terrific artillery fire the troops
stormed the iintrenCbments erected by
the townspeople and put their Sefend-
ers to the sword. The soldiers suf-
fered heavy losses "
Strikers captured a factory near
Moscow In which fourteen Englishmen
were employed. The manager, also
Briton. was locked up. and the eight
members of his family were deported
by the rebels. The government has
sent troops to their rescue, but 1t Is
feared their appearance will mean the
murder of the prisoners.
Dispatches from Tomsk are to the
effect that Cossacks set fire 10 bar
racks in which 900 mutinous. Soldiers
were confined and that they were all
| burned to death. - =
Since noon the streets have been
| filled with troops, and especially those
| in the industrial sections. The rail-
road stations are in possession OF the
military. q
Wholesale arrests Of the leaders OF
| the workmen were made last night. 1t
is reported the police include in their
| captures members of the second work
mems council, who were placed In the
| fortress of st. Peter and st. Paul with
the members of the frsc countil, who
were arrested Saturday night. "A third
council. however, promptly took the
| place of the second. 4 y r.
The League Of Leagues has issued
an appeal to the public asking for lib
eral support OF the proletaria0l which
is bearing the brunt of the struggle for
the emancipation of the nation" The
appeal says there Is bound to-be much
| privation. starvation and even death
| from cold. ana not only hsks for mate
rial aid. but proposes the inauguration
of free dining rooms for workmen in
all parts of the city. Il
Moscow is already cut Oft from St.
Petersburg. and all the provinces are
| likewise cut OF.
| Latest advices from Moscow state
that crowds of strikers at MOSCOW are
marching through the Streets endeav-
oring to close up the postofiice and
other places. q.
Advices from Ryezhitsa. tlt govern
ment of Vitehak. announce bat ris-
ing has occurred in. thai vidnity simi.
lar to the insurieetiSn at Liyonia.
q The REPORT that Kharkoff as In the
hands of the Teyoluiionists is con-
firmed. Two hundred and fifty men Of
the StarobYelsk and i,ebedinsk regi-
ments have Joined tho rcvolutionists
and their comrades have flatY refused
| to FIRE on them.
- At Nikolaieff the .revolted regi.
ments have been captured.s Two hun
dred and fifty prisoners wIre sent 10
Otchakon fortress. The CAPTURE OF the
mutineers was effected by. General
Stupin, who. on the arrival ef reinforce.
ments' from Odessa. unexpectedly at
tackled the barracks where the mutin-
GERS had assembled. The latter soon
surrendered. 81
The Narshadney. formerly the Syn
Ontechesva. and other Secretly pub
lished papers. which are being distrib-
nted by the thousands to'the work
men. are filled with the most infiamma-
tory appeals. melting the people to an
are especially directed TO the army.
which Is implored not TO shed the blood
Of the nation. One writer addressing
the soldiers. saHu: ). .-a.sl
Join us. Rise with us. No power
can stard against the people and army
united" 49,
The strike call. In addition to making
the regular demands for n constituent
assembly. universal suffrage, the aboli.
tlon OF martial law, Immunity OF the
person and the other features Of the
proletariat's program. insists on the
release OF the edsmembers of
the workmen's council. the uiscontinu-
nnce OF all political suits. acquiescence
with the petitions Of TIM army and
navy. and Of the railrosd, and postal
telegraph employees for IN, Increase OF
pay, the transfer OF the land 10 the peo.
| pie. an oight.hour day. and the aboli.
ton OF all restrictions regarding ma.
tionalitlef and religion.