The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-12-29
AWFUL Carnage .
IN CITY OF MOSCOW
FIERCE BATTLES BETWEEN BIG
FORCE OF TROOPS AND RE-
BELLIoUS CITIZENS.
Fighting Continues Several Days-It
Is Said the Killed Number 5000
and the Wounded 14,OOo-People
Are Moved Down by Cannon.

London, Dec. S5.-The Sanguinary
battle of the Russian revolution has
been raging in the streets Of Moscow.
Thousands are reported to have been
killed or wounded. A huge plot by the
revoiutionists to capture the railway to
st. Petersburg and the imperial bank
and organize a provisional government
was discovered by the governor gen.
eral, and he at once assembled $4,000
troops to defeat the insurgents. Barri-
cades erected in the streets were
stormed one after another by the sol
diers, who used machine guns to NOW
down the mobs. The people, in turn,
looted the arms stores and maintained
a fierce resistance, having encircled the
city with their forces. While the mil
itary seems to have the upper hand,
the result of the conflict is in doubt.
Slaughter Is Terrible.
London, Dec. 26.-The correspondent
of the Daily Telegraph at st. Peters
burg, in dispatch at 6:45 p. m. De-
cember %, says: cat an early hour
this morning the casualties at Moscow
were estimated at 5000 killed and A.
900 wounded, with the fighting still
proceeding The inhabitants of Mos
COW have been forbidden to leave their
dwellings after seven o'clock in the
evening 1t is impossible to move
about the city in consequence of the
frequency of stray bullets. Many in
nocent persons have been accidentally
killed. A scarcity of provisions is
threatened"
The Fighting Begins.
Moscow, Dec. 25.-The first battle
with the revolutionists began at dawn
Saturday morning, and after day of
frightful carnage is still in progress.
Late Friday night Gov. Gen. Doubas-
soft learned that the revolutionists
planned to seize the douma building,
capture the state bank and the st. Pc
tersburg railway station at dawn Sat
urday. During the night Doubassoff
massed $4,000 troops in Red place.
Daylight revealed huge barricades in
Tverskaia boulevard, near the arch of
triumph, and along Sadovia boulevard.
It was near the arch of triumph that
the most severe fighting took place.
The troops stormea the barricades, cap
turing them finally at II o'clock Sat
urday night. There was heavy fight
ing at Elders school, where the stu
denus had taken refuge after their
failure to capture the state bank and
the douma building. The students
were charged and sabered by the
dragons after they had surrendered
and given up their arms. Gov. Gen.
Doubassoff has $4,000 troops at his dis
posal Against these there are 100000
striking workmen, reinforced by many
thousands of the people.
Battle Continues.
Moscow, Dec. 25.-Artillery, rifle
and revolver firing continued through
out Sunday. The guns have been bonn
harding one barricade after another,
the cannonade being followed by
charges by the dragons, who set fire
to the debris. The area of the fight
ing Sunday was more extended and in
cluded Trabnois square, Sadovia, Ka-
retnaia and many other streets. Late
Sunday afternoon it was reported that
fighting was proceeding in the out
skirts of the city and that there were
heavy losses on both sides. During the
day bombs were thrown in the streets.
The troops held the railway stations,
but the plundering of freight cars con-
tinues. Three hundred of these cars
have been entirely stripped on the Ka-
'zan railway siding alone.