The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-27
REVOLT HAS FAILED.
Military Has the Situation Well in
Hand at Moscow.

Military Has the Situation We'll IN
Hand at Moscow.
ST. Petersburg, Dec. 26, 1855 p. M
Emperor Nicholas and Count White re-
ceiyed tonight 9 report from General
Doubassod. governor general of Mos
COW, saying that the revolt there had
failed; that the military had the stu
alton I'm hand, and that whatever dis
affection may have existed among the
troops had been overcome by attacks
on them with bombs and revOlveTs TO
which they had been subjected from
the windows and roofs of houses and
which had so enraged them that they
could hardly be restrained
Although the rebellion may flare up
Immediately elsewhere and although
there IS an indication of an upheavaI
AT Odessa If the attempt az armed re-
belliOn in Moscow should be crushed
the leaders of the reds" Will receive
q blow from which they cannot quick
ly recover.
Witte Hopes for Help.
Count Witte is not so blind as TO be-
lieve that the revolution can be
stamped out. but with the present
demonstrations of the lengths TO
which the revOlutio viii attempt
To so he hopes that the moderates OF
all classes win come to their senses
and aid i'm counseling order and in ac-
celebrating The cOnVOCa ton OF the
douma, the law governing the cleo
lions to which was published today.
Among the developments here today
the most important was the capture of
the leaders of the fighting legions,"
which. il is believed. enGs the danger Of
an attempt at an armed uprising in
81. Petersburg. This capture, il Is
understood, places in the hands OF the
government complete information re-
garding revolutionary plans and the
places where arms are concealed, as
wei as disclosing the weak spots ia
the army
Insurgents Exhausted.
Shortly before 9 o'clock tonight the
CORRESPONDENT of the Associated Press
at Moscow telephOned that there
seemed 10 be no longer doubt that the
msurrection was collapsing The in
surgentS Still held the quadrangle IN
which the w0rl-men's council was sit
ting as revolutionary committee, but
only because Governor General Dou-
bassoff was not Vet ready 20 give the
couO de grace. Firing continued infer
mitteEtly THROUGHOUT the day. At 8
used ian Strsstner SQUARE. bat the in
surEents We're becoming exhausted
after their four days efforts and the
lighting was rapidly degenerating into
guerilla warfare. The insurgents were
defending themselves with reVolvers
and bombs rs they were being hunted
down from house 10 house.
Citizens Terror Stricken.
The CORRESPONDENT SAYS that-t the en-
tire poPula tiOr OF the city is terror
stricken, and that after dark the back
streets present a weird and Uncanny
annearance. AS he drove 70 the tele-
phone station he saw only 81 few civil
ians, who We're Sinking along NV the
side OF the walls SO as ia avoid the
police and cavalry patrols. who fire
without challenging
The windows Of the houzas are
stuTed with mattresses and blankets
and no Hohr rs shown. The police carry
rifles with bavonets hSed.
General DoUb' Sson is enforcing the
most rigid martial law. apd no person
is allowed on the streets after 9 o'clock
Of night About one-third # the work
men have left the citv aUd are. travel
which are han lredS OF niles di~trnt
Among the lower classes which do
rot svmoathiZe with the dnsi~c to over
throw the efUperor. the feeling is be-
coming intense and i'm manv cases
strikers have been beaten to death
Worst Is Feared.
The correspondent predicts that the
crushing of the rebellion Is likely 10
be followed by the most horrible afro
cities If the BLACK hundreds" are let
loose
Governor General Doubassoff, I'M
known 20 the public is directing mat
ters from his HEADQUARTERS I'm the Net /
ropolitan hotel which is barricaded
and defended by machine guns The
OF the troops in the city
10 light The INSURGENTS allowed the /
strikers and revolutionaries a free |
hand ia neighb0ring industrial towns |
like Perovo and Lubertzi. In the for |
mer place 500 armed men were sent TO /
reinforce the Insurgents ana az Luhert-
Il the situation became so threatening
that Mr.. Purdy. vice president Of the
New York Air Brake company. the
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