The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-28
BIGSTRlkE BEGUN
RUSSIA APPARENTLY IN THRoEs
OF sLooDv REVOLUTION.
FIERCE FIGHTS REPORTED

WoscoW Senter oy 0fokuruauCo-b8 -
KUN Captured and Recaptursd in
Pitched esttie-Nine Hundred Mu-
tinous Soldiers Burned to Death by
cossacks.
st. Petersburg While the great
strike opened rather tamcly In the cap
ital, IL has apparently made a success
ful beginning In Moscow and the pro
vincial towns. Several cities are re-
ported as being in the hands OF the
revoiutionists. who in one Instance
tried and executed n police chief and
several of his assistants.
In Courland the red fame OF rebel
lion is sweeping away the manor
houses of the Russian and German
nobility. leaving smoking ruins and
mangled bodies in It's wake. Details OF
the capture of Takum by the revoiu-
tionists and its recapture by the gov
ernmcnt troops class II as pitched
battle In which neither side gave quar-
ter. After subjecting the unhappy city
TO n terrific artillery Are the troops
stormed the intrenchments erected by
the townspeople and put their defend
ers to the sword. The soldiers suf-
fered heavy losses.
Strikers captured a factory near
Moscow in which fourteen Englishmen
We're employed. The manager, also
Briton. was loc..-d up, and the eight
members of his famiiy were adfapor1ed
by the rebels. The government has
sent troops to their rescue, but ~ rs
feared their appearance will mean the
murder OF the rrisoners
Dispatches from Tomsk are to the
effect that cossacks set fire to bar
racks In which 800 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.
Wholesale arrests OF the leaders OF
the worllmen We're 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 first council. who
We're arrested Saturday night. A third
council, however promptly took 'the
place of the second.
The League of Lcagues has issued
an appeal TO the public asking for lib
eral support OF the proietariat. 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 asks for mate
rial aid, but proposes the Inauguration
of free dining rooms for workmen in
all parts of the city.
Moscow is already cut off from ST.
Petersburg, and all the provinces are
likewise cut on
Latest advices from Moscow state
that crowds of strikers at Moscow are
marching through the streets endeav-
oring to close up the poStoflce ana
other places.
Adyiccs from Ryezbitsn, the govern
ment OF VitebaL. announce that iis-
ing has occurred in that vicinity STINT
lar to the insurrection at Livonia.
The report that I<harkoff is In the
hands of the revolutiopists Is con
firmed. Two hundred and fifty men Of
the StarobyelslS and Lebcdinsk regi-
mcnts have joined the revolutionIsts
and their comrades have fatty refused
to fire on them.
At Nikolaieff the revolted regi-
ments have been captured. Two hun.
dred and fifty prisoners were sent to.
Otchakoff fortress. 'fhe capture OF thei
mutineers was effected by Generar
Stupin, who, on the arrival of reinforce
ments from Odessa, unexpectedly at
tackled the barracks where the mutin-
GERS had assembled. The latter SOON
surrendered.
Tle Narshadney. formerly the Sym
Ontechesva, and other secretly pub
lishcd papers, which are being distrjb-,,
uted by the thousands to the work.
men, are filled with the most lnilamnna-
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, said:
Join u.s. Rise with us. No power.
can stard against the people and army.
united" .
The strike call. in addition to making.
the regular demands for constituent
assembly universal suffrage. the aboli-
tion of martial law, immunity OF the:
person and the other features Of the
proletariats program insists on the
release of the imprisoned members OF
the workmens council, the discontinue
ance of all political suits. acquiescence
with the petitions of the army and
navy. and of the railroad and postal
telegraph employees for an increase of
pay. the transfer of the land to the peo-
pie. an eight-hour day, and the aboii-
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