The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-29
B|CSTR|KE BEGUN
RUSSIA APPARENTLY IN THRoEs
OF BLOODY REVOLUTION.
FIERCE FIGHTS REPORTED

KUN Captured and Recaptured in
Pitched BattIe-Nine Hundred Mu-
tinous Soldiers Burned to Death by
Cossacks.
St. PetersburG.-While the great
strike opened rather tamely in the cap
ital, it has apparently made success
tul beginning in Moscow and the pro
vincial towns Several cities are re-
ported as being in the hands of the
revOlutiOnists. who in one instance
tried and executed a police chief and
several of his assistants.
In COurland rhe red flame of rebel
lion is sweeping away the manor
houses of the Russian and German
nobility. leaving smoking ruins and
mangled bodies in its wake Details of
the capture of Takum by the revolu-
tiOnistS and its recapture by the gov
ernment troops class it as IA pitched
battle In which neither side gave quar-
ter After subjecting the unhappy city
to terrific artillery fire the troops
stormed the intrenchments erected by
the townspeople and put their defend
ers to the sword. The soldiers sur
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 it is
feared their appearance will mean the
murder of the prisoners.
Dispatches from TomSk are to the
effect that COssacks set fire to 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.
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 first council. who
were arrested Saturday night. A third
council. however, promptly took the
place of the second.
The League of Leagues has issued
eral support of the proletariat, (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 Off
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.
Advices from RyeZhitsa, the govern
ment of Vitebak. announce that ris-
ing has occurred in that vicinity SINH
lar to the insurrection at I.ivonia
The report that kharkoff is in the
hands of the rcvolutonists is con
firmed. Two hundred and fifty men of
the Starobyelsk and Lebedinsk resi-
ments have joined the revolutionists
and their comrades have llatly refused
to fire on them.
At Nikolaieff the rcvolted regi-
ments have been captured. Two hun
.Otchakoff fortress. The capture of the
mutineerS was effected by General
Stupin. who, on the arrival of reinforce.
mentS from Odessa, Unexpectedly al
tackled the barracks where the mutin-
eers had assembled. The latter soon
surrendered.
The NarShadney. formerly the Syn
Ontechesva, and other secretly pub
lished papers. which are being distrib-
uted by the thousands to the work
men. are filled with the most intlamma-
tory appeals. melting The people to an
are especially directed to the army.
which is impored not to shed the blood
of the nation. One writer addressing
the soldiers, said
".Join lis. Rise with us No power
can stard against the people and army
united
The strike call, in addition to making
the regular demands for a constituent
assembly. universal suffrage. the aboli-
tion of martial law. immunity of the
person and the other features of the
proletariat's program. insists on the
release of the imprisoned members of
the wOrkmcn'S council. the discontinue
ancc of all political suits, S.cquieScencc
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-hom day, and the aboli-
ton of all restrictions regarding ma
tiOnalitiCS and religion.