The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-12-26
Hundreds Have Been Slain in
Street Battles.
THE TROOPS PROVE LOYAL
Obey Orders to Fire on the Mobs--Artii-
lery Used Against the Barbados
Put Up by the Reyolutionists
Trains Wrecked.

Moscow, Dec 25,r-The fighting which
began here Friday night has continued,
with some intermissien, until in
various parts Of the city it has extend
ed, and has not yet ended,
in large city, parts of which have
been converted into battle areas, it is
impossible to keep pace with all the
happenings or to at once report the full
results, but few main facts are beyond
question.
There have been great slaughter and
mntilation and great destruction Of
property. Neither the troops nor rebels
have been finally victorious, and, what
perhaps is most significant Of ALL look
ing to the end Of the struggle, the sol
diers Of all arms have been unswervingiy
loyal, and SO far as can be asoertained
at present have shown no disposition to
sympathize with the resolutionists.
Slaughter at the Barbados.
During Saturday afternoon artillery
and quick firing guns were posted in
the steastnoi Monastery square. All the
streets opening on the square, in which
the rebels had erected barbados, We're
swept BY the fire Of the troops.
The principle banicade was in Tver
street, where the missiles poured inces.
sanity, the infantry firing coneurentiy
with the artillery. Infantry sharpshoot-
ers were placed in the helfry Of the
monastery to snipe the rioters below.
The carnage around this centre was
very great, but the estimates of the
numbers killed and wounded afe purely
gtiesswork
Meanwhile fighting was going on in
other parts of Che city, which could not
BE reached. The results are unknown,
but there is reason 10 believe there wore
msry casualties It is stated thst the
rebels held house In strastnoi Square
from which they hred on the troops
with an English machine gun. The ar
illery turned their field pieces ON the
house and shelled and demolished II.
Barbados Taken Second Time.
The night brought some respite In
the fighting, but the reyolutionists took
advantage Of the darkness to rebuild
their barrieades, which were destroyed
IN Saturday. II was found yesterday
hat these were stronger than ever.
Artillery and rifes were again brought
INTO action, and the carnage began again
when the guns bvuharded the barricades
Dragons followed. charging and hewing
down the remaining defenders and burn
Hg the wreeicsge
The rebels fought with desperate eour-
sge. They did not seem to be depressed
~ their previous days losses, although
Il cannot be learned that they made any
headway The hospitals and pharmacies
are crowded with wounded.
Among the dead and wounded victims
are many who had no share in the
movement. The troops fred into houses
where they suspected rebels were hiding.
The area Of yesterdays fighting was
wider than that Of Saturday, and when
darkness fell, althouah the firing had
lbated in the centre Of the city, it was
still going on hriskly in the outskirts.
The troops hold the railway stations,
bat are unable 10 prevent plandering.
Bombs Thrown at Trains.
st. Petersburg, Dec. % DeIsyedl. -
Prince Troubetzltoi, marshal Of the Mos
COW nobility, who Il now hero, has learn
ed BY telephone that the situation in
that city is the worst possibae, Three
barbados before the Triunphal Gate
Of the Ereullin have been carried by drs-
goons. Hundreds Of the defenders were
killed.
Elsewhere there has been desperate
lighting, lasting for hours, especially be-
foTe the Passion Gate of the Kremhn
and in Tver Square
Bombs are frequently thrown at trains
leaving Moscow. Countess Toheremeti-
sfF, wife OF one Of the leaders of the
Moscow conservatives, and her children
we're on a train that was wrecked. She
obtained an irnprcvised sleigh and tray
eIled twenty versts to the family es-
tate, only to find it had been burned
and phlndered.