Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-28

Molva says, at will be recommended
in January or February"
This also IS the view Of the revolu-
tionists here, who. however, have not
given up hope of success In any case
they assert they can in the meantime
keep the government engaged in sup
pressing continual uprisings from place
to place, believing that each city and
town should have its baptism Of blood
as a preparation for the final up
heaval.
Artillery 5stters Down Walls
In spite of the bad prospects here
the leaders Of the revolutiOnists are
continuing their desperate efforts to
bring on a general conflict. AT Kark-
off yesterday the flag of armed revolt
was raised, but according to reports
the troops, which had been largely
reinforced, put down the outbreak
mercilessly.
The members of the so-called pro-
vlsional government, composed OF
twenty-five delegates, which had been
sitting there, were captured early in
the day and later when the red flag
was raised and barricades were erected
around the Helfrich engine works,
which armed revolutionists were hold
ing, cannon were brought UP and the
revolutionists given ten minutes I'm
which to surrender. They then sent
out an emissary. who was seized by
the military commander, who then
gave the command to the artillery to
open fire on the works, which we're
literally battered down over the heads
Of the revolutionists. The latter. al
though unable to make II defense.
held out until three-quarters of their
number were killed or wounded, wher
the remnant, 1877 men, surrendered.
Officers Are Captured
Lieutenant General Mistchenlio, who
commanded n Cossack bridage in Man
churia during the Japanese war.
has arrived at Moscow and may have
taken over the command of the troops
there He had a narrow escape from
capture by the revolutionists at st.
Andrews monastery on the outskirts
of the city where the railroad track
was blocked by barricades of freight
and passenger cars. The general and
two members of his staff managed to
get sleigh and reached Moscow by
making wide detour, but fifty officers
returning from Manchuria, who were
left behind, were captured and forced
to give up their arms They begged
to be allowed to keep the gold swords
given them for bravery, but the revo-
lutionists refused their request.
Minor collisions between the troops
and strikers, of whom there are almost
$4,000 still out, are taking place con-
stantly in st. Petersburg. Cossack
patrols are charging and dispensing
workmen whenever they collect The |
most serious affairs occurred at the
Narva gate and on the Moika canal, in |
which fifty persons were killed or
wounded
Strike Is Extending
Automatic guns have been mounted |
on the bridge over the Fontainka canal. |
from which they can sweep the Nevsky |
Prospect in either direction and also |
both ways of the canal. The battery is |
enclosed in a collapsibe shed in order |
not to attract too much attention.
Following the example of the author
tiles at Moscow about half the police of |
st. Petersburg are now armed with
rifles, and the unwonted spectacle of |
policemen with bayonets on their rifles |
adds to the public alarm.
The news from the provinces today
shows an alarming extension of the
strike. Koknov, fortress town of
having about $4,000 inhabi- |
tants, seems absolutely in the hands of
the revolutionists, who have summoned |
the people to an armed rising, and the |
is so serious at Krementchug, |
South Russia. that the governor has de- |
clared martial law for the purpose of
restoring peace and insuring the cleo
tions to the national assembly.
Socialists Control Railways
The employees of the Southwestern |
railroad did not report for duty yester-
day and were dismissed.
At Tihis, Caucasia, peace has been !
patched up between the Mussulmans
and Armenians. The strike, however,
is almost general. The Socialists con-
troll the railways.
The situation is really far more seri- |
Gus in the Baltic provinces, Caucasia |
and other non Russian provinces where |
the entire populace is hostile. In the
case of the Baltic provinces it is real |
lied that it may be necessary to prac- |
tically reconQuer them. The first divi- |
sions of the first army corps, which be-
longs to the ST. Petersburg province, |
have begun to arrive here from Man |
churia, but they are being dispatched to
the Baltic provinces without stopping
here.
Kropotkin Returns to Russia
1t is reported that the strikers this
afternoon erected barrcades in the
vicinity of the Neva gate.
The employees of the Rlsan-Ural rail-
road struck today. The Narshadney
and half a dozen satirical papers have