New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
AMNESTY REFUSED.
MoscosO Strikers Forced to Fight
H0raSsing Tactics.

Norcov- Dec % (via St Petersburg Dec. 30).
Governor General Doubassof refused to ne
sotiate with the strike committee which sought
60 obtain free pardon for the insurgents. and
the leaders of the fighting organizations, en-
couraged by the failure of the troops to occupy
or destroy the barricades in the northwest sec
ton Of The city decided to continue the struggle
This morning the revoIutfonists We're again in
possession Of their old strongholds in the Brun-
naia quarter. The Governor General is evidently
waiting until he has sufficient troops to hold
the disturbed region before clearing It
The work Of routing out the revolutionists
viii be difficult, and perhaps costly, as the tao
tics of the rebels are to fight in the open, but
10 defend the barricades, while from the ad-
Joining houses groups shoot at the soldiers and
throw bombs. The of narrow, crooked
streets an6 the hilly nature Of the ground make
it practically impossible 10 artillery ef-
fectively, and eventually viii compel the troops
TO clear the region by moving from house to
house The region covers several square miles
between the river and the Tverskaia, and is
hemmed in by troops, whose lines cut off the in
surgents from the Brest railroad, on the east
The troops occupy ridge along the Boulevard
A correspondent had difficulty in trayers-
ing the whole region. under the escort Of a mem-
Der of the Drujina. or fighting organization Of
the revolutionists.
The pickets near the Boulevard were then ex-
changing a sharp fusillade. The Drujka did
not appear TO be well organized, and lacked
regular officers. The Workmens Council was
supposed TO have general direction of the work
mems army, but each group seemed to act on
its own initiative. The majority OF the men
were armed only with revolvers OF cheap
pattern, but two companies of two hundred men
each had repeating shotguns and few rifles,
The most businesslike feature the rebel
hospital. which was equipped with a regular
surgical staff and Sisters OF Mercy. The wounded
men we're well cared for. The troops on Thurs
day CAPTURED a surgical detachment OF the in
surgents commanded by Dr.. Abramoff, a Jew.
e members of the Dru1ina are boastfuL They
say they are not discouraged and that they will
take the offensive.
Troops are constantly arriving here. The
latest arrivals are the Daghestan Cavalry, big,
dashing looking fellows. with scarlet tipped
. caps,
4 The police continue TO make doniciliary visits
at night, and have seized an immense quantity
of revolvers. In one house, inhabltated chiefly
by Jews. they captured sixty-nine revoivers and
several bombs The owners of the weapons
were taken to the prison. which is already full
70 overfowing.
IN the daytime. people passing through the
gates of the old wall of the city are almost in
varfably earched. Even sleighs containing Well
dressed persons are stopped.
II is difficult to give the total casualties, but
they have been greatly overestimated. The
losses Of the troops and police have been mainly
from ambush work, but they comparatively
small. and probably viii not reach a hundred.
The casualties among the workmen and the in
nocent populace may reach 2.50Q.