The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1905-12-29
8oLDiERs OF THE GEAR DEFEAT
INSURGENTS AT MOSCOW Az
TER HARD FIGHTING.
THOUSANDS FELL IN BATTLE
NUMBER OF KILLED AND WOUND.
Ed ESTIMATED AT FIFTEEN
THOUSAND PERSONS.

vt. Petersburg, Dec. 27.--Emperor
Nicholas and Count Witte received at
night report from General Doubassoff,
governor general of Moscow, saying
that the revolt there had failed, that
the military had the situation in hand,
and that whatever detection may have
existed among the troops had been
overcome by attacks ON them with
bombs and reyolvers to which they
had been subjected from the windows
and roofs of houses and which had SO
enraged them that they could hardly
be restrained,
Although rebellion may flare up i'm
mediately elsewhere and although
there already is an indication OF an
other upheaval at Odessa, II the at
tempt at armed rebellion In Moscow
should be crushed the leaders of the
"reds" will receive g. blow from which
they cannot quickly recover.
Count Witte is not SO blind as to
believe that the revolution can BE-
stamped out at once, but with the pres
ent demonstration of the length to
which the reds" are willing to go he
has hopes that the moderates of all
classes will come to their senses and
aid in counselling of order and in &C.
celebrating the convention Of the dou-
ma, the law governing the elections to
which was published during the day.
Among the developments here the
most important was the capture Of the
leaders of the fighting legions,"
which 1t is believed ends the danger Of
an attempt at an armed uprising In St.
Petersburg. This capture. 1t Is under
stood, places in the hands OF the gov
eminent complete information regard
Ing revolutionary plans and the places
where arms are concealed, as well as
disclosing the weak spots In the army.
insurreesIon coIlapsing.
Shortly before 8 o'clock at night the
correspondent of the Associated Press
ut MOSCOW telephoned that there
seemed to be no longer doubt that the
1nsurrection was collapsing. The in
aurgents still held the quadrangle In
which the woFknen's council was sit
ting az a revolutionary committee but
only because Governor General Dou-
bassoff was not yet ready to give the
coup de grace.
Firing continued intermittenly all
through the day. At S o'clock auto.
matte gums were being used In Strast-
Is,$ So s~e N4eS
becoming exhausted after their four
days efforts and the fighting was
rapidly degenerating into guerrilla
warfare.
The insurgents were defending
themselves with revolvers and bombs
as they were being hunted down from
house to house.
The correspondent says that the en-.
tire population Of the city is terror
stricken, and that after dark the back
streets present a weird and uncanny
appearance. AS he drove to the tele-
phone station he saw only a few
civilians who were sinking along by
the side OF the walls so as to avoid the
police and cavalry patrols who fire
without challenging.
The windows OF the houses are
stuffed with mattresses and blankets,
and mo- light Ia showing. The police
carry rifles with hayonets fixed,
General DoubassoT is enforcing the
most rigid martial law, and NO person
In allowed On the streets after s
o'clock at night.
Strikers Beaten Co Death.
Among tho lower classes. which do
mot sympaHhizs with the desire to
overthrow the emperor. the feeling IL
becoming intense and In many cases
strikers have been beaten 20 death.
About one-third OF the woekmsn
have Left tho city and are travelling On
foot to the villages, some Of which are
hundreds Of miles distant
The CORRESPONDENT predicts that the
crushing OF the rsbsslioa In likely 10 be
followed by the most horrible strocI
ties IL the BLACK Hundreds" are lss
looas.
Governor 0enseal Doanasso&. an.
known 20 the public. In directing mat.
tsrs from his headquarters In the
Metropolitan hotel. which lin bagSa.
sadsd and defended by machine guns.
The concentration Of tho troops In
the city TO fight the insurgents allowed
the strikers and rsvolutioaartes free
hand I'm neighboring industrial towns
like Perovo and Lubertxf.
In the former place 900 armed men
were sent to reinforce the insurgents
and at Lubertzi the situation became
30 threatening that Mr.. Purdy. vice
president of the New York Air Brake
company, the works OF which In that
town are valued at $4,000 seat al
urgent message to the governor gen
sraI through the American consul ap-
psaling for the protection OF the prop
srty and OF the 100 Americans who are
employed there.
General DoubassoH promptly des-
patched a squadron of dragons and
this fact is considered as the best
proof that he is confident he has the