The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-28
CANNON FORGE SURRENDER.
Troops Are Merciless in Putting Down & the Rebellion.

ENG E&EWGthtuAs
 St. Petersburg, Dec. 27.--At knaron yesterday the flag of armed revolt was raised. but according to reports the troops, which had been largely rein forced, put down the outbreak merci- lessly. The members of the so-called provincial government, composed Of twenty-seven 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 revoldtionists were hold ing, cannon were brought up and tho revolutionists were given ten minutes in which to surrender.
 They then sent out an emissary, who was seized by the military commander, who gave the command to the artillery to open fire on the works. which were literally battered down over the heads of the revolutionists. Tho latter, al- though unable to make a defense held out until three-quarters of .--eir num- Der were killed and wounded, when 137 men surrendered.
 Lieutenant t-GeneraI Mitschenoff, who commanded a Cossack brigade in Man churia during the Russo-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. An- drew moHastFy. on the outskirts of the city, where tI.s railroads track was blocked by barrieades of freight and passenger cars. The General and two members of his stan managed to get a sleigh and reach Moscow by making a wide detour, but 500 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 reVolutionists re- fused their request.
 Minor collisions between the troops and strikers, of whom there are al- constantly in St. Petersburg. Cos sacks patrols are charging and dis persing workmen whenever they cole feet. The most serious affair occur red at the Narva gate and on the Moika canal, in which fifty persons were killed or wounded Automatic guns have been mounted on the bridge over the Fontanka canal, from which they can sweep the Nevsky Prospect in either direction and also in both ways of the canal. The battery Is en- closed in a collapsible shed in order not to attract too much attention.
 Following the example of the au- thorities at Moscow, about half the po- lice of St. Petersburg are now armed with TlIleS ana lut uHWOulGu cle of policemen with bayonets on their rifles adds to the public alarm.
 The news from tho privinces today shows an alarming extension of the strike. Kovno. a fortress town of Lithuania having about S0,000 lnhabi- tants seems absolutely in the hands of the socialists, and the situation Is so serious at Krementchug, South Russia that the government has declared mar tIal law.
 At Saratoff. in Eastern European Russia wholesale arrests have been made but the strike Is extending. At Kieff serious collisions have taken place between the troops and the stri- kers during which about forty persons were killed or wounded.
 The employees of the Southwestern Railroad did not report for duty yes- terday and were dismissed.
 At Tihis, Caucasia, peace has been patched up between the Mussulmans and Armenians. The strike, however, is almost general. The Social Demo" crats control the railways.
 The situation is far more serious In the Baltic provinces, Caucasia and other non Russian provinces where the en- tire popuIace is hostile. In the case Of the Baltic provinces it is realized that 1t may be necessary to practically re-conauer them. The first division of the first army corps which belongs to St. Petersburg province have begun to arrive here from Manchuria but they are being despatched to the Baltic pro- vinces without stopping here.