Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1905-12-24
BARRICADED REV0LUTI0NISTS
FIGHT WITH DESPERATION
Formidable Armed Revolt Has Trans
formed City Into a Hades Of
Carnage and Terror--Fight-
ing Still in Progress,

81, Petersburg, Dec. 2S.-The situa
tion at Moscow tonight is exceedingly
critical regular battle is raging ~
the streets of the city and state #
terror reigns. A telephone m ssage
Just received by the Associated p, ess
says that the roaring OF machine
guns, volleys by infantry and the
booming of cannon can he heard ~
intervals The military seems to hava
the upper hand, although there are
rumors that the gendarmerie and the
Cosacks have revolted and have refus-
ed to fire on the people.
According to this telephone message
which was very confused owing to the
excitement under which the sender
was laboring, the revolutionary lead
ers had given the signal for an armed
rising of the proletariat at 4 o'clock
this evening. but Governor General
Doubassoff discovered their plans and
acted quickly He massed $4,000
troops of all arms in the Red Place
under the walls of the Kremlin
mounted machine guns in the towers
Of the old Chinese wall, posted artil-
lery at intervals encircling the Tver-
skaia boulevard and placed heavy de-
taehments of horse and light artillery
al strategic points.
The first scene of butchery occurred
at o'clock, when the troops and can
non, which were loaded with grape.
fired into a procession of wOrkmen
carrying red flags and singing reyolu-
tionary songs as they swung Into the
boulevard.
Since then there has been almost
continual fighting, The workmen
threw up barricades at the triumphal
arch as 1t passed, at two places In
Trovsky street and at another place,
but all were assaulted and carried by
the troops.
The principal resistance was at the
trlumphal arch, the defenders of that
barricade being armed only with re-
volvers They held their ground for a
time against the machine guns One
hundred and twenty student militia
who were surrounded at the Fidler
school made heroic stand. defending
the places with bombs and revolvers
from window They killed two Off
GERS and eight soldiers and wounded
many more before they surrendered
with loss of five killed and thirteen
wounded.
The outlying districts are reported
to be In the complete possession D.
the workmen, who are disarmi lg all
officers and policemen caught besiog
ing residences.
Bombs Thrown at Prefecture.
Two bombs were thrown at the
prefecture of police this morning. par
TALLY destroying that building. Two
policemen were killed and a soldier
was wounded.
Serious fighting is now proceeding
between an armed crowd and force
of Dragons.
one hundred and twenty revolutions
aries we're arrested today at the Fidler
school Resistance was offered there
and five persons killed and twenty
wounded. Two officers were killed.
The authorities seized eighteen rifles,
fifteen revOlvers and thirteen bombs.
A number OF officers and policemen
we're disarmed In the streets and sew
eral policemen We're killed
The troops have now occupied all
the barricades. In one case they fred
on the revolutionists from the steeple
OF a church. Revolutionisls armed
with bombs and revolvers are now be-
sieglng the residence of the prefect.
rhe council of workmen today
granted permission to the banks to
continue work and for the bakeries ia
bake black bread. but II subsequently