Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-27
STILL HOLD QUADRANGLE
t Must Fall, However, as Soon n an
Assault is Made.
ADERS OF THE REDS CAPTURED
Police Arrest Men in Charge Of Strike In
st. Petersburg,
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS ALSO TAKEN
They Disclose the Hiding Places
of bombs and Arms and
Weak spots in the
Army.


ST. PErERSBTRG, Dec. 2-l1 :65 p. m.
Emperor Nicholas and Count Witte re-
ceiNcd tonight report from General
Doubasso governor general of Moscow,
saving 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 over
come by attacks ON them by bombs and
revolvers to which they had been sub
iectcd from the windows and roofs OF
houses and which had so enraged them
that they could hardly be restrained. Al
! though rebellion may flare up Immediately
elsewhere, and although there is indi-
cation of another uphcaval at Odessa, ie
the attempt at armed rebellion in Moscow
should he crushed, the leaders of the
| reds" will receive blow from which
| they cannot quickly recover. Count
Wittc is not so blind to believe that the
revolution can he stamped out, but with
the present demonstrations Of the lengths
to which the reds" are willing to so he
has hopes that the moderates of all classes
will come to their senses and aid in coun-
selling OF order and in acceleratlng the
convocation Of the douma, the law gov
ernlng elections which was published to-
J day.
| Leaders of "Reds" Captured.
| Among the developments here today tho
! most important was the capture OF the
! leaders of the Fighting legions," which.
! IT is believed. ends the danger of an at
tempted armed uprising In st. Petersburg.
/ This capture, it is understood, places in
the hands Of the government complete in
| formation regarding the revolutionary
plans and places where arms are con-
ccaled, as well disclosing the weak spots
! in the army.
! Shortly before oclock the correspondent
| Of the Associated Press at Moscow tele-
phoncd that there seemed to he no longer
doubt that the insurrcction was collapsing.
The insurgents still held The quadrangle
! In which the workmens council sit
| ting as a revolutionary committee. but
only because Governor General Doubassofr
was not Yet ready 70 give the coupe do
grace.
- Firing contributed. all tiny. Al o'clock
automatic guns were being used in Strast-
ner square. but the insurgents were be-
coming exhausted after their four days
efforts and the lighting rapidly de-
generating into guerrilla warfare.
The insurgents were defending them
selves with revoIvers and bombs as they
were being hunted down from house to
house. The correspondent says that the
entire population Of the city u terror
stricken and that after dark the back
| streets present weird and uncanny ap-
pearanCe. As he drove to the telephone
station he saw only a few civilians, who
were sinking along by the side OF the
walls so as to avoid the police and cav
airy patrols, who fire without challenging.
The windows Of the houses are stuffed
with mattresses and blankets and no lights
are showing, The police carry rifles with
; bayonets fixed.
Martial Law In Moscow.
General Doubassof Is enforcing the most
! rigid martial law and no person is al
lowed on the streets after o'clock at
! night.
, About one-third Of the workmen have
left the city and arc travelling on foot to
; the villages some Of which are hundreds
> of miles distant with some Of the lower
= classes which do not svmpathize with the
. desire to overthrow the emperor the feel
, ing is becoming intense and strikers have
q been beaten 10 death. The correspondent
predicts that the crushing Of the rebel
lion is likely to be followed by the most
horrible atrocities If the black hum
dreds" are let loose General Doubassoff,
unknown to tho public, is directing matters
from his headquarters in the Metropolitan
! hotel. which is barricaded and defended
by machine guns.
The concentration ~ the troops in the
: city to fight the insurgents allowed the
u strikers and revolutionaries free hand
= I'm neighboring Industrial towns. like Pc
, rovo and I.ubertzi In the former place
q 300 armed mon were sent to reinforce the
u insurgents and at Lubcrtzi the situation
became so threatening that Mr.. Purdy, vice
= president Of the New York Air Brake COM
pany the works of which In that town are
70 valued at 100000 sent an urgent mes
II sage to the governor general appealing for
= the protection OF the property and for the
e protection Of the 100 Americans there. Gem
e eraI Doubassoff promptly dispatched COM
pany OF Dragons and this IL considered
as the best proof that he is confident hs
Z has the situation In hand.
strike Leaders Captured.
Police and students in ST Petersburg TO-
day surrounded and captured all members
Of the executive committee Of the hghting
organization while they were discussing
/ plans for uprising here. They cap
.s tured also the detailed plans for the up
r, rising as well as large quantities OF arms
n bombs, etc. II is understood that a
d result OF these captures the government
has obtained extremely important infor
% J nation concerning the connections formed
~ by the revolutionaries with the army 4
v man named Schooman was AT tho head
10 OF the executive committee, which num-
m bered forty-seven members.
,e The government is confident that thes'
captures practically put end for thu
present to any attempt to repeat In st
Petersburg the uprising at Moscow.
]. u VIII Try 10 Continue strike.
i, ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 2G-l:iO p. m
The revolutionary leaders In st. Petersburg
n. who on Sunday decided that II was abso
m lutely necessary to precipitate an imme
d. diate conflict here diversion in fayo
. OF the reyolutionaries at Moscow recon
sidered their decision last night on III
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