Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-12-27

and at Lubertzi the situation became %
threatening that Mr.. PurdH, vice pres
dent of the New York Air Brake Co, III"
works Of which in that town are valued
at 81, 100000, sent an urgent message 10 'iic
governor general today through til"
American consul appealing for the pro-
lection of the property ana On 'he io'o
Americans who are employed there.
Gen. Doub:ssof promptly dispatched
squadrCon of dragons ana TINS lact Is
considered as the best proof that ne litS
the situation in hand.
st. Petersburg. Dec. % +. NJ
Prom the standpoint "i thG government
there was q slight improvements Ill t!'
outlook this afternoon. NotWithSldiiu-
ing the decision of the Workineh oouh-
ell to continue the strike, many Oh thr
strikers broke away lncludih@ ABOUT
one third of the employees OF the Iuti-
loft iron works. several in other fac
tories ana Il portion Of the mili men.
1t is evident that the leaders must pre-
cipitatc matters or the strike Will go to
pieces From the standpoint of the
leaders, all now depends on the Situa-
tion AZ Moscow.
\ telephone ncsea"c just received by
The Associated Press from Moscow
says tho fighting in the streets contin-
ued throughout the day, but the popu-
lace is not participating and the troops
are gradually getting the upper hand.
TIL" soldiers are E,mminG in the main
body Of tn" Insurgents in the uuadrl-
l2tcr;il near Brcet railroad station
bounded by Tverskaia street ANA the
Ivcrskoi. Sadovia and Eronnia boule-
wards. In this quadrilatcral the insur-
gents have fortified every inch Of their
lines with fellcd trees and telegraph
poles and street cars. i'll front of which
they have constructed Il network of en-
targlcmcnts. Artillery is being used
mcrcilcssly.
Two Of the four grcnadicr regiments
have returned to duty end are fighting
on the side of the government. Troops
have also arrived from st. Petersburg.
The fires which destroyed the BrCSt
station aud otter places lnst night ha vc
been practically eNtingushcd and the
Gangcr Of the destruction of the city
by hrc seems to re over for the present.
Th" Wurkmcn's council today decided
ward Wrrkncn who refuse to join the
strike. Three hundred Workmcn who
were organizing 4 red flag" procession
WcH" arrested. Encounters between
Workm"n and troops have occurred in
various sections Of III. city.
IN official dispatch from Moscow
says.
ut every point the troops have cas-
lily been victorious.
"FiGhtinG III which quick firing guns
ana other artillery Wrr" used progress
SOD for tvo hours Dec. - The casual
ties cf the insurgents ale said to have
been heavy.
''on Saturday night and Sunday Y
morning the city was quiet. ON Sun
day forenoon, however. the artillery
was again active ut the Iircst railroad
station. The inner town IS perfectly
quiet"
Destruction of the city by fire seems
to be over for the time.
As the correspondent of The Asso-
ciated Press drove through the access
sfble streets of the city he saw the pa
trolls firing every time the people gath
cred in groups. In the Strastonoi bou-
tN6'lu lt SdN tllitc NbIltNS llrcu ana
Il dozen persons fall. while the rcmaind-
or flcd. He met a dozen imprcviscd Red
Cross wagons bringing in dead or
wounded for whom there is no longer
place i'll the morgues or hospitals,
neceSSitating the temporary use of res
ldcnceS.
All over the city there are marks of
the cattle which has ragged in the strets
for three days and the distant booming
Of cannon shows that the fighting is
not yet at IN end.
Houses have been completely demol-
ished nv tile artillery and everywhere
windows have been smashed by bullets.
GoE. Gen. DoubaSSoff has prohibited
the opening Of windows The better
classes arc afraid to venture on the
streets owing to the fact that tho n
mcrous bombs and other deadly mis-
siies are being thrown from the win
doWS or roofs of houses
Near the trium1hal arch could he
seen today tho red flags of the inSur-
gents flying above their harricadcs.
Soldiers surrounded the Continental
Hotel and artillery was brought up as
if WAS claimed that i shot had been
urea IRON one bt the windows. 1t was
with difficulty that the landlord per
Sudd"d the troops not 10 demoliSh the
building
AS the correspondent entered the tel
cphonc exchange a few minutes ago he
saw two agitators shot by a passing
patrol.
Artillery can be heard ut work near
he Nicholas station
Two attempts on the life Of the pre-
feet If police by students. one Of them
u woman. We're frust rated. The stu
dents WNr" arrested.
The HourSc Gazette says il is report cd
that Gen. De Dioulin, project or st. Pc
tcrSh'Irg, has been Informed by tele-
phone thIt til" number of dead or
wounded ut Moscow number 1O.O0O. and
hat when questioned tonight the gem
"rHl did not deny that such a report had
been received.
Tn" H"ursc today was barely steady
at yesterdays decline. Imperial fours
were quoted at 774.
MAKING A LAST STAND.