Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-31

In St Petersburg tonight the temperature
is IS degrees below zero and everywhere
fires are burning In the streets to keep the
homeless from freezing.
No other details have been received of
the horrible affair at Moscow today when
Governor General Doubassoff's artillery
brought the walls of the Prokharoff cotton
mill tumbling down on the heads of several
thousand strikers and revolutionaries, ex-
c,pt a statement that hundreds persisted.
The attempt OF the Black Hundreds to
march into the city and wreak vengeance
on tho revolutionaries and strikers only
tends 10 confirm the fears that the final
collapse Of the revolt at Moscow will be
followed by an awful massacre, and al
though Governor General Doubassoff sue
cecded in preventing their entry into the
city today and will take stern measures
iu the future It will be difficult to re-
strain the lower classes, who regard the
revolutiouaries az enemies of the emperor
and tho country. Already rowdies are
taking advantage of the situation to plum
der on a large scale.
Losses Are Overestimated.
Governor General Doubassofr has not yet
given the figures Of the losses during the
lighting at Moscow. saying that 1t is inn
possible at present 10 InOIt IMAM Hldht
a guess. However he places the outside
limit at 5000. The troops and police did
not suffer nearly so heavily and 1t is re-
ported that up to Thursday night there
were less than fifty casualties among them
everywhere.
Throughout Russia Immediately upon the
appearance of disorders the authorities
arc declaring martial law. making whole
sale arrests and Confiscating arms
The general strike seems to he going to
pieces. il was declared OF at Riga today
and at Odessa II is breaking up and many
railroads are resuming operations.
The result of the call for an armed
uprising in Poland tomorrow is awaited
with anxiety.
Riga strike COlIapses.
RIGA, Bivonia, Dec. 30.-The strike ended
here today, the papers having reappeared
and business and work at the factories
have been resumed. The termination of
the strike will rescue the city from famine.
The supply of fresh meat gave out three
days ago.
General Sologub. the governor general
of the Baltic provinces, is moving north
at the head of 10000 troops with artillery.
Upon his arrival here he is expected to
begin energetic campaign against the
rcvolu;ionists who have created a condi-
ton OF anarchy in the country. Two of
the most famous castles in the Baltic
Provinces ondansen, built In the thir-
teenth century, and Odossee, stately
structure. which was filled with the rarest
collection of linightIy treasurcs-have been
bur3cd.
During the strike many high-handed
atrocities were committed.
The revJlu ionists established an "eXecu-
ton block" where persons condemned by
tho revolutionary committee were shot. The
police here are now armed with rifles.
Odessa strike Ends.
LONDON, Dec. 30.-The Times in its Sec
ond edition today publishes a dispatch from
Odessa which announces that the crisis
there is over. Public sentiment has cooled
under martial law, two-thirds of the
strikers will be back at work today and
tho majority of the leaders have been
arrested.
KlEFF, Dec. 30.-Passenger service has
been restored here on the Southwestern
railroad and freight traffic is gradually
being resumed.