The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-01-04
IRO-pS OCCUPY PRSSaA DISTRICT
Vast Majority OF Members OF tho
Fighting Legions- Surrendered
or Tnrew AWAY Arms.
The LAST o. the ReVoiutioraries. the
Guard Of the COMMITTEES. Surrend-
cred Sunday Morning to the
Government Troops.


Moscow. Jan. i.-whltc nass aylng
from a dozen factories in tAc tcrement
houses of presna district where tho
revoiutionar.Cs made their l1si stand
n1e bear mute witness to the end of
thc "ueccmhcr uprising in Moscow
The entire district Is now occupied by
uoars
During IN, night the vast majority
e. me members % the "FiEhtinE
l.c~ious" either surrendered OF. after
throwing away their arms. crdcavoreas
g. escape in the suise 90 peaceful cith-
zcns. Oaly the members Who acted an
guard To the revolutionary COMMITTEES
81 this handful sunday morning fur
rshea the last act of the sanguinary
drama.
TAe staging II this last aci was adj
mirahie-a sno~-covered landscape.
the small black residence With a tiny
red flag fiuttcring from is gable. ths<
end of Corbaton bridge. black with the
gum. n the artillery. and a thin cncir-
cling line OF The Semgnovsky regiment
90 the guard. broken only directly in
the line OF FIRE. Suddenly there was .
fash ~ red fire from the mouth of oues
OF The guns and solid shot plowed
through the walls OF the house. A few
splutterlng shots replied from a win
now. The cannon spoke again Ane
again until a dozen shots had been
hred.
| II looked like murder to the spect.-
tors on a hill and so evidently Thought
/ the officer la command of the battery.
! a
Z cs the Seminovsky regiment then ad-
vanced and nrcd voiieys at the npp~rs
windows. At the thlrd voliey white
! handkerchief attached 90 bayonssa
was pushed through a shattered pane.
I. waved francticaiiy and AL was ove<.
she little garrison OF 80 marched osst
and laid down their arms. a strange
J collection of rifeS and repeating shot
guns All had revoivers
Strange To say not one Of the nen
had even been wounded. aad when.
they found that they would not he ina
mediateiy executed they appeared to
be rather relieved that the end of tho
struggle had come. They Satheredi
around the soldiers bivouac. Sjretcheds
their hands eagerly over the cheerful
fires. and begged cigarettes frc.a the
fuards.
T>e number of prisoners IS being
Constantly augmented. most az re new
arrivals being arrested M fhe -rid.es
o. at other points OF csrcss ia the
Tr~srs listrict. which is crowded With
rcfrgccS
S. Petersburg. jan. 1.-The report
thst Cc-nt Wi;te s. booked 70. retire
nee9' IN few days IS aS2ia te;nG per-
sistp.tly circulated So Is reported
thar a. Darnovc. minister o, the in
tror viz be elevated TO the premier
sair
so Pn'crshnrg. Jan. -. 'lsrncd
T. et q hieh source that Prca. Nftte
e@ain sigoasly rrsans The c-'g sr~
g. Immediately p-,-lc safe ? rcfcr-
G,e cons sltuson for the ter rrr-
pose cf rea sscri1s she tr-.cs hat
trr u-cSc~. war syains. fas Sis
%. 1855 mean reactfo~a-y ir@r'lg
70 sftea,pf which aceoaas oi.i os
r,sie whca he natlo1al 9ssa-a con
seacs - transform tAa; ,c5y ctc a
,els. -v-1f aSsenb'y. Moreover the
r.aa sa A,asr aeayy backing ard fke
ea'pes3~ Is sAoWlng an taeliuation %
acceps T. TIE a-enier Is naeessiood
~ have iafo~re: a.s EEaseS ~ t7a1 a'sch
: the present iancsnre ana ~ atty
: the ,saose hody of conservative and
!, libsrSl op:n;on - fhc sids - .Ae gov
4 esSmeez.