Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-02
meeting broken
UP BY ARTILLERY
GATHERING OF RAILROAD MEN
BoMBARDED; 800 KILLED
OR WOUNDED.
STRIKE IN RUSSIAN
POLAND SPREADING
Wholesale Arrests Made in Many
Cities-Martial Law Proclaimed in
Odessa City of Moscow Resembles
a Battlefield.

St. Petersburg, Dec. 20. - The Novoe
Vremya reports that meeting of rail-
road men at Rostoff- Onion was bonn
barded by artillery and that 800 of those
present were killed or wounded. The
paper also says that all the Russian Of
ficials in Courland except those at Nit
tau and Libau have been driven out OF
that province. From many places come
reports that the enraged people are
threatening the strikers and revolutions
lists with vengeance, and massacres on
large scale are feared.
Strike Is Spreading.
News from Russian Poland indicates
that the general strike is extending.
Wholesale arrests have been made in
the cities At Sosnovice, near the en-
peror's hunting lodge, an attempt has
been made to blow up the barracks with
dynamite.
The energetic measures taken by the
government have completely over
turned the plans of the revolutionists in
st. Petersburg. Practically all the lead
ers have been arrested. The few who
are at liberty are in hiding. The police
believe they have captured must of the
store of rifles and revolvers and those
in actual possession of strikers and rev.
olutionists whose lodgings were
searched Wednesday night. Wherever
arms were found the owners were ar
rested. Nevertheless the leaders from
their hiding places still continue to as
sure their followers that all goes we'll
Martial Law in Odessa.
Odessa, Dec 20. - Martial law has
been proclaimed in this city. The strike,
however, is nearly over.
Moscow Resembles Battlefield.
Moscow, Dec. 20. - The city of Mos
COW bears the picturesque appearance
of battlefield. Officers are everywhere
seen galloping through the streets or
being driven about in rapidly moving
sleighs. accompanied by escorts Of
dragons or Cossacks. The center Of
the city for the first time Thursday
showed signs of life. The stores were
reopened and the inhabitants who had
been cooped up for five days were ven
turing out for breath of fresh air.
Firing is heard northward of the city,
where the troops are understood to have
reached Konnyidvor, which is held by O.
considerable force Of "drujinasts," as
the fighting force of the fevo!ntionists
is called. The troops are attacking tho
position. 1t is not possible to venture
an estimate of the casualties In the fight
ing here. The populace have been aW-
F,,1 a. l.
down by rifle volleys, the fire of machine
guns, and the grape and shrapnel of the
artillery.
Rebels Raid Heart Of City.
! A company of "drujina" soldiers who
are said to be paid 20 cents per day
made daring incursion into the heart
of the city Wednesday night, occupying
Okhotnago Riada (Hunters' row., I'M
der the walls of the Krem1in, and sud.
denly opening fire on the infantry and
artillery camping in Theater square
The guard stationed at the Hotel Metro
z pole, where Gov. Gen. Doubassoff is
luartered, replied, and yo1ley after vol
ley was exchanged across the square.
The regular troops in the absence oil
their officers were thrown into confu.
sion by the surprise attack and fired
wildly until the officers rushed out Of
the hotel and led charge across the
square, whereupon the "drujiha" sol
diers hsstily decamped. The regulars
thereafter were most nervous.
Casualties Are 200 Day.
The number of casualties among the
rebels has been decreased, owing to the
change in their tactics in fighting from
houses instead of behind barricades. The
casualties now number about 200 a day
while 81 houses destroyed by artillery
is the record of one day
One report. evidently inspired by gov.
eminent officials. says that the back.
bone of the insurfeetisn is broken and
the uprising is rapidly going to pieces
1t says the revolutionists are able to
keep up only guerrilla warfare, but the
ease with which they can move small de.
EAyhments from place to place renders
the task Of suppressing them slow and
tedious.
CASTRO IS AGAIN ANGERED
Colombia Becomes Object Of Presi-