Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-03
RUSS STRIKE SHATTERED.
Official Reports Declare Presents
Conflicts Are Final Clasps.
.STAKELBERG IS CAUGHT,
Revolutionists Have Taken Him and Sc
cret Reports While He Tried to
Reach the Caucasus.

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 31.-The
government has intercepted kilograms
showing that the Social Democrats and
workmen's councils have arranged for
armed uprisings at Kieff, Kazan and
Krasnoyarsk, and for a general insur-
rection in Poland which will be pro-
claimed December 81.
Strike Breaking Out in New Places.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 29.-Of-
fetal advices have been received here
from Russia to the effect that the strike
appears to be breaking out in new places.
st. Petersburg, according to these adj
vices. is the scene Of a few insignificant
collisions.
Zlatoust, town of 1900 inhabitants.
government of Osfa, in the Ural noun
tains. is in the hands of the revolution
lists. They have formed local republic
an government and the red flag is flying
over the government arms factory and
the officials are held as hostages. The
revoIutionists declare that it Cossacks
appeared, the officials OF the factory
would all be killed.
Revolution Grows Feeble.
A Moscow dispatch states that the scat
tered revoIutlonlsIs there are only able
the troops. The workmen's council,
realizing that the revolt is crushed, is ne
gotiating terms for the strikers who par
ticipated in the uprising with the view
of calling off the strike on Monday.
Nevertheless the radical papers of St.
Petersburg continue to lnf1ame their
readers with stories of desperate fight
ing in the streets of Moscow.
At Warsaw bands of socialists are pa
rading the streets here striving to en-
force the orders for a general strike.
They compelled the newspaper and in
surance offices to close this morning and
sent out gangs of youths to smash the
windows of shops where owners refused
to close their establishments.
Can't Last Much Longer.
Although now it is only question of
time when the flames of open revolt will
be extinguished the Moscow revolution
lists had made good use of their instruc-
ton to start fires elsewhere.
For the first time the provinces east of
Moscow in the heart of Great Russia
are affected. A. Zlatoust, town in the
government of OOfa where a large gov
eminent arms factory is situated, the
workmen seem TO be in complete posses
sion of the town. At Samora, near
uring town, 10000 workmen rose and
attempted to march on Mimi Novgorod,
but were met by troops with artillery
and were routed with the loss of several
score of men.
Stakelberg Captured?
PARIS. Dec. 29.-The Journals st.
Petersburg correspondent says that Gen.
Baron Stakelberg left st. Petersburg
for the Caucasus with secret orders and
that dispatch received in st. Peters
burg reports that he has been captured
by insurgents.
Police Chief Is Slain.
Advices from Moscow say: Three
hundred revolutionaries invaded the resi-
dence of the chief of the secret police
and killed him. At the medical bureau
$50 wounded and 105 killed have been
registered, but it is known that there are
fully 1000 unidentified dead in the Lout-
chow quarter alone.
1.-The revolutionists entered the lodging
of the chief of police at midnight and
told him to bid farewell to his family
because he was condemned to die. Find
ing that it was no joke, the chief expos
tulated, but to no purpose.
Realizing his awful position he said
farewell to his family and was hurried
into the street and shot His body was
left lying in pool of blood
Revolutions Story Horrible.
The same correspondent relates as fol-
lows the terrible operation in Riga
Persons disappeared mysteriously and
few days afterward their bodies were
found with identical marks-four bullet
wounds on the breast one on the back.
and the skull cloven in twain.
''Of the many brought before the
"vehmgericht" one escaped death, but in
so doing he was seriously wounded"
Try to Assassinate General,
& dispatch to a news agency says that
according to q telegram from Tamboff.
Central Russia. an attempt was made
to assassinate Vice Gov. Gen. Bogdano-
WITCH The would-be assassin succeeded
in wounding the vice governor general
with revolver shots.
Revolt Spreads Elsewhere.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 29-While
the revolt at Moscow seems to be
crushed, 1T is spreading to other parts of
the empire.
At Rostoff- on-Don 800 strikers and
revolutionaries were killed or wounded in
a battle with troops, who used artillery
The revolutionists still control the Baltic
provinces.
More Martial Law.
Kovno is under martial law. Members
of the Jewish bund fired on a passing
patrol there and the patrol fired a yolley.
All the Russian officials have been
driven out of the province Of Courland
Black Hundreds in Danger.
The principal danger now seems to be
that the ''black hundreds" will complete
the work begun by the troops, and end
the revolt with a horrible massacre of
the reds The lower classes are repre-
sented as enraged at the attempt of the
revolutionaries to overthrow the EN-
peror, and, even with the best intentions
it may be impossible for the authorities
to restrain the fury Of these classes once
the opportunity is offered them. The
attacks made on striking railroad men al
wayside stations sufficiently shows the
temper of the peasant class.
FATHER GOPON AT MONTE CARLO
London Newspaperman Says He Found