Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-02
RUSSIAN REVOLT
FAST CRUNBLlNG
WORKMEN REALIZE STRIKE is
CRUSHED AND WILL
CALL IT OFF.

CRUSHED AND WILL
CALL IT OFF.
PAPERS STILL PRINT
STORES OF FIGHTING
Revolutionists Take Possession of
Town of Zlatoust and Establish
Republic-Chief of Police at Mos
cow Slain.
st. Petersburg, Dec. 30.-A corre-
spondent at Moscow telegraphs that
the scattered revolutionists there are
only able to keep up feeble show of
resistance to the troops, and the
workmen's council, realizing that the
revolt is crushed, is negotiating terms
for the strikers who participated in
the uprising. with the view of calling
off the strike on Monday. Neverthe-
less, the radical papers of st. Peters
burg continue to infiame their readers
with stories of desperate fighting in
the streets of Moscow, representing
the revolutionists as being in complete
possession of ten square miles of the
city, which the troops with all their
authority and machine guns are I'M
able to pierce. These papers print
columns of descriptive matter repre-
senting the revolutionists fighting
valiantly behind barricades, standing
on heaps of corpses of their COM
rades. The Molva prints an Interview
with student who has arrived here
from Moscow in which the student
says that horror of the sights he wit
messed was driving him insane and he
was forced to flee.
Workmen Seize Town.
Although now it is only question
of time when the flames of open re-
volt will be extinguished, the Moscow
revolutionists have made good use of
their instruction to start fires else
where For the first time the prov
inces east of Moscow in the heart of
Grea. Russia are affected At Zlatoust,
town in the government of Oofa,
where large government arms fac
tory is situated, the workmen seem
to be in complete possession of the
town. They have seized the works,
hoisted the red flag. have declared
republic, and all the authorities have
been made captives and are threatened
with instant death if troops are sent
to Zlatoust. In addition the work
men have organized themselves into a
small army and daily parade this
streets headed by band of music
playing the "Marseillaise. Here, too,
German socialists have appeared. At
samora, near Mimi Novgorod, also a
large manufacturing 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. Eventually the workmen
were driven back to Samora, where
they erected barricades, which. the ar
| tillery have been firing at for two
days. The workmen used bombs free
ly at Samora, which is now separated
from Mimi Novgorod, but rising is
expected at the latter place, which
has about $4,000 inhahitants.
At Yeronezh, South RUSSIA, the
workmen decided in favor of an armed
revolution, but the authorities sue
ceeded in arresting IL of the ring
leaders, whereupon the revolutionists
halted three train loads of sailors Of
i the reserve who were on their way to
| the far east. The latter responded to
the appeals of the workmen, prompt
ly joining them, marched into town,
| and aided in the liberation of the
| prisoners
Chief Of Police Slain.
| London. Dec. 80. - The st. Petersburg
correspondent Of the Daily Telegraph
describes as follows the execution Of the
chief of police Of Moscow: 1.-THE revo-
lutionists entered the lodging of the
| chief Of police at midnight and told him
to bid an eternal farewell to his family
l because he was condemned to die. Find
ing that 1t 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"
At the medical bureau $50 wounded
and 105 killed haYe been registered,
but it is known that there are fully
1000 unidentified dead ip the Lout-
chow quarter alone.
Relations with Germany Strained,
The st. Petersburg correspondent Of
the Times reports that the relations
between Russia and Germany are dis
tinetiy strained, and that there is a
possibility Of international complice-
lions arising from the rebellion In the
Baltic provinces.
Boy Tries to Stay Governor.
New York, Dec. 30.-A cable dis
patch to the World from Moscow says:
J A boy tried to assassinate Baron
Midem r ,.y'l governor Of the city, FRI
day, ana, failing, iuste,s,..,,,y committed
suicide. Wearing the Red Cross pais
form, the assassin gained admission
to the baron, and, approaching him,
| drew revolver and fired three shots.
All missed their mark, and the noise
brought soldiers. secretaries and serv-
ants running. Without a moments
hesitation, before anyone could seize
him, the young man swallowed the
liquid in a small vial which he had
hidden in his clenched hand, fell I'M
conscious, and died in few minutes.
Train Kills Three Men.