The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-02

st. Petersburg, December 31.-The
council Of .workmen met secretly last
night and after an eight hour session
at 8 O'Clock this morning adopted
resolution to call off the strike Monday
because the fight of the people against
the government can no longer be limit
ed to the disorganiZation of the econ
omic life of the nation through a uni
versal strike, and is already in many
parts Of the country taking the char
acter of an armed uprising
The council of workmen deputies"
the resolution concludes decides to
proceed Immediately with warlike Op-
erations, and the organization of an
armed uprising"
The council recognized that the at
tempt of an immediate uprising could
not succeed in the capital. That while
making preparations it would be neces-
sary to undertake a sort of guerilla
warfare, consisting of the disarmlng OF
police and soldiers wherever they are
found alone in the streets, the use OF
bombs fro mambush, and other acts OF
terror. The council drew up Il procla-
nation to the CosSacks, warning them
if they continued to fight against the
people they would be treated like mad
dogs, and if they desired to be treated
as brothers, they should remain in their
barracks.
st. Petersburg, December 3O.-5:30
p. MIN an encounter between work
men and COSsacks yesterday at the
Nevski shipbuilding yards, eight Cos
sacks and 81 workmen were killed and
many were injured
st. Petersburg, December 30.-1O:3O
p. m.-The government claims that the
attempt at an armed rebellion has fall
ed signally. In semi-of1icial commu-
nicatiOn issued tonight, it declares the
movement has been broken, and within
a few weeks will be definitely crushed.
It attributes the defeat of the reds"
rot only to the force it employed, but
to lack of public sympathy.
simultaneously the government an
nounces that the regulations for the
elections to the national assembly have
been completed, and will be published
tomorrow, and that everything poSsi-
BILE will be done to accelerate the
meeting of the douma, when the voice
of the nation and not of a single class
can be heard. No other details have
been received Of the horrible affair at
Moscow today when Governor General
Doubassof's artillery brought the walls
of the Prokharoff cotton mill tumbling
down on the heads of several thousand
strikers and revolutionaries, except 4
statement that hundreds perished.
The attempt of the ''black hundreds
to march into the city and wreak ven-
genace on the revolutiOnarias and
strikers only tends to confirm the fears
that the final collapse of the revolt at
Moscow will be followed by an awful
massacre Already rowdies are taking
advantage of the situation to plunde,
on a large scale.
Governor General Doubassoff mas
not yet given the figures of the losses
during The fighting at Moscow, saying
that it is impossible at present to more
than make guess However, he
places the outside limit at three thou
sand The troops and police did not
SulISI ~ HCstt1ly, dlpu II EC-
ported that up to Thusday night there
were less than so casualties among
them everywhere.
Moscow, December 30.-6 D. NJ
Governor General Doubassoff today as
sumed the offensive against the revo-
1utionary stronghold in the northwest
.ern, or Presna quarter and all day the
inhabitants of the city have been lis.
tening to the thunder of cannon and
the rattle of small arms At this
writing firing is still audible. but more
distant and the lurid glare on the
heavens shows that many structures
are in flames.
1t was essentially surprise attack
During the night artillery and machine
guns moved to the streets leading TO
the Presna district. all of which we're
heavily barricaded and at 4 o'clock
this morning the troops began an adj
vance, clearing the way ruthlessly. BY