The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-01
CAR IS FILLING
RUSSIAN PRISONS
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relieved that the end Of the struggle
had come. They gathered around the
soldiers biouvac, stretched their hands
eagerly over the cheerful fires and
begged cigarets from the guads.
The number of prisoners is constant
ly augmented, most Of the new arrivals
being arrested at the bridges or at 9TH
err points of egress in the Presna dis
trict, which is crowded with refugees.
Every Man for Himself.
The Associated Press learns that af
ter the fall Of the Prokharoff cotton
mill and other factories, council was
hastily held, at which it was decided
that the revolution had failed and an
order was given to every man to save
himself as best he could. A hundred
agreed to hold together so as to keep
up q show of fight under cover of which
others could escape.
After the final surrender the inhab-
itants swarmed into the streets of tho
district and in remarkably short time
cleared away the remains OF the barri-
eades and other distractions, with
which for week the revolutionaries
had b1ockaded the district.
Considering the intensity of Satur-
days bombardment, when as many as
tive shots a minute were fired, besides
the steady volleying, Of the infantry,
the losses are surprisingly small, not
habitants being killed and only about
| two hundred being wounded in the dis
trict. The artillery was concentrated
mainly against the factories fringing
the district, but the revolutionaries
usually decamped at the first shot, TAX
ing refuge in the cellars or neighbour
| ing houses.
| M, ohr.,,o1 .na 40. 1,,,11o4. as =, al
| penetrate beyond the outer walls, anc
in only a few instances did the walls
show complete penetration by the sole
| shot
The correspondent visited the Prok
haroff. Manontoff and other factories
where, according to reports, over thou
sand of the fighters had persisted il
the ruins. He found fragments 0:
shrapnel everywhere, but no trace O.
taker who had stuck to his post thru
out the fighting that there was only
one person killed and that dozen were
wounded.
Girls Among Fighters.
Among the fighting revolutionarie
were several girl students, who stoo'
The only serious attempt at defens
was made at Schmidt's furniture fac
tory, where the losses were heavy, bu
it is impossible to give the number, q
the, factory was burned and the bodie
incinerated.
The Manontoff factory, in which a.
Englishman named Bigsby is a partner
also was burned.
The losses to the troops were Sigh
in this region. The Seminovslxy reg
ment, which performed most of til
; work, had one man killed and a scor
wounded, the latter including Colont
Eller, who was shot thru the neck.
Strike Declared Off.
The workmen' s council, or what
) left of it outside prison, has formal
declared the strike off,
) The revolutionaries have managed
get out a proclamation declaring tt
purposes Of the revolt to have bee
2 fully accomplished and calling upc
r the proletariat to prepare for decisi1
: battle Jan. %. A great many of tt
q workmen, however, are in an ang1
Y mood. They say that they have be-
e deceived by the revolutionaries and tn,
: their families are starving. These a
! threatening vengeance on the agitatol
= Some Of the employers, like Mr.. Bar
a of the American Boiler Works, W
. shorten the usual Christmas vacatie
i from sixteen to four days in order
q allow the men to earn something.