The Cairo bulletin., 1906-01-01

The little garrison of thirty march
I'd out and laid down Their arms,
| strange collection of rifles ana repeat
ing shot guns. All had revolvers.
Strange 10 say, not one of the men
rad even been wounded and when
they found they would not be imme-
lately executed appeared to be re
ieyed that the end of the struggle
rad come They gathered around the
'oldier's bivouac stretched their
,ands eagerly over the cheerful fires
and begged cigarettes from the
guards,
The number of prisoners is being
constantly augmented. most of the /
new arrivals being arrested al bridges
)r other points of egress in the Pres
ma district
The Associated Press learns that
after 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 the
order was given to every man to save
himself as best he could.
A hundred agreed to hold together
IS to keep up show of fight under
cover of which others could escape
After the final surrender the in
labtants swarmed into the streets of
he disrr ct ana in a remarkable short
ime cleared away the remains of the ,
5arricades with which for week the
revolutionaries had blockadad the dis
trict.
Considering the intensity of yester
lays bombardment, when a. many a
i've shots minute were fired. besides {
steady voleys of the infantry the loss
IS were surprisingly small, not more
han forty revJlutionaries or inhabi-
ants being killed and only about two
hundred being wounded in the district
The artillery yesterday was conce
rated mainly against the factories of
the Ringing district, but the revolu-
ionaries usually decamped at the first
hot taking refuge in the cellars of 4
1eighbor ng houses. Shrapnel and
rife bullets did not penetrate beyond
he outer walls and in only q few In
stances did the walls show complete
bv shot. Among the fight.
ng revolutionaries were several girl
Students who stood by their comrades
until the last
The only serious attempt at defense
vas made at Schmidt's furniture fac
orv. where the losses are heavy. but 2
r &c iNpo7 ihla % ? ve rFr number
the factory was burned ana bodies
ncinerated The lozsos # the troops !
we're slight in this region IN the 70
;emiuovsky regiment which perform 4
d the most work, one man was killed I
nd score wounded. the latter in.
hiding Col Eller, shot through the
eek.
The PTesna quarter Is scene of
esolution. This afternoon fugitive n
re seeking new homes. n
In addition to the fires in the bonn. N
arded district. now under control. n
ConfiagTatiou broke out last night u
4 the buildings adjoining s.. Georges -
hurch. which il is believed were set
re 10 by the reyolutionari as "
leans Of diyerting the troops The N,
uildings burned all night and the =,
remen had great difficulty in saving n
he church
The appearance of the center of the -
Nv today j. quite normal. People
no have been cooped mp for a week ~
re crowding the streets. through -
hich pass gay sleighs and magnif. ~
ent turnouts Of Moecow merchant \,
rinces. Tonight the city is quite. +.
Icept for an occasional shot where :,
'yoluticnist is trying 70 escape cap Nc
re.
The worlVen's counsel. or what t.
Il outside OF prison. formally called
e strike of The revoluiionsries "
I've managed 10 get ont a proclama
'n declaring that the pu- poses of the -.
volt have been fully accomplished
d calling upon the proIctariat to
epare fer decisive battle January
A great many wcfkmen. however.
; in an angry mood They claim