The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-01-04
STREETS RUN WITH BLOOD.
Fearful Fighting Between People
md Soldiers In NlIOlY MnacaxY.V


ana soldiers an 'JIoly Moscow"
No civilized land since the atrocities
OF the French revolution has been en-.
gagged ia such scenes of horror and
bloodshed as Russia is experiencing.
The nation seems to. have been hope
lcssly plunged into anarchy with the
whole fabric Of society falling into dis
integration.
On the western border, the Baltic
provinces have revolted and proclaim
ed "A sort of republic. Odessa, in the
south, has been drenched in blood.
Saratoff, IN the east, is in n condition
of anarchy, and even far away Vlad-
ivostok has felt the thrill of the revo-
lutionary spirit, which is sweeping
over the broad empire of the Car.
And now Moscow, the ancient capital
and the seat both of religious and po-
lltical power, is in the throes of civil
war. Men who were yesterday the
submissive victims of the bureaucratic
power have risen and met the Cars
trained leglons. Behind barricades in
the open streets and from the roofs
of buildings they have fought the
dreaded Cossacks and have learned
that Cossacks, too, when bullets are
well aimed and bombs carefully d.
rectcd, can die. The flow of red blood
in the streets, as their ancient enc
mics went down before bomb and
bullet, fiercely thrilled them and
throwing all fear aside they plunged
like madmen into the fighting, pre-
pared to die and dying happily If they
could take along Cossack or two for
company.
The fighting in the streets OF Mos
COW between the revolutionists and
soldiers has been of the fercest kind.
Wherever the conditions lent them
selves to the style of warfare, barrk
cades were erected in the streets and
from behind them the revolutonsts
fought with grim determination. Dis
lodged from barricades in one street.
the revolutlonists fed to erect fresh
obstacles in another thoroughfare, and
thus for days they have kept up IN
almost endless fight. Comrades fell
by their side In rows, the machine
guns and shrapncl fire of the soldiers
doing fearful execution; but the sight
of blood only deepened their hate and
made them more determined to win
the freedom so long and cruelty denied
them.
NnspntU fhn
streets were like slaughter houses. The
revolutlonists found shelter, some be-
hind the street barrlcades, some with
In buildings, others upon roofs, and
from these vantage points did deadly
execution among the soldiers. Often
the latter used artillery to dcmollsh
buildings in which the revolutionists
had entrenched themselves; but driven
out of one place, the revolutonists
speedily rallied In another, taking ad-
vantage of every opportunity TO pick
off the Cossacks by rifle fire or blow
them up with bombs. Owing to the
lack of discipline among the Cossacks,
the latter in many cases fell easy VIC
Tins. Drunken bands of them charg-
ed wildly through the streets and
many were torn to pieces by bombs
dropped from the roofs of buildings.
Sometimes groups of regular soldiers
Joined the revoutionists, bringing to
their support much needed ammuni-
ton and arms.
The desperate nature of the fighting
may be inferred from the estimates Of
the dead and wounded during three
days of this awful carnage. A CORE
spondent in touch with the situation
says that no fewer than 5000 were
killed, while he places the number of
the injured at 1900. The city Is in
a state of chaos, neither life nor prop
erty being secure. Hundreds OF inno-
cent persons have been killed In their
houses by stray bullets and other hun.
dreds have fallen in the streets. Rus
sia Is indeed paying fearful price
for the infanies her government has
prncticed for centuries upon long
suffering people.
ENGINE BLOWS UP.