Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-02
PEACE PERvAOES
CITY OF MOSCOW.
Stores Are Reopened and Streets
Filled With Holiday
Shoppers.
TWO SIDES TO THE PICTURE.
In Presna District People Searching
Ruins or Remoanlng loss Of Dear
Oncs--Fighiing Chiefs Captured

Moscow Monday night, via st. Pc
tersurg. Jan. s.--Exeept for tho numer-
Gus military patrols iu the streets and
the pillars Of smoke lazily floating
above the ruins Of factories and houses
In the Presna district, there Is little to
recall the nightmare of the past 10 days.
As IL by magic in "a hours the APP
pearance Of the city has changed. The
stores everywhere have been re-opened
and the streets are filled with holiday
shoppers making belated purchases for
the Russian Christmas which, according
to the Julian calendar, falls on sunday
As the early northern night fell the
guards were doubled, but the electric
street lamps brilliantly lighted the shop
windows, reassuring the people who
fingered on merry making with the
careless indifference of the Russians to
the dramatic tragedy. The Presna dis
trict. however presented another pie
ture. There people by the hundreds,
who had been burned out were ex-
citedly searching the ruins or hemoan-
Ing the loss OF dear ones, while the DO
lice and troops continued their unceas-
Ing hunt for hidden revolutionists.
a batch OF drujinists surrounded yes
terday in a sugar factory I'm the suburbs
during the night surrendered this morn
ing when they found that further re-
sistance was useless. The only warlike
Incident was rear attack made by a
body of druilnists upon a detachment
or troops stationed at a bridge with IN
structions TO cover the work Of tine
fremen The soldiers when attacked
turned right about face and fired
Nolley, killing three students and
Woundlng several others.
This was The coolest day of the win
ter, the thermometer registering IS de-
grees below zero. The roaring fires at
which the pickets are warming them
selves gave touch Of p4cturesqueness
10 the streets.
TWO most important captures were
made today-Nolkoft and Malinof. the
chiefs Of the lighting organization and
members of the national revolutionary
committee. The authorities are promis-
ising amnesty Tor information regard
ing the leaders and hiding places OF
arms but only few are betraying their
comrades. II Is understood that the
prisoners win be tried los court .martlal
ana some Of the papers say that those
caught with arms In their hands viii ba
given q short shrift
The list Of the casualties and losses
TO property are being compiled al Gov
Gen, Doubassoft's headquarters and ave
promised tomorrow. At the bourse to-
day prominent manufacturer estl-
mated the damage done IN the burned
district at $1,000 900
The American factories OF which the
New York Air Brake company. the
barry Boiler company and the Singer
Manufacturing company are tho prin-
cipals. have not suffered The employees
OF the cir brake company whose worka
are situated at l.ubertzl. attempted 10
seize the premises I'm order to get pos
session Of the explosives. but squad.
ron OF Dragons was dispatched 10 the
scene by Gov.-Gen. Doubassoff and tho
troops prevented the strikers from car
rying out their plans Their leader
who was marching at the head Of the
men was shot down by the officer In
command Of tho dragons, which caused
a panic and the strikers fled
Although the strike ~ of some VI
the factories decided that e ~ useless
10 recOmmeuce work four days before
Christmas and have dismissed their
workmen until Jan. n. Most OF the
other unchanged factories haveresurn.I
work The railroads and telegraph lines
are resumlng business slowly The d..
reotors OF the kazau line have dls.
missed every official or other employe
Of the line and are engaging an entire
new force. using "a nucleus a few
veterans. Other roads
probably viii follow their example.