Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-01
WHITE FLAGS FLYING
LAST OF THE FIGHTING LEGIoNS
SURRENDERED AT MOSCOW.


in the tenement house district of Presna,
where the revolutionaries made their last
stand, now bear mute witness to the end
of the December uprising In Moscow"
The entire district is now occupied by
troops.
During the night the vast majority of the
members of the lighting legions' either
surrendered or, after throwing away their
arms, endeavored to escape in the gu:se of
peaceful citizens. Only the members who
acted as guard to the revolutionary COM
mittee stuck to their colors. and the sur
render of this handful this morning fur
nished the last act of the sanguinary
drama.
The staging OF this last act was admirable
"a snow-covered landscape, the small.
black residence. with a tiny red flag fut-
tering from its gable the end of Gorobat off
bridge, black with the guns of the artillery,
and a thin enctrcling line of the Seminov-
sky Regiment of the guard, broken only
directly In the line of fire. Suddenly there
was fash of red fire from the mouth of
one of the guns and solid shot plowed
through the walls of the house. few
spluttering shots replied from window.
The cannon spoke again and again until a
dozen shots had been fired.
Thirty Men Surrendered.
1t looked like murder to the spectators on
hill, and so, evidently, thought the officer
In command of the battery, which ceased
fire. A reserve company Of the Seminovsky
regiment then advanced and fired volleys at
the upper windows. At the third volley a
white handkerchief attached to bayonet
was pushed through a shattered pane. 1t
waved frasatically, and all was over.
The little garrison of thirty marched out
and laid down their arms, a strange collec
ton of rifles and repeating shotguns. All
had revolvers.
Strange to say not one of the men had
even been wounded, and when they found
that they would not be executed they ap-
peared to be rather relieved that the end
of the struggle had come. They gathered
around the soldiers bivouac, stretched their
hands eagerly over the cheerful fire, and
begged cigarettes from the guards.
The number of prisoners is being con-
stantly augmented, most OF the new ar
rivals being arrested at the bridges or at
other points of egress in the Presna dis
trict. which Is crowded with refugees.
Showing Of Resistance by Few.
After the fall of the Prokharoff cotton
mill and other factories, council was has
tily 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 to-
gether SO as to keep up a show Of fight,
under cover of which the others could
escape.
After the final surrender the inhabitants
swarmed into the streets Of the district,
and in a remarkably short time cleared
away the remains of the barricades and
other Instructions with which for week
the revolutionaries had blockaded the dis
trict. This morning a correspondent found
one street where on Friday It was neces-
so fn oil nN-6y> ri hoy lfac nj "a r
from end to end. All these, except three
which were carried by the troops yester-
day, were demolished by the inhabitants,
who were as Industrious in tearing them
down as they had been in erecting them.
AS the correspondent proceeded he was
several times searched by soldiers, who
were endeavoring to discover revolutionary
literature the best means Of Identifying
the revolutionaries The soldiers were con-
siderably .perpleXed by the strange Ian
guage In which the notes in the pockets OF
the correspondent were written, but in each
case he was released. In squads of five the
soldiers penetrated every house searching
for weapons.
Surprisingly Small Losses.
Considering the intensity of yesterdays
bonrbardment, when as many as five shots
a minute were fired, besides the steady vol
ieys of the infantry, the losses are surpris-
ingly small. not more than forty Of the
revolutionaries or the Inhabitants being
killed and only about 200 being wounded In
the district.
The artillery yesterday was concentrated
mainly against the factories fringing the
district, but the revolutionaries usually de-
camped at the first shot, taking refuge in
the cellars of neighborng houses.
The shrapnel and rifle bullets did not
penetrate beyond the outer walls and in
only a few instances did the walls show
complete penetration by the solid shot
DO,,Jn 1t via nd a hal a.
rolf, Manontoff, and other factories, where,
according to last nights reports. over 1000
of the fighters had persisted in the ruins.
He found fragments of Shraprel every
where but no trace of slaughter. He was
informed by a caretaker who had stuck
to his post throughout the fighting, that
there was only one person killed and that
a dozen were wounded.
Workmen in Angry Mood.
The worEmen's council, or what is the
effect of it outside prison, has formally
declared the strike off. The revolutionaries
have managed to get out a proclamation
declaring that the purposes of the revolt
have been fully accomplished and calling
upon the proletariat to prepare for a de-
csive battle January %. A great many
of the workmen, however, are IN an angry
mood. They claim that they have been
deceived by the revolutionaries and that
their families are starving. These are
threatening vengeance on the agitators.
Some of the employers, like Mr.. Barry Of
the American boiler works, will shorten
the usual Christmas vacation from sixteen
to four days in order to allow the men to
earn something.
1t is reported that band of revolution
aries Saturday attacked the political prison,
but were beaten off with severe loss.
The total casualties during the uprising
have been greatly overestlmated, but 1t is
difficult to obtain reliable figures. Up to
Friday night only 1877 were formally re-
ported as dead and 227 as wounded
Gov Gen. DoubassoT has issued proc
lamation forbfdding well-disposed citizens
to shelter revolutionaries, but the former
are powerless, as the revolut ionarines APP
pear at their houses with revolvers in
their hands.