Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1918-02-10

grad which lee 10 the ONerLnEON u
the provisional government under ke-
rensky. Moscow was also the scene
Of heavy street fighting in which sew
eral thousand residents were report
ed killed. many houses destroyed and
historic buildings Of the Kremlin nd
died with bullets and shells originally
prepared for use against the Ger
mans. No complete account OF the
troubles at first reached the pOpulace,
owing to the suspension of the news
papers. and the Outro ROssi Morn
Of Russial Of November q. a copy Of
which has Just reached this country,
first printed a summary Of events
CAV BY day, from November Z to No
vember l.. from which a picture OF
the revolution in the second Russian
capital can be obtained
The news OF the BOlsheviki revOlu-
ton and the overthrow OF the pro
visional government in PerOgrac
reached Moscow November = Depu-
ties Of the wOrkmen and soldiers 1.-THE
Bolsheviki factiOnl and representa-
tives of the municipal duma. under
whose banner the anti-BOlsheTikl
forces rallied. each Immediately took
steps to form an organization TO seize
the helm in Moscow, the representa-
tives O. those two hostile powers gath
ering respectively in the palace Of the
governor general and the building OF
the municipal council Both sides felt
distinctly the inevitable approach Of
z sanguinary encounter
The BOlsheyiki element in control
of the council OF workmen's and sol
diers' deputies put through by a
large majority a resolution to appoint
q military revolutionary committee TO
act in harmony with the new Bolshe-
Wiki regime The committee at once
issued an order calling upon the Mos
COW garrison 10 be ready for action
al any moment and to obey only or
ders Of the military revolutionary com
mittee- The rival body gathered In
the duma, though admittedly lacking
physical power TO oppose the troops
OF the revolutionary military commit
tee. organized a committee Of public
safety and by proclamation called
upon citizens and soldiers 10 obey
only this authority and disregard all
G4a46AAAe
from the military revolutionary com
mittee Representatives Of various
political parties, professional and
class corporations and some military
units called TO offer to the committee
of public safety their full support and
il necessary, their lives
While this preliminary interchange
OF prOclamatiOns was going on the
BOIsheviki forces had adopted a poll
cy of action and had on November Z
and succeeded in occupying the
Kremlin, the post and telegraph Of
fees and had made an armed attack
on the guard al the municipal duma-
The real fighting, however, had not
yet begun Both sides were gathering
their forces for battle
The following morning the comman-
der OF the Moscow military district,
who had sided with the anti-BOlshe-
Wiki committee of public safety, pro-
claimed Moscow in a state Of siege.
and ordered all troops true to the
revolution and to the provisional gov
eminent 10 hurry 10 the rescue Of Mos
COW, and al that evening presented
TO the military revolutionary commit
llA4lAdLuA INT
date dissolution OF the committee
and the withdrawal from the Kremlin
of the Bolsheviki military units which
had occupied it This ultimatum was
disregarded by the Bolsheviki. who
had during the day looted the arsenal
and gunshops and distributed the
arms among their followers.
That night the first blood flowed,
BOlsheviki detachment firing from
ambush upon guards protecting the
municipal dHma building The civil
war now inaugurated was TO last for
days and TO cost thousands Of lives
During the whole night Of the 9th
skirmishing was going On between Boil
sheTiki troops and those Of the CON-
nittee OF public safety. Heavy gun
fUc vas heard in the Arbat region;
the cannOnade increased toward morn
ing and continued heavy during the
entire day Of the 10th, growing in in
tensity toward noon
The streets Of the town were trans
formed into military camps and filed
with armed patrols. barricades were
erected and trenches dug in various
places. a general strike, proclaimed
by the BOlsheviki committee, par
alyzed business and economic life, af-
fected all factories and shops. stopped
the street car service and closed every
store, including bakeries and grocer
les Normal street life of course
ceased entirely.
The Kremlin was stormed during
the day by the cadets and loyal gov
eminent troops and the BOlshevih
surrendered Other BolsheViki troops
scattered over the whole city and con-
tinued fighting That evening encour-
aging news was received from the
front by the committee OF public
safety, the commandments tele-
graphing that he was sending to aid
in suppressing the BoIsheyiki mutiny
a brigade OF the guards with artillery,
which would reach Moscow November
u. while the cOmmander-in-chief OF
the western front wired that cavalry
were approaching Moscow TO aid
against the Bolsheyiki
The capture by government troops
Of the Kremlin and their successful
activity in other parts of the town in
duced the BOlsheviki to start peace
pourpsrlers with the committee OF pub
lie safety. This submitted demands