Show fighting continues in moscow throughout the day troops are gradually getting the upper hand of insurgents s st petersburg dec 26 1155 p m emperor nicholas and count witte received tonight a report from general durasoff Du basoff governor general of mis cow baying that the revolt there had failed that the military had the situation in hand and that whatever disaffection may have existed among the troops had been overcome by attacks on them with bombs and revolvers to which they had been subjected from the windows and roots of houses and which had so enraged them that they could hardly be restrained although the rebellion may flare up immediately elsewhere and although there la an indication of an upheaval at odessa it the attempt at armed rebellion in moscow should be crushed the leaders of the reds will receive a blow from which they cannot quickly recover count watte is not so blind as to believe that the revolution can be stamped out but with the present demonstration on of the lengths to which the revolutionists will attempt to go he hopes that the moderates ot all classes will come to their senses and aid in counseling ot order and in accelerating the conviction ot the douma the law governing the elections which was published today among the developments here today the most important was the capture of the leaders ot the fighting legions abich it Is believed ends the danger ot an attempt at an armed uprising in st petersburg this capture it Is understood places in the hands ot the government complete information regarding revolutionary plans and the place where arms are concealed as well as disclosing the weak spots in the army shortly before 9 tonight the of the associated press at moscow telephoned that there seemed to be no longer doubt that the insurrection was collapsing the insurgents still held the quadrangle in which the work mens council was sitting as revolutionary lutio nary committee but because only general Dou basoff was not yet ready to give the coup de grace firing continued intermittently throughout tho day at 6 automatic guns were being used in Str astner square but the insurgents were becoming exhaust ed after their tour days efforts and the fighting rapidly degenerating into guerilla warfare the insurgents were defending themselves with revolvers and bombs as they were being hunted down from house to boube the says that the entire population of ine city it terror stricken and that after dark the back streets present a weird and uncanny appearance As he drove to the telephone he saw only a few civilians who were slinking along by the ade 0 the walls so as to avoid the police and cavalry patrols who fire without the windows of the houses arc stuff fed with mattresses and blankets and ao light is showing the police carry with bayonets fixed general Douba soft la enforcing the most rigid martial law and no per eon ie allowed on the streets after 9 at night about one third of the workmen have left the city and are traveling on foot to the villages bome of which are hundreds of miles distant among the lower classes which did not sympathize with the desire to overcome the emperor the feeling is becoming intense and in many cases strikers have been beaten to death the correspondent predicts that the crushing 0 the rebellion is likely to be followed by abo most horrible atrocities of the black hundreds are let loose governor general Dou basoff unknown to the public is directing matters from his headquarters in the metropolitan ro hotel which is barricades barricaded barrica ded and den tended by machine guns the concentration of the t he troops in the city to fight the insurgents allowed the strikers and revolutionaries a tree hand in neighboring industrial towns like and in the former place armed men were sent to reinforce the insurgents and at the situation became so threatening that mr purdy vice president of the new york air brake company the works of which ate in that town and are valued at sent an urgent message to the governor general today through the american consul appealing for the protection of the property and of the americana who are employed there st petersburg dec ag 5 p m from the standpoint of the government there was slight improvement in the outlook this afternoon notwithstanding the decision of the work mens council to continue the strike many of the strikers broke away including bout one third of the employed emp loyes of the works several hundreds in other factories and portions of the mill men it is evident that the leaders must precipitate matters or the strike will go to pieces from the standpoint ot the leaders all now depends on the situation at moscow A telephone message just received press from moscow associated toy the fighting continued throughout the gays the day but the populace is not participating and the troops are gradually the soldiers band the upper getting of the hemming in the main body are near insurgents in the station bounded by the brest railroad and the oi street boulevards in and have the insurgents this fortified every inch of lines with felled trees and telegraph poles and street cars in front of which they have constructed a network of antan clements gle ments artillery is being used mercilessly ci two 0 the four grenadier regiments have returned to duty and are fighting on the side 0 the government troops also have arrived from st petersburg the fires which destroyed the brest railroad station and other places last night have been practically extinguished and the danger of destruction of the city by fire seems to be over tor the present destruction of the city by fire seems i to bo over for the present As the correspondent of the associated press drove through the accessible streets of the city he saw the patrols firing every times the people gathered in groups in the boulevard ho saw three volleys fired and a dazen persons fall while the remainder fled he met a dozen improvised red cross wagons bringing in dead or wounded tor whom there was no longer a place in the morgues or hospitals necessitating the temporary use ot residences all oer the city there are marks of the battle which has raged in the I 1 streets tor three days and the distant booming of cannon shows that the j fighting is not yet at an end houses 1 have been completely demolished by the artillery and everywhere windows I 1 have been smashed by bullets 1 govenor Douba sofE has prohibited the opening of windows the better classes are afraid to venture on the streets owing to the tact that numerous bombs and other deadly missies are being thrown from the windows or roofs of houses near the triumphal arch could be seen today the red flags of the insurgents flying above their barricades soldiers surrounded the i continental hotel and artillery was I 1 brought up as it was claimed that a shot had been fired from one oatho windows it was with difficulty that i the landlord the troops not to demolish the building As the correspondent entered the telephone exchange a few minutes ago he saw two agitators shot by a passing patrol artillery can be heard at work near the nicholas station two attempts on the life of the prefect of police by students one of them a woman were frustrated the students were arrested the bourse gazette says it Is reported that general prefect of po jice of st petersburg has been informed by telephone that the number of dead or wounded at moscow number and that when questioned tonight the general did not deny that such a report had been received the bourse today was barely steady as yesterdays decline imperial as were quoted at |