Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-07
COSSACKS RIDE
DOWN STRIKERS
Went Through Them, Striking
With Heavy Whips,
W0R KMEN ARE ORGANIZED.
Concealed Preparation Something
Unprecedented Epidemic of In
cendiarism spreading.

London, Aug. 6,-The Daily Mails
Nikaeloen correspondent under date OF
Aug. ?, fully confirms the Tlme5'
correspondent's accounts Of strikes in
South Russia. The correspondent says
that a quarter of million men are af-
fected and that simultaneously strikes
occurred over a vast industrial area.
He says that the amount Of studied
organization and well concealed pre-
paraton was unprecedented In the
troubled annals of Russian labor.
Prices Of the necessaries OF life are ris-
ing by leaps and bounds. The strikers,
D the whole, have preserved exemplary
oraer but this has not SAVED them rom
savage attacks. directed by Cen Are
nieff. governor Of odessa.
Groups of men who assembled last
Saturday with the intention OF holding
a meeting were driven into solid mass
by 800 Cossacks, backed by two lines
OF infantry with fixed bayonets, About
1000 strikers being thus enclosed by a
double Gordon. The 'ossacks rode
through them. striking right and left
with heavy whips, the fallen men be-
ing trampled under the horses feet
when the living mass had been
thoroughly kneaded TO the governors
Will continues the correspondents
numerous men We're arrested as sus-
pected agitators. The infantry then
marched OF, and the strikers scattered
I'm dozen directions with Cossacks at
their heels. II is rumored that 400
strikers were more or less seriously in
juTed. and that from six to a dozen sue
cumbed The whole affair Is a typical
piece Of administrative sayagery
THE extraordinary feature OF the
movement az Odessa II that the police
and gendarmes belonging to one depot
threatened TO throw of their uniforms
and risk all the terrors Of insubOrdi-
nation unless the miserable pittance Of
II to "a pence which they are
allowed daily was increased ana
the hours OF labor reduced. Siberia Is
losing its terrors even for Russian pos
licemen
"The epidemic OF incendiarism Is
spreading through Russia Sracely a
day passes without news Of conngra-
tions. AT Baku alone the destruction
has been colossal Tens Of millions OF
gallons of naptha have been burned. In
"a Of The largest towns the damage
due to fire the past month Is estimated
at Nl0C0000.
"rhe object Of the bulk Of the fires Is
TO get the Insurance money Many OF
the incendiaries are Jews and the In
surance companies In some cases have
raised premiums 80 per cent. Public
opinion IN Odessa Is entirely on the sid
OF the striking sailors end stokers. \
wealthy company which has been en-
ploylng men for years has paid sailors
at the rate Of only % shillings a
month
The Standards odessa correspondent,
under date OF Aug 2. says that all
the trades have now resumed work aud
that the strike Is practically end,d, but
that the city will remain under martial
law for al least another 10 days.
The strikers did not get all they de-
manded but in most cases were met
with fair-spirited compromise on the
part Of the employers.
According TO the correspondent the
local odessa papers on the day the DIS
patch was sent announced that the
governor had Issued a statement TO the
effect that he had summarlly convicted
II persons and had sentenced
them 20 three months Imprisonment
for disturbing the public order
The names given include many Jews