The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-11-23
STRIKE IS CALLED OFF
Russian WOrkmen'S Council Claim a
Great Victory.
MUTINRERy LIVES ARE SAVED.
The Moscow Railroad Mems Strike Also Report.
ed Euded-Oiticers of the Guard Regiments
10 ST. Petersburg Inform Social Democratic
Leaders Of the Progress of Revolutionary
Sentiment Among the Soldiers.

ST. Petersburg (By Cable)-The work
mems council at 3 o'clock Sunday morn
ing decided to call off the industrial strike
Monday at noon, claiming that the great
victory had been achieved and that the
lives of 1000 Cronstadt mutineers have
been saved The railroad strike at Mos
COW has also been declared off.
The worknen's council held protract-
cd session and hotly discussed the ques-
ton of the abandonment OF the strike.
Many OF those present, especially the
leaders of the extremist faction, advocated
a continuance of the strike, declaring
that only war to the knife with the gov
ermnent was possible, and urged that the
strike be enforced until the Cronstadt
mutineers were Internationally pardoned
and martial law in Poland abolished.
The intransigeants insisted that the in
dustrial proetariat of the whole country
was ready to flare out i'll a resumption
OF the former general strike if the ST..
Petersburg workmen would stand to their
guns only few days longer.
They declared that the strike committee
in Moscow was debating the question OF
joining the call for A universal strike and
produced telegram from Rybinsb saying
that the worllmen in the shops of the mo-
tor department of the railroad had struck
and that traffic was at a standstill.
The orators of the other faction re-
Sented sharply the insinuations of treach-
cry and poltroOuery and warned their
opponents that they ran the danger OF
being deserted and entirely discredited if
they persisted in ordering a continuance
Of the strike. The division of sentiment
has been acute among the leaders of the
large body of workmen who opposed the
strike and who hitherto have been held in
line through loyalty.
The railroad strike committee covered
the abandonment OF its position in the
following proclamations
The strike Of the ST. Petersburg rail-
roads worllmen has shown the govern
meut that the execution OF cruel meas
ures, like the death penalty will always
meet the active resistance OF the working
classes. The strike has shown that our
power is growing, and, If later the conf
mittee finds it necessary 10 offer the gov
erment decisive battle, we will conquer.
Comrades: guard yourselves for the
! struggle When it is found necessary
ali the railroads in Russia will strike
Immediately and will continue the strug-
/ gle until the government tulhllS all our
/ political and economic demands"
twenty-five officers of the guard regi-
ments are reported to have met a COM
mittee of Social Democrats at an aristo-
cratic residence on the English quay last
night and TO have informed the COM
mittec of the progress being made by the
Revolutionary sentiment among the troops
/ While many officers and men are siding
with The proletariat, the officers told the
committee that none OF the regiments
were yet ready TO openly desert the gov
ernment in a body in the event OF a con-
tlic:.
The recent events at Cronstadt and
! NladivoStok have caused considerable ex-
element among the Russian naval forces
at Sebastopol. These, however, are moi
very large. The total number of sailors
! does not exceed OOOO