The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-07
Strikers Enter a Mill and De-
strOy the Machinery.
assassin A STUDENT
He Is Sullen and Refuses to
Talk.
Rushing Work on Cruisers and
Battleships.

LODI, Russian Poland. Feb. THE
factories were opened today. but
scarcely any of the workmen ap-
peared- At one factory the men
worked until lunch time and then left
and refused to return, saying they did
not want to be killed by a bullet from
the street fred through the door.
Another factory abruptly ended work.
The situation appears to be gettin9
worse and critical time is expected
February 9, the date on which some
of the largest manufacturers have de-
cided to pay their employees the bal
ance of their wages. dismiss them and
shut down the mills indefinitely.
The strikera-are becoming mere
aggressive. This morning they for
cably entered a mill and destroyed the
machinery.
Father Gopon- Headed for London.
New York. Feb. IA Russian
priest who has arrived in Geneva,
Switzerland, reports, according to the
Herald correspondent there, that
Father GopOn, recently leader Of the
workmen In St Petersburg, Travelled
with him to Basel and continued
from there to Paris. his dnal destina-
ton being London. Gopon Is said to
be in the best Of health and was not
wounded
Growing Worse.
Batoum, Caucasia. Feb. Inc
strike situation here is growing
worse. Business Is practically at 6
standstin although some steamers
have succeeded in getting away. Food
is becoming more scarce. The mill
tary governor has issued a proclama-
ton warning the inhabitants against
| assembling in crowds.
Assassin Identified.
Helsingfors, Finland, Feb. THE
assassin of Soisalon Soininen,, pro-
I p of fr11a
| shot and killed yesterday at his resi-
dence by young man dressed in an
officers uniform, has been identified
as Karl Lenard HOhenthal, formerly
| a student at the Imperial Alexander
university here Hohenthal. who lat
4 terly lived in Stockholm, returned to
Finland January 49,. He maintains
obstinate silence under examination.
| Senator Akerman, who has assumed
the duties of procuratOr of the SEN
ate, is directing the investigation OF
the crime. The wounds inflicted on
the assassin by the son of Soininen
are not of dangerous character
KuropatIzin Reports.
st. Petersburg, Feb. 7.-Gen. Kuro-
patkin reports that a detachment of
Cossacks commanded by Prince Mag
aIof attacked a village occupied by
the Japanese the night of February 5,
bayoneted so men, and retired without
sustaining any loss.
The Berlin TagebIatt today printed
Nicholas recently found in his study a
letter threatening him with assassina-
ton. An investigation of the rumor
ELECTED semi official statement that
it was unfounded.
Many Strikers Killed.
Warsaw, Feb. Several men were
killed here today by strikers in
bakeries and elsewhere. where at
tempts were made to resume work.
Many arrests have been made.
The price Of provisions has gone up.
The peasants are afraid to bring in
their produce.
out the employees of the electrical light
plant for the institution for lunatics,
but the doctors succeeded in pacifying
the men,
twenty workmen have been killed or
wounded in strike disorders there to-
day, while at Slzarzysko "a have been
killed and 10 wounded.
Grave trouble is also reported at
Kutno today. Troops have been sent
to Kutno from here.
RojestvenslKy Can't Wait.
st. Petersburg, Feb. THE dock yard
authorities at Constadt are completing the
preparation for active service of the bat
tlesnin Alexander II the cruisers Farnyat
S9zsva and admiral KorniIoff and the gun
boat Grozjastchy, which, with the new
battleship slaya, viii form the second
squadron. These reinforcements are ex-
pected to sail at the end of May. Tho
statement that the first division Of this
squadron will leave Iibau in the middle OF
nirai Rojestvensky will be unable to
await its arrival. because he viii have to
soon season, which begins in March and
renders navigation impossible for torpedo
vessels Admiral ROjestvenslxy viii prob
ably proceed to the far east at the end
of February after the arrival of Rear Ad-
rniral Botrovsly's S division.