The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-01-26
SPREADS TO MOSCOW
TROUBLE AT ST. PETERSBURG
PFEClPlTATEs STRIKE AT
THE OLD CAPITAL.
WHOLE CITY VERY EXCITED
NEWS OF eLooDsHED ON SUNDAY
ARoUsEs WoRkMEN TO I'M
MEDIATE ACTION.
TROOPS SCARCE AT MOSCOW
AND THE STRIKERS ARE MORE
NUMEROUS THAN IN TIE
CAPITAL CITY.

| London, Jan. 24.-lt is rumored that
che water supply of ST. Petersburg has
been cut off and that rl1e city is in
flames. The strikers are using dyna
mite on the troops.
ST. Petersburg, Jan. 24.-The most
startling feature in the situation now
is the news that several factories in
| Moscow have closed and that the
workingmen in the old capital of Mes
COW are repeating the tactics of their
| fellow workmen of the new capital,
marching from shop to shop and mill
| to mill, demanding that the establish
ments be shut down. The whole city
is reported to be in state of great
excitement over the news OF the blood
shed here Sunday which has precipi-
! been planned for Wednesday,. Mos
COW has more workmen and less
troops than st. Petersburg and be-
sides is just now the heart OF the Lib
eral movement and the danger OF
| bloodier occurrences there than have
been witnessed here are proportionate-
ly greater. A rising at Moscow is al
so more likely to have greater results
industrially and politically than tina.
in st. Petersburg.
Strike Will Spread to Other Cities.
According to private reports the
workmen in several other cities, not
ably Kharkoff, where large locomotive
works are located, already have COM
pleted plans for general suspension
of work.
Moreover, reports are current that
the workmen who otherwise would be
forced back into the shops or starve,
have received assurances of financial
support from the sources which hither-
to have furnished the sinews of war
to the Liberal and Socialistic agita-
ton, but have never before been in
touch with the labor movement.
If the strike becomes general all
over Russia, and especially if the rail
roads are drawn in, it might imne-
diately force the nation to make peace
with Japan.
The situation appears grave from
every standpoint; but the authorities,
although apparently somewhat be-
wildered, declare their purpose tc
stand firm, maintaining that it is their
first duty to preserve order, scouting
the idea of actual revolution.
So far the authorities are only con
cerned with the public sentiment
abroad, where they declare e1aggerat
ed reports create false impression.
Gar May Issue q Manifesto.
There are extremely significant re-
ports that Emperor Nicholas, in max
ing the decision at the extraordinary
meeting Of the council Of the empire
at Tsarskoe Selo Monday to declare
st. Petersburg in a state Of siege, an
Eounced that he had resolved to issue
a manifesto to the people with a view
to calming them, promising to create
a mixed commission of wOrkmen and
officials to investigate and decide the
questions of the demands of the strtk-
ers, especially the one affecting hours
of labor, which Russian law fixes at
eleven. The representative of the
workmen, according to this report, are
not to be appointed. but selected BY
the laboring men themselves. This
would be the first concession to the
representative principle.
According to reports, the emperor
will also promise to investigate Sun
days events in ST. Petersburg.
Monday there was nosTepetition OF
the deplorable occurrences of Sunday,
with the exception that a single blank
the Warsaw station. Careful investi-
cation shows that no bullets were
fired. The military everywhere had
firm grip on the situation, and the po-
lice used every precaution, such as
forbiddlng the sale Of petroleum and
advising people to remain indoors.
Conditions Appeared to BE Ominous.
The tension, which was somewhat
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increase during the day. Conditions
appeared to be ominous when, shortly
after drak, the workmen in two cleo
trio light plants walked cut, refurl
triple pay to remain, ard plunged bah
the city into utter darkness, including
the Nevsky Prospect, which is in the
fashionable residence quarter The
water supply also was cut off and
veritable panic ensued.
Tales that dynamite was in the pos
session of strikers and that it was
their purpose to sack and burn the
town had been in circulation and many
troops were called out to guard the