The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-10-27
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RUSSIA ISOLATED FROM REST
OF EUROPE AS RESULT OF
STRIKE ON RAILWAYS.
SITUATION IS DECIDEDLY kEAAcIAG
MILITARY INTERFERENCE. AND
RLooDsHED WILL FOLLOW
r. RIOTS OR DISORDER.

practically isolated1Hrom the rest Of
the continent of Europe, as the inter
national train service on all the lines
has virtually ceased. The tieup in
the interior is more complete. The
only trains running are operated by
the railroad battalions.
The strike contagion is spreading
All classes of Workmen are organizing
sympathetic strikes and industrial life
Is coming to a standstill. The situa.
tion cannot long continue. Either the
workmen will soon be starved into sub:
mission or pillage, with military inter.
ference and bloodshed on large scale,
are bound to follow.
At Moscow 600 cabmen have already
fought the strikers, whom they charge
with taking the bread out Of their
mouths. In many cities, especially at
Moscow, the question of food is becom.
ing extremely serious.
Collisions between troops and strik
ers are reported to have occurred at
several places. II
At Ekaterinoslav regular pitched
battle between the soldiers and strik-
ers was fought and the city was left in
darkness. But as a rule the revolu.
tionary leaders are keeping their men
ill hand.
Communication by telegraph with
many interior points is interrupted.
Panic at ST. Petersburg.
The whole country is becoming
alarmed and in st. Petersburg an in
cipient panic prevails. The boats and
the Finnish, trains, now the only means
Of egress, are crowded with people
fleeing abroad. The situation here has
grown much worse over night The
ranks of the 10000 workmen from the
mills and factories who joined the
strikers Wednesday were increased by
10000 more during the morning. All
the employees Of the port, 1000 in mum.
ber, walked out and $4,000 other men
from the steel works left work in a
body.
The inhabitants of st. Petersburg
awoke to find the capital resembling a
beleaguered city. The shops in the
Vasiliostrov district and in all the
suburbs are closed, windows are board.
ed and barred and mounted patrols
are to be seen everywhere in the
streets. Except in the heart of the city
women and children are afraid to ven
ture out. Workmen are gathering at
all the places frequented in the days
OF Father Gapon, but they are quiet
and the Cossacks have had no provo
cation to interfere. The general ap-
pearance of the town is menacing.
All the st. Petersburg schools we're
closed during the day and the children,
to return until their parents think it
safe to do so.
Suffering Falls on the Poor.
The prices of food have gone up and
the supply of beef is only sufficient for
three days, but there are ample sup
plies of wheat and rye for two months.
The emperor and the court at Peterhof
are supplied by a warship from St.
afford it have fastened to lay in sup
plies and stand siege The suffering
falls the heaviest on the poor, who live
from hand to mouth All the bakers
sold out their bread before noon The
meat dealers have been ordered by the.
revolutionists not to deliver meat to
the troops Under pain of death and
consequently the soldiers are living on
canned food.
The great strike promises to delay
and possibly interrupt the negotiations
for the. new Russian loan. The inter
national bankers who are here do not
seem greatly disturbed by the situa-
tion, although they are constantly in
receipt of threatening letters from the
reyolutionists warning them that if
they contract loan without the con-
sent OF the national assembly its will
be repudiated. Nevertheless, they are.
not disposed to close with the govern
ment until the situation has cleared up.
BY imperial order the garrison of st.
Petersburg has been placed under the
command of General Trepoff, assistant
minister of the interior, who is held
responsible for the safety and order of
the capital.
Battleship Reported Destroyed.
London, Oct. PA dispatch to the
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