The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-24

st. Petersburg, Jan. 24.-The night was
quiet. There are no signs of undue eX-
citement this morning, although thou
sands of workmen are strolling through
the streets. A number OF government
printers resumed work this morning
Moscow. Jan. 24-The strike is spread
ing rapidly. All the printing works
have been stopped. No newspapers will
be issued tomorrow.
Thus far there have been no collis-
ions with the police.
Employees of the Bachrushin, Micha-
loff, Linder and Scraeder factories have
joined in the strike.
The strikers here at noon today total
led 10000.
Kovno, Russia. Jan. 24.-work has
been stopped at all the factories and
railroad shops here
wilma, Russia, Jan. IA strike
has commenced here The town is
quiet
Lull Is Temporary.
St. Petersburg. Jan. "a, 2:3O p. M
While the city is quiet, there is still
extreme tension in St Petersburg, but
from Moscow comes reports that dis
order has begun there, and the lull
here may be only the precursor of an
factory has started up. This is very
significant. as indicating that the
workmen are being supplied with the
sineWS of war. NOnS nave applied Tor
have two weeks pay coming TO them.
The crowds in the streets are sullen,
and several thousand additional troops
were brought in at daylight and housed
in barracks Machine gun batteries
were also placed at several points for
emergencies The terror of the peO-
pie has been somewhat relieved, but
the dread of the next few days con-
tinues. Many foreigners are leaving
Russia. The foreign embassies are not
manifesting alarm. They are express
ing confidence that the government
will be able to handle the situation,
and there is nothing now warranting
apprehension for the lives or safety
of their fellow countrymen- The au-
thorities insist that the danger of the
situation is exaggerated, continuing to
scout the idea of a revolution and
maintaining the ability Of the govern
ment to meet all emergencies.
Traffic between St Petersburg and
Moscow and St Petersburg and War
saw is uninterrupted The northern
express arrived on schedule time.
During the afternoon came the news
that workmen were going out at
KovnO and Wilma, but particulars were
lacking.
Although the crowds on the Nevsky
Prospect continued to increase during
the afternoon. just as they did yester-
day there have been no collisions up
to this hour Moreover. during the
day several of the smaller mills re-
sumed work and the men at other
mills assured their employers that they
were anxious to return but that the
strikers threatened to kill them if they
did so.
The widest rumors are in circula-
ton A mob is reported to be march
ing on TsarskOe-Selo to see the en-
Versailles to ask King Louis XVI of
France for bread in 1879, but the story
is utterly without foundation.
In certain quarters where the woes
of Russia are always laid to the door
of Great Britain the feeling against
the British has become intense, it be-
ing charged that the British are fur
nishing money to bring about a revO-
luton.
Japanese Are Interested.
Toxic Jan. 24.=The japanese are
keenly watching the developments at
St Petersburg. The newspapers pub
fishing extras with accounts of the
riots are eagerly read The people
were shocked at the death roll and
there is a widespread feeling that the
bureaucracy win be powerless to stem
the tide of reform and that the down
fall of the bureaucratic system must
end the war.
A member of a foreign legation
said: THE war is over unless the
Russian people are crushed with an
iron heel 1t has brought about a
crisis. The Japanese army is now
fighting the battle of the Russian peo-
pie"
500 Compelled to Strike.
Moscow. Jan. PA body of strikers at
noon today forced their way into the
works of the firm of Hopper and cOmpell-
ed 800 men to join the strike Simulta-
neously factories and other works were
closed throughout the district adjoining
DanitOf street