Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-20
If Strike Can be Successfully
Maintained Expect to Break
Governments Back.
NOW APPEALING TO TROOPS.
Manifesto to Army is so Inflam-
matory that Radical Papers
Do Not Dare Print II.
During strike IL is Proposed TO Stop
All Papers and Distribute Only Or.
gan OF Workmcn's Council.

st. Petersburg Dec. 90 100 p. me-
The proclamation OF general strike for
tomorrow at noon has created the most
intense excitement, II II can be sue
cessfully begun and maintained the
revoluiionares are confident that 1t
will break the governments back In
government circles, however. confidence
Is expressed that the proletariat organ
i2ations cannot effect q complete tie
up, and that the strike must be OF short
duration. This hope seems based on
the theory that the extreme program
Of the reds has alienated the SYM
patty Of a large proportion of the real
workmen and also upon what they
claim TO be absolute knowledge that the
organizations are without funds The
governments calculations, however
have proved deploably at variance
with the true situation in the past and
the strike leaders declare the govern
ment Is again hopelessly ignorant OF
the magnitude Of the struggle confront
ing it, Their plans are exceedingly am
bilious.
APPEALS TO TROOPS.
From the nature Of the appeals Of the
leaders to the troops it Ia evident that
they expect to precipitate a crisis in the
army.
The central committee Of the railroad
men at Moscow which determined the
issue last night by voting in favor Of
strike has telegraphed over the rail-
road lines that the employees OF % roads
are ready to stop all traffic. The de-
cson is TO close everything in the em-
pire railroads, manufaet uries whole
sale and retail stores and all govern
ment works except the waterworks The
bakeries In the cities, however, will
not be closed so long as they do not
ia'se their prices II they raise the price
Of bread even the bakeries will be clos
ed. IL was proposed in Moscow TO ex-
omDt the electric light plants, but this
was defeated.
Although the blow s timed for to-
morrow noon on account of the dlfficul.
~ OF communication the strike leaders
do not hope TO bring the life of the
empire to standstill by single stroke
but they will labor for gradual extern
sion of the strike movement.
MANIFESTO INFLAMMATORY.
The nature of the manifesto of the
workmen's council Of Moscow to tn,
army is 80 intiammatory that even the
radical papers are afraid to print H.
During the strike II is proposed TO stop
all papers and To- print and Distribute
only the organ of the workmen's coun-
ell.
The police are hunting down and ar
resting the strike leaders as rapidly as
they can be found Comparatively few
captures have been made. as the leaders
keep In hiding, avoiding their residences
and meeting In secret, each time at
different locality.
GOVERNMENT HELPLESS.
The helplessness OF the government in
this crisis Is demonstrated by the in
ability of Interior Minister Duruovo
last night to get through Instructions 10
arrest the members of the workmen's
council OF Moscow. lie attempted TO
use the railroad wires but the operators
obeyed the dictum of the council and
refused to send the messages. The gov
eminent is unable TO forward instruc-
ton TO Gen. Linevitch. commander o.
the Manchurlan army. Five operators
In succession on the railroad lines de-
cllned to send a cipher message signed
by the emperor.
STRIKE ON IN MOSCOW.
ST. Petersburg, Dec 20,--On account
OF some confusion the general strike
was proclaimed at Moscow at noon
today instead of tomorrow. II was be-
gun there with a complete suspension
OF the street railway service
The government enters on the new
struggle greatly crippled The situa-
tion IN the Baltic provinces is growing
steadily worse and IN the caucasus the
renewal OF the outbreak Of the Tartars
and Arnenians has produced another
reign OF terror. The inhabitants OF
Tifis and other cities are begging the
authorities TO furnish them with arms
TO organize q militia for self-protec-
ton At Sebastopo new mutinies have
occurred and 1000 soldiers have been
disarmed and are under guard. The
troops at Kharkon have revolted aud
tho Inhabitants are still administering
the city.
The weather has become very cold
Deep snow covers the country as far
south as Kieff. II is believed that
few days hunger and starvation viii
easily drive the people 20 desperation
and provoke uprislngs and attacks on
strikes and perhaps general pillage
UNION PRESIDENT ARRESTED.
AeXandroy Russian Poland. Dec. 90.
A message received here from War
saw today says the president OF tho
Warsaw railroad union has been ar
rested and that the union consequent
IS decided to order the employees OF the
Nictula railroads to begin a strike on
Friday.
Adyices from Bielostok, Russian Po-
land. say the recruits there are PLAN
ming an anti-Jewish outbreak.
RIGA TERROR STRICKEN.
ST. Petersburg, Dec. 20, 2;s5 p. m.-
The consul Of a continental power, who
arrived here this morning from Riga
On train heavily guarded by troops
says that throughout the district ex-
tending l20 miles on this side Of Riga
he land has been laid waste. all the
belonging to the landlords
having been burned to the ground.
rhe situation in Courand, the consul
lays, = even worsa At Riga the gar