The Washington times., 1905-10-25
REVOLUTION TRIES
TO MAKE ITS FEET
AGAIN IN RUSSIA
Authorities Are Battling
Hard in Three
Places.
STRIKE BRINGS HUNGER
ldleness of Railroads Leaves
Many Cities Without
Food.
STRIKE BRINGS HUNGER

O1. fE EfSB L fNOI, Oct- L1.-AQNlCeS
today from Riga say that the whole
city is I'm state =. rr3- as a result Of
the rioting whicl h4s u~en IN progress
there since yesterd&,. Many shops have
been looted by the strikers.
1t Is reported today ia st. Petersburg
that the authorities at Riga are power
less to preserve order, owing 20 the
great number OF those engaged in The
outbreaks.
Fight Near Kazan.
A report spread in the city at noon
today that L conflict between strikers
and troops has taken place between
kazen and Brest-Litovisk. and that
many persons had been injured.
Many placards mace their appearance
IN st. Petersburg this morning calling
on the people to rise in a revolution
against the government The police ar
rested eight men who were engaged an
posting; the placa:1s.
R----.--.-s-,;1o3 OF the thousands of
railway employees now on strike
throughout Russia held a meeting to-
day in this city and adopted a resolu-
tion to prepare 81 once an appeal TO
the Car To grant the demands of the
people for full political rights. These
are the demands that caused the strike.
There was no police interference with
the meeting. It was attended by over
400 delegates from the striking employees
of st. Petersburg, Moscow, kazan
Mini. Novorgod, and many other To-
calities.
AT noon one of the leading men In
the conference said the written appeal
TO the Car was nearly completed. and
would be presented to the Car either
tonight or tomorrow morning.
Threat to Car.
A labor leader declared IL had been
decided by those in the conference that
should the Czar reject the demands
made in the appeal. the conference
would be reassembled and a resolution
adopted calling on all working men II,
Russia to cease labor until the demands
had been partly or wholly granted.
Dispatches from the strike centers
show a most critical condition of af-
fairs, particularly at Moscow, where
the striking railway employees early to-
day gathered in force and made a dem
onstration that for a time looked as if
il would end in a riot
The strikers gathered on one OF the
residence streets and then marched &c
the railroad station. where they made
requests of the employees still at work
to leave their posts These employees
who are engaged in the telegraph and
mall service departments. refused to
quit work. The strikers threatened them
with violence should they be found at
their posts tomorrow.
Troops Line Tracks.
The line between Moscow and ST. Pc
tersburg is still open, and is heavily
guarded its entire length with troops.
IL is reported today that several at.
tempts were made last night to remove
the rails near the town of Volsk, a
small station on the lire. The attempts
TO remove the rails. however, were frus-
trated by the soldiers, who fred re-
peatedly at the persons engaged in the
drawing of the spikes from the rails.
1t is estimated that over 200.0OO railway
employees are on strike throughout tn,
empire. Largely attended meetings ot
the employees are being held. Outbreaks
against the authorities are expected In
st. Petersburg and Moscow.
The governor at Lodz today sent in
request to the governor general tha
martial law be declared at Lodz. a:
there were over 10000 strikers there and
they had assumed a threatening atti
tude. several shops being looted, and the
proprietors roughly dealt with.
The price of meat today in ST Peters
burg was advanced nearly double owe
that of week ago. There We're hardly
any meat supplies received yesterday IL
| this city. II the railway strike should
continue for several days longer, tn,
meat shops will all be closed.