New-York tribune., 1905-11-16

by forcing the strikers TO remain indoors dld
more to preserve order than all the Cossack
cavalry patrolling the streets Heavy military
reserves are stationed in all the industrial dis
tricts but up to midnight there no riotins-
There were rumors of collisions in various parts
of the city, but on investigation they proved to
be false.
The Social Democrats had IN impressive re-
sponse on the part of all organizations OF work
men to their summons for general political
strike to demonstrate their solidarity With The
struggle of their Polish comrades for autonomy,
and to protest against the execution of the
mutinous sailors at Cronstadt- The men walked
out of all the big mills and factories. and the
employees of the Baltic and Warsaw railroads,
the printers and other classes of aborers struck
but the shops In the centre of the city we're not
closed Troops took charge Of the electric light
stations. which were operated by sailors, so that
the city was not in darkness tonight
D1ssENs1oN AMONG LEADERS.
No dispatches have arrived from the interior,
however to show that the woTkmen in other
cities are responding to the demand for CO.
operation. and dissensien has broken out among
the leaders, some of whom believe the strike to
be hasty and i'll advised, and say that If 1t does
not succeed the result will be loss Of prestige,
At meetings tonight this faction urged the
leaders to announce tomorrow that the strike
was intended only as demonstration, but the
Radicals, whose aim is to keep up the revolu-
tionary agitation at all hazards. refused to listen
to such counsels. They insisted that II was
vitality necessary for the success Of their PFoPa-
ganda among the army ard the navy that they
should get credit for saving the lives of the
rnutineers and that if they could force the gov
ernment to reeede from its position regarding
Poland they would have it by the throat At
strike headquarters tonight reports we're being
received and the leaders refused TO admit that
the question Of abandoning the strike had been
raised.
The situation has caused a renewal Of the
panfcky feeling among the inhabitants Of the
capital whose nerves were already shattered by
the events Of the last fortnight and hundreds of
persons vino had just returned are again leav-
ing here for Finland. The foreign residents are
Incoming more and alarmed and many of
them are hastily preparing to go abroad for the
winter.
Tn casa the Finnish Socialists should join
their Russian comrades and tie up the Finnish
Railroad the only means of egress from the
capital would be by water. and the freezing of
the Gulf of Finland fortnight hence would
close the last exit. The foreign embassies share
the public ALARM and the British Embassy is
advising the Immediate removal of women and
children The Finnish railroad men meeting
70 decide whether or not they will join the move
ment
oSE HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN OUT
The order for general strike was remark
ablv successful, one hundred thousand men
walking out in obedience to the mandate of the
committee. The factories in the industrial dis
trfcts beyond the Narva and Moscow gates shut
down The Nevsky Admiralty and Baltic yards,
the big tube works and all the cotton and
u-oolIen mills on both sides of the Neva closed
at noon and soon thousands of workmen were
parading in the industrial districts. carrying
red flags and forcing those who were reluctant
to strike to join them The compositors decided
70 4oin the strike. and the newspapers were
forced 70 suspend publication. The workmen OF
tho pr,i1orf and nome other factories declined
TO ioin in the strike The various professional
organizations which took part in the other gen
eraI strike are also ukewarm, regarding tne
decision of the workmens committee as
hasty and ill advised. Nevertheless, in the pres
ent excited state of public opinion. they may be
swept off their feet especially should some un-
toward incident occur.
THE GOVERNMENTS PLIGHT.
should the general strike again spread over
the country the governments position might be
rendered desperate 1t is impotent now TO deal
with many of the questions confronting it. and
might be forced make further concessions !
The ancient kingdom of Georgia, following the
lead of Finland and Poland. has demanded
autonomy The attempt to restore order in the
government of kutas. Transcaucasia- with !
Russian troops has so infamed the populace
rbat the municipal council of Kutais. the capital
of the government of that name. has teie- {
graptled to Count witte advising against fur
ther attempts at coercion
While the streets are full of Cossacks. cavalry
and infantry the authorities, in the face CT
such gigantic demonstration. seem to be hesi-
tating over what course To pursue. As thou
s.nds of arms were bought and distributed in
,,e las, few DAYS. under cover of providing for
defence against the Black Hundred. the dan
ae- of bIoodshed on large scale should the
troops IRE is greatly increased The revoiu-