The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-11
GENERAL STRIKE,
And THEN TERROR.
Government Throws Down Chal-
lenge to Workmen, Who Pick
Up Gauntlet.
Livonia Already Experiencing .
Reign Of Horror and
Anarchy.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 11.-Telegraphic
communication to the cable end ali
lished, but whether communication will
be permanent or not cannot be said.
st. Petersburg, Sunday, Dec. TO-.
I Morning. Via Eydtkuhnen, East
Prussia. Dec. 11.-There IS every indica-
ton this morning that the governments
challenge will be accepted and that
thruout Russia will be ordered.
A terrible storm has been raised by
the arrest, Saturday, of NJ. Krustaloff,
president of the executive committee Of
the workmen g council, which was fol-
lowed during the night by the impris-
onment Of the members of the work
men IS council and several socialistic
leaders.
fThe reaction has come,' were the
words on every lip, and in the liberal
extremist camp there was only one opin-
ion, namely, that it must be resisted
to the bitter end.
At all the meetings last night, some
OF which lasted until morning, the opin-
ion was unanimous that the govern
letariat and that the supreme weapon,
general strike, must be invoked.
The Press Defiant.
The newspaper editors at YESTERDAY
evening" meeting decided that the tenn
porary. press law forbidding the discus
sion of vital questions affecting the well
fare of the nation violated The prin-s
ciples of freedom of speech and Of the
press guaranteed by the imperial mani
festo, and that it must be defed. The
result was that the editions of the Russ
and half dozen more radical papers
were confscated.
The employees Of the Riga-Or rail-
road have declared strike on account
Ct the declaration Of martial law in
Livonla, and have sent an appeal to The
other roads to join. Last night the rail-
road men Of the Baltic lines decided
to follow the example Of the Riga Orel
| men.
Riga's Streets Red.
The situation in Livonia is frightful.
Absolute anarchy prevails.
a messenger who arrived here this
morning declared that, the streets OF
Riga were flowing with blood. After
! meeting the railroad men Of Riga were
and artillery. Is.
The railroad men Of st. Petersburg,
at meeting yesterday evening, re-
solved that inasmuch as the reaction
is gaining force and the government is
seeking to retract what was won by the
hrst Pan,Russian strike, the railroad
men stand ready to obey the signal for
a general strike; but advise their fell
low workers to await the word from the
4 central committee at Moscow as fail
ure must not be risked.
Arrests at Moscow.
simultaneously with the arrests here.
M. Dronshilny and all the members of
the union of the employees Of the posts
and telegraph operators of Moscow,
with M. Kokhanowski at their head,
were arrested at Moscow.
Interior Minister Durnovo today is
sued an official proclamation not only
notifying all the post and telegraph
employees that their failure to return to
work tomorrow will be equivalent to
/ their discharge, but that all those who
| agitate for continuance of the strike
or are guilty Of cutting or otherwise de-
stroying wires and apparatus will be
prosecuted to the full extent Of the law.
The Government Challenge.
This sudden change for the worse in
st. Petersburg is the result Of the she'd
ding Of the first blood in the telegraph
strike Saturday afternoon, almost sim
ultaneously with the action Of M. Dur
novo, minister of the interior, in throw
ing down the gauntlet to the labor or
q carnations by arresting M. Krustalef,
4 president Of the executive committee Of
the workmen g council, without warn
ing.
Several companies of Cossacks about
4 2 clock clattered thru the streets lead
i ing to the headquarters of the council
in Targovia street. Having barred the
approaches, force Of troops and police
surrounded the building, after which
secret service men rushed in and seized
i Krustalef. He made no resistance and
I the affair was conducted quickly.
Il It was impossible for Krustaleff to
i conceal the papers of the organization
i in which the police evidently expect to
4 find evidence proving the ultimate eff
feet to be an armed uprising against
the government.
| Krustaleff, as he is called, tho that
| is not his name, is regarded as the
brains Of the revolutionary movement.
! He has displayed genius In organizing
1 both the industrial and political strikes
which have terrorized the government.
His offer Of financial support to the tel
egraphers prevented collapse Of their
strike.
i It is again rumored that the premier
already has resigned and will be sue.
ceeded by General Count Alexis Ipna.
tleH. Another rumor is that Lieuten.
ant General Mistchenko. one Of the he.
roes Of the war in Manchuria, who ID
now on his way to st. Petersburg will as.
sumo the dictatorship.
Russia as Republic.
st. Petersburg, Dec. 10.-Five min.
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