Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-24

throw a bomb at passing patrol. which
was escorting nonunion workmen to the
Seminnlnkopf mills when It exploded. blow
ing OF the mans arm. lie was then taken
into custody
Newspapers May he Issued.
Though the printers union is one of the
most advanced and most thoroughly organ
lied unions in Russia. it is unable to en-
force the newspaper strike. The Novoe
Vremya. Slovo and other conservative pa
pers expect to appear today.
The an-Russian congress of the League
of Leagues is scheduled to be held in
St Petersburg tomorrow, but owing 10
the strike few Of the delegates are present
and the meeting probably will be postponed
like the zemstvo congress of Moscow, until
January.
With the political strike as a revolu-
tionary weapon apparently losing its keen
ness, owing to too frequent use, fears are
entertained that the revolutionsts may be
driven to return to the old methods and
inaugurate an era of terrorism The gov
eminent is aware that a number OF high
agents of the revolutionary orga IMITATION at
Geneva recently returned to Russia and
increased precautions are being taken to
safeguard all in authority at St Peters
burg and Tsarskoe selo.
Hunger Mt Moscow.
1:20 p. m.-Telephone messages from Mos
COW say that 10000 men are on strike
there; that the city is already feeling the
pinch of hunger; that many bakeries have
been sacked and that all business is sus-
pended. Even the banks are closed the
Imperial bank, after standing a run till 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon. shutting its
doors on account OF lack of light
Only the st. Petersburg and Kieff and
Voronezh lines are open. There have been
some attacks upon strikers, especially on
student leaders, by the people. and two
girls were stripped naked and turned loose
In the cold in the vicinity of the Jewish
market. Considerable street fighting has
occurred at Moscow as the result of at
tempts of troops and police to break pro-
cessions
The revolutionists resisted at several
places and erected barricades, which the
Dragons and infantry carried by storm.
At some places only blank shots were
fired. but at the Tverskala street barr.icade
which was not carried until midnight
there was scene of slaughter Several
volleys were fired by the troops and eleven
men were killed and eighty were wounded
altogether. The casualties at Moscow yes
terday are estimated at $50. In addition
wholesale arrests were made
Railroad Men Attacked.
From the small towns along the railroads
come reports of attacks on railroad men.
AT Elnia seven families were butchered
and two delegates were lynched near
Kursk. The organ OF the Moscow workmen
has appealed to the men to avoid assuming
.it,ar tI,,t
the troops fire await the signal for armed
resistance"
Here in st. Petersburg there is little
change in the situation. Several collisions
between workmen and the troops have oc-
Cured in which several Of the former were
killed or wounded and many agitators were
arrested at their lodgings during the night.
With the exception of the official organs
only the Novoe Vremya and Slovo appear.
The former continues its provocative atti-
tude towards the Jews, sarcastically re-
ferring to the Second day of the revolution
so solemnly and stupidity proclaimed by
the Russian Jew agitators
M. Nemrechaieff, the minister of commun-
fcations, has received a telegram from the
employees of his old road, the Southwestern.
saying they Will keep the system open
Cossacks Disperse Meetings.
Midnight--Late tonight. after an order
had been issued to the projects forbidding
meetings of any description, public or pri-
vate, Cossacks and troops cleared the
Nevsky and Moskaia prospects and other
thoroughfares. In many places the Cos
sacks used their knouts freely, even on
women.
1t is believed that stage of siege will
be declared i'm st. Petersburg tomorrow
Ineffective strike at vladimir.
VLADIMIR, Russia, Dec. 2.-Owing to
the hostile attitude OF the people here, who
attacked the houses of the railroad men,
the strike leaders would have been torn
to pieces had the troops not interposed
The railroad strike here is ineffective
Most of the employees are working. Re-
ports received here from several villages
in the provinces tell of the murder OF
agitators by peasants. VINO were angered
at their attacks on the emperor. Among
the victims was a young woman. Two
policemen who tried vainly to save an
agitator in the village of Model were them
selves torn to pieces.
Autonomists Are Powerful.
RIGA, Livonia, Friday, Dec 22.-Qute
half the Baltic provinces are apparently
in control of the autonomists, whose COM
mittees, which include in each locality
some of the most influential persons, are
establishing provisional administrations
and preparing for the election of assem-
lies 10 arrange and legitimze the parti-
tioning of the government lands. The Rus
sian garrisons occupy the larger towns and
detachments of troops are operating ener-
getically against the smaller centers of
the instruction. The aims of the insur-
gents are to establish an autonomous
state under Russian sovereignty.
KIEFF, Russia, Dec. S3-AI the en-
ployes OF the Southeastern railway are ex-
pected to strike today.
KOSTROMA, Russia, Dec. 23-The en-
ployes of all the factories here have
struck
WILMA, Russia, Dec. 23.-The railroad
men of the Wilma Baranovitchi and the
ranovitchi-Byelostok lines are working
but the Luninez-Romny and Luninez-Pinsk
lines have struck.
Trouble at HOstOn-On-Don.
ROSTOFF-ON-DON. Russia, Dec 3-
Work has stopped on all the railroads and
street railways here and the printers and
the employees of several OF the factories
have Joined in the strike.
SARATOFF, Russia, Dec. a3.-Operations
in the work shops of the Riazan-Ural rail-
way are at a standstill.
BYELOSTOK, Russia via Warsaw. Dec.
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