Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-20
LINE UP FOR BATTLE
Rspres,ivs Move of sar Answered BY Call
for General Strike.
SUSPENSION BEGINS THURSDAY At NOON
kovs Endorsed by Union Of Unions and
General Railway Union.
COMMUNICATION MAY Be CUT OFF
Leaders Say They Can Stop Every Railroad
and Telegraph Line.
DURNovo ORDERS ARREST OF MOSCOW MEN
Teieerapb Operators at 80. Petersburg
Refuse to Ira N smit the MessaEes-
League of Leagues Issues
Manifesto.
COMMUNICATION MAY Be CUT OFF
Leaders Say They Can Stop Every Railroad
and Telegraph Line.
DURNovo ORDERS ARREST OF MOSCOW MEN

issued tonight
The call Is approved by the Union of
Unions. the Union of Peasants, the General
Railway union and the councils Of work
men OF ST. Petersburg and Moscow.
a response received from the railroad
men OF Moscow is unanimous for a strike.
The leaders have declared their ability to |
stop every railroad and telegraph line in
Russia.
The strike order renders every member Of |
. the unions signing 1t liable to arrest and |
punishment under the new strike law and |
Minister of the Interior Durnovo attempted /
20 telegraph orders 10 Moscow to arrest
members OF the railway unions and of the
workmens council but the dispatches were
held up by the railroad telegraphers
Moscow workmen Hesitate.
The members OF the st. Petersburg coun-
Gil Of workmen have been notified by the
General Railway union and the Moscow
Council OF workmen that in principle they
were ready for strike, but hesitated on
practical grounds. The St. Petersburg lead
ers believed their prestige would suffer un-
less they should answer the governments
determined offensive operations with a
strike, while many men who were com
nltted to full revolution secretly dreaded
that the ground would be swept from under
their feet should the government promul-
gate a law granting universal suffrage. II
is expected that there would be difficulty in
enforcing general walkout on the eve OF
the Christmas holidays, when Russian
workmen. especially the railway employees
are looking forward to the customary pre-
sents, which sometimes amount to as much
as one or two months wages.
VIII he Ready in January.
ENJOYS returning from the interior report
ha paon Of tha .ioto orto -
the provinces will not be ready for a strug-
l gie before January.
The committee OF the League of Leagues.
"A tba prominent members of which are mo-
- nastsr iy capscttffg -arres. 'orf account OF
the manifesto issued by the league this
morning. was present at the meeting OF the
council or worknen. were several lead
ing lights of the revolution who are work
ing desperately to coordinate all elements
in a struggle against the government.
The printers OF Moscow will strike today.
but those of st. Petersburg have decided
b strike only when ordered to do so.
The police yesterday afternoon visited
the printing office in which the worImen's
papers were published Monday. but the rev.
olutionary printers had not left the slight
est evidence of their work.
Manifesto by League of Leagues.
The League OF Leagues in expressing It's
approval Of an imminent and general strike
has issued manifesto accusing the gov
ernment OF the preparation OF fresh crimes
IN arresting members Of the peasants con
gress, of the postal and telegraph union
and of tho council NJ vvorl,rnan,s daIa.atss
in suspendine progressive newspapers in
promulsnting laws DESTROYING the basis Of
civil liberty. and in menaoInp tho rights
of the neonle which wore obtoired otte,. =
long struggle and which have been n tnrmed
by the emperor's manifesto The lea1ue de-
clares that a continuance Of the mower NJ
the present government is a danger TO the
country. Its manifesto says that the gov
ernment is provoking a conflict which is
FORCING the revolutionary movement here
along the fatal path, concluding with a dec
hratlon of the solidarity OF the workmen
with the aims OF the league and "A call TO
all the unions to mobilize hteir forces so as
70 be In readiness for political strike.
More Pay for the Army.
Instead of the expected PRONUNCIATION OF
the election law and of "A manifesto donat.
ing the crown appanagcs to the peasants
the emperoI's name day was signalized by
the declaration OF martial law in the
province of Suwalki on the German frontier
OF Poland and by the gazetting OF decora,
lions and promotions, mostly in the army
which cover forty-seven columns in IN,
Onicial Messenger
An order for the improyement of tho con
dition of the army and navy which pre-
coded the announcement of measures 70,
the Improvement OF the status OF priyates
as "A token of the emperor's good will
toward the army" provides for an in
crease OF the pitiftl nav from 81 az nor YEA,
TO 50 i'm the case of ordinary privates an,
of from 50 to Ss in the case Of privatcs n
the guard At the same time the nav n
the nou-comufssioned officers ia increa 80,
in proportion I'm the case of the bigbes
of the sergeants major amounting IN sss
soldiers Badly Needed.