The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-12-23
MARTIAL LAW HAS BEEN
PROCLAIMED IN POLAND
Government Arrsats Many Strike Lead
ers, but the Trouble Is Spread
ing and Strikers Are
Ugly.

st. Petersburg, Dee %. The failure
q many Of the railroad men Of st.
Petersburg to obey the strike order,
and the sbility Of W, Nemechaieff, min
lister ef communications, to move trains
IN ell TIE roads except the Baltic roads
anger the strike leaders.
The Eat went forth at THURSDAY
nights meeting Of the workmea's ceun.
ell that tra9c must be interrupted at all
costs though this will admittedly be
difficult On the Nicholas road TO nos-
rev, where trains are running With
their erdiBary crews, but all the train.
are heavily guarded.
The delegates win try moral persua.
sion with the faithful employees. but
Il is feared they will also resort to
destroying the bridges along the line
The government has succeeded IN Sir.
resting practically all the member. If
the strike and railroad committees
70 shake the workmen's faith ii
their leaders the government. has distri
suted thousands ii copies u = ctrtulsr
sigzed BIZ "The Union 81 Russian Work
men. expatinting on th, arrest sf a
committeeman Of the Moscow telegraph
ers while carousing at 8 restaurant as
an example Of how the workmen's mon
eF is spent.
Outside Of the industrial regions there
is little evidence Of strike TIE
eity pharmacies are open, the drug
clerks who have Just emerged from 0
protraeted str1iggle disregarding lbs
summons al their union to strike. The
stores arc open IS usual, and the street
ezrs arc running
The boldsst of All the bold pronuncia,
inrntos Of the reYoutionists il 4 mvs.
t-ricus handful with which Tsarkoe'
selo nAs sooded Yesterday. Processing
70 sllude to terrorist plot against the
Emperor, The handful says
There i'll be little pun Of smoke
Pay no heed to it, IS the result viii
be the best thing possible for every
body
The police have been bafiled in Their
efforts to find the printers and dissem-
inators Of llese bills
A proclamation Of the governor gen.
eral VAS gnzetted at Warsaw yesterday
establishing martial law in all Of the
10 governments Of Russian Poland and
appointing 10 temporary military gov
ernors- general
During the night the authorities d
st. Petersburg got sufficient number
Ct sailors from Kronstadt TO enable
the operation Of all except one Of the
electric lighting plants, which was alse
calling 10 the strikers, as the darken-
ing Of the city and the stoppi1ge Of the
railroads were the most effective means
Of making the strike generally felt
The inhabitants where the electric lirhts
were out were compelled to use candles
md kerosene. TIE ,esrchlight mounted
on the spire Of the admiralty building
again wildly illuminated the Nersky
Prospect ss il did suring the October
strike CaYslry and isfsHtry patrols
guarded every block and seehire guns
were stationed at several roists.
During { tour Of the city GORE
spondent saw dozens ~ workncn be-
tween soldiers with Fixed bavenets be-
ing marched Of to prison. N the in.
dustrisl districts many Of the strikers
seemed TO have only the vaguest ideas
of what they were striking for reply
ing: Because we are ordered to do So,
to question. on the subject, not knowine
by whom OF why.
A cache Of arms and hands bombs was
seized on the schlusselbirg avenue on
ThnrsdR end crowd CT 1000 strikers
Of the Neysky works was charged and
disperaed BY Ccssacks, who used the
flats Of their swords and whips, but
no one was seriously injured
The general strike has begun at
Minsk. All stores are closed
The failure Of tho important banking
house of Maarice Melken at Warsaw
vas announced YESTERDAY fhc official
ties Of tho concern are attributed 60 the
political situation.
The railroad employees At Kostronta
struck Yesterday AL traffic has ceased
Traffic on tho pilroad at Yaroslay is
interrupted.
The empi wees % the Southwestern
railway az No-oneah struck ut to j,
III. yesierdar IN obedience 10 Che direc-
tons Of tltic mica Tho cyews 81 ms.
nger trains haaled the latter fo lafge
towns bcGore abandoning thea. ii order
thai the pa rengera shoull nos suffer
cognmitien Of the people 81 Galdn.
Gen. province q Couriand has compelled
the distrietg oyernof, Baron Ropp ID
Send thp troih o. away flna there, Fhe
town s nov uEder tie oonrol Of tie
teyelaioniss :.