The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-17
LATEST STRIKE
LIKELY TO FAIL
More Peaceful Conditions Prevail in
st. Petersburg.
NO DISORDER YESTERDAY
END WILL PROBABLY COME SAT.
uRDAY NIGHT.
q T. PETERSBURG. Nov. II. 2:85 a

q T. PETERSBURG, Nov. II. 2:S5 a.
y m.-Though the Industrial tie-up
in ST. Petersburg yesterday was
even more complete than it was Wed
nesday and though no break has been
manifested in the ranks of the work
men, and strikes have broken out at
Moscow and Reval the most import
ant feature Of yesterdays developments
was the failure of the walkout TO spread
generally outside the capital. The
movement apparently lacks the spon-
taniety and cOntagiOusness of the last
great strike, which broke out at Mos
COW, and dispatches received from the
industrial centers of Russia up TO this
hour show little inclination on the part
Of the workmen TO take up cudgels in
behalf of Poland. The factory strike at
Moscow, which has assumed consider
able proportions, probably $4,000 men
being out. has no direct connection
with the st. Petersburg walkOut, and
dispatches from the old capital say
that the railroad men received the re-
quest of the ST. Petersburg strike COM
mittee eoldly. The whole great net
work of railroads eentering at Moscow.
except the st. Petersburg line is still
in operation. At Reval the employees
OF the railroad shops struck. but the
reason for the strike is not stated.
Absence of Disorder.
In st. Petersburg yesterday passed
with complete order Patrols were Wis
ible in all the industrial quarters and
Cossacks We're trotting uD and down
the NeVsky prospect among the swiftly
dashing carriages and sleighs, but the
Workmen. in obedience to the order of
the strike committee, kept generally
indoors and did not attempt demon
STATIONS, so that there was no occa-
sion to a resort to force to avert trou-
BILE.
Drug Stores Closed.
The strikers forced the closing OF the
Moscow railway station early yesterday
stopping outgoing traffic for Moscow.
and at 10 O'Clock last night they finally
succeeded in closing the electric sta
tion and in cutting off light from the
city. Committees were sent TO all the
theatres and succeeded in stopping the
performances i'm several of them. and
in the outlying districts they went from
drug store to drug store ordering the
pharmacists to close and threatening
them with the destruction of their
stocks if they refused. Other stores
were not interfered with.
The action of the strikers with re-
gard TO the druggists is in striking
contrast with the course pursued in
Finland. where. when every other bust
ness participated in the general strike,
the druggists were directed 10 remain
open in order that the sick might not
suffer. The course is condemned by a
large part of the population.
May End Saturday.
At a meeting of the strike committee
last night the question of the termina-
ton of the strike was not brought up,
but the Associated Press noticed an
expectation on the part of many Of
the delegates that the strike would end
Saturday night. The principal question
under discussion at the meeting was
the formation of a strike treasury by
gathering funds TO be used in future
walkOuts and after long consideration
It was decided TO ask the workmen TO
contribute ! per cent Of their we ges for
this purpose. the fund to be at the dis
posal of the committee. 4 proposition
To call out the cab drivers was also
discussed, but although several dele
gates asserted that the drivers We're
ready to strike at a nod from the COM
mittee there was general doubt as 10
whether such a strike could be affected.
Agrarians Pacified.
There is a betterment of the agrarian
conditions. Dispatches from. Kusk,
Poltavia, Riaan, Samara and other
provinces continue to report the spread
of disorders. which I'm PoltaVia are
taking an anti-Jewish turn. However,
the imperial manifesto regarding the
distribution Of the crown domains,
which by strenuous work was finished
last night. will be issued early this
morning and the emperor and Count
Witte hope it will tend to pacify the
peasants and have an important tao
teal effect on the coming struggle with
the socialists and other anti-govern-
ment forces in the elections for the
DONNA.