Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-11-16
STRIKE BREAKS OUT
AFRESH IN RUSSIA
Demand Overthrow of Autoc
racy in Cars Empire.
RAILROADS ARE AcAlNslNvoLvED
Social RevoIutionists and Social Dem
ocrats Join Hands in Their Demands,
and Another General Strike is
Ordered.


Ordered
ST. Petersburg, Nov. 15.-The ,prote-
lariat of st. Petersburg, has summoned
another general strike beginning to-
day at noon This action was 'decid-
ed upon last tonight by the workmen's
strike committee which is now com
pletely under the domination of the So
cial revolutions whose leaders openly
proclaim that their ultimate object IS
to completely overthrow monarchy and
the establishment of a Democratic re
public This also is the real aim OF
their brothers, the 'Social-Democratst
Poland, but the proclamation issued
keeps this in the background and ap-
parently supports the popular sympa-
tiny for Polish autonomy and the indig-
nation against the application of the
death sentence being imposed on tne
Cronstadt mutineers. The proclama-
ton says:
The imperial government continues
to walk over our corpses. 1t court
martials the bold soldiers and sailors
of CrOnstadt who rose in defense of
their rights and national freedom. It
encircles tne weak and oppressed for
the maintenance of martial law.
THE workmen's counsel calls on the
revolutionary protelariat of ST. Peters
burg to renSw the general political
strike which has already demonstrated
its dread power in order to show better
their solidarity with the revolutionary
soldiers and sailors as well as with the
revolutionary protelariat OF Poland,
Let the workmen of st. Petersburg
cease work at noon Nov. 18th with the
cries of:
Down with the cOurtmartial!'
Down with the death penalty!'
Down with martial law in Poland
and in all Russia!'"
The committee has appealed to the
strike committee throughout Russia to
go into the movement and has also ap-
pealed to the railroad men with the
view to bringing about another general
tie-up One of the most potent argu.
!
mems delegates last night was that in
this fight workmen will nave their eff
forts in behalf of the lives of the mu-
tineers to increase the sympathy felt
for the wOrkmens cause, and help
them to win over the army and navy
TO the cause of freedom.
Some of the delegates, who, having
the great question of national economy
uppermost in their minds, namely, how
to increase the incomes with diminish
ed labor, protested that, the political
strike would interfere with the fight
for an eigts-nour day, but they were
rudely waved aside by the majority
who claimed that it would be time
enough to deal with the economy ques-
tons when they had finished with the
autocracy.
The strike commenced promptly at
the Baltic and Warsaw railroad and
1t is announced that all the other lines
will follow. AS the workmen Of many
establishments. beyond the Moscow and
Neva gates ami the Neva Rostroff dis
tricts promisedlto obey the strike man
date, those of the Putiloff and other
factories declined to join in he strike.
The various professional organiza
tons which participated in the other
general strike are also lukewarm re-
garding the decision of the Workmen.
Nevertheless, in the present excited
state of public opinion they may be
swept off their feet and especially
should some untoward incident occur.
Should the general strike spread over
the country the governments position
might be rendered desperate. 1t is
inpotent now to deal with many of the
questions confronting it, and might be
teTTorized into making further con-
cessions. The Ancient Kingdom of
Georgia following the lead of Finland
and Poland, mas now plucked up cour-
age and has demanded autonomy.
The attempt to restore order in the
government of Kuyaisas, trans -Causa-
sia, with Russian troops has so in
famed the populace that the municipal
council of Kutais, capital Of the govern.
ment of that name, has telegraphed to
both Count Witte and the viceroy ad-
wising against further attempts at CO
ercion.
Rioting Continues at Vladivostok.