Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
|ThIRTY-0NE ARE
slain BY TROOPS
SOLDIERS FIRE ON RIoTINo
STRIKERS AT RIGA, = RUS
STA, KILLING MANY. 81
STRIKE MOVEMENT IS
REPORTED SPREADING
All Quiet at st. Petersburg, But Work
men in Other Cities Leaving Fac
tories-Czar Condemned to Death
by Terrorists.


Riga, Russia, Jan. Is. - Twenty-nino
men and two women were killed aud
81 civilians and eight soldiers were
wounded by revolver shots during
Thursdays rioting. according to the re-
turns made by the hospitals. At the re-
quest OF the workmen of Riga the thea
tiers OF this city have been closed.
The encounter occurred near the
Tukkum railroad station. The strikers
attacked the troops and attempted to
disarm them whensthe order was given
to fire. All the workshops and fac
tories are closed. The strikers are
parading the streets and forcing all
workmen to join in the. procession.
Strike Movement Spreading.
St. Petersburg, Jan. %. - While no
further encounters between the strikers
and the authorities have occurred here.
dispatches from other Russian points
indicate that the strike movement is
spreading. At Mitau bodies of strikers
marched to the shops and compelled the
men who were at work to leave. War
saw strike began Friday and is rap
idly spreading, but without disorder. A
general strike has begun at LODI. At
Moscow the authorities have the situa-
ton under control and the day has
passed quietly. Some men have returned
to work.
Say Strike Is Flattening Out.
Reports from all over Russia indicate
that the strike situation is flattening out.
The authorities regard the danger of
general tie up of Russian industries as
practically over and declare that the at
tempt to turn the movement into a gen.
eral political revolt has failed. The gov
ernment's promise Of shorter hours of
labor has been proclaimed in Moscow
and other cities, and seems to have had
effect upon the workmen. The political
side of the movement is again sinking
beneath the surface. When and in what
form 1t will again break out only the
future can determine. The authorities
everywhere, seemingly, are attempting
to treat the workmen, whose aspirations
are purely economic, without harshness,
and are appealing to their patriotism by
pointing out the benefit which will &C.
crue to the Japanese by suspension OF
work at the arsenals, dockyards, etc.
On the other hand the authorities are
putting down the :revolutionists with a
stern hand. The latter have again been
forced to cover, meetings being almost
impossible.
c{~a ~
was practically normal. Here and there
small groups of workmen read Gov.
Gen. Trepoff's proclamation. -Four pa.
pers were published. Their Offices were
guarded by police patrols all night long.
The troops have disappeared from the
streets. The press administration has
sent circular to the newspapers pro-
hibiting the publication Of news or COM
ment regarding the strike.
The morgue still contains many uni
Identified dead. The hands of some Of the
victims are white and on their fingers
are diamond rings, the supposition be-
ing that they were liberals of gentle
birth in sympathy with the strike move
ment who dressed up as workmen and
took part in the demonstrations
Gear Condemned to Death.
London, Jan. 28. 49, It is announced
that the Boyeyaya, the executive
branch of the terrorists, has placed the
car on the list OF those condemned to
death. This is the first time the pres
ent emperor OF Russia has been con-
demned by this organization, which
has the reputation Of never falling to
effect the death of its marked ene-
mics. The car was regularly tried in
accordance with the procedure of the
mysterious body. The vote. being
against him. he was formally con-
demned to death. It is understood that
an agent has been selected to carry out
the verdict OF the court of terror. One
of the members Of the executive body
is said to be within the cars house,
hold.
Decides in Favor Of Railroads.
CLEVELAND n Icn 90 rrl~~o vxy.