Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-03-08
Telegraphic Briefs

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Workmen representing nine groups
met again today at the peoples palace
and ratified the demands drawn up on
March LIST by the representatives of
seven groups and decided to meet at
the same place tomorrow at IL o'clock
and to await a reply until noon. If
at that hour they say the guarantee is
not forthcoming the delegates will
leave the hall, and will decline to
elect members to serve on the mixed
committee of which Schidlevski is the
president and will proclaim a general
| strike.
About four hundred were present at
today meeting. A number of speak
ers described the benefits of the con-
stitution and parliament and declar-
ed that Russians will be content with
nothing less than a representative
government. Speakers we're steeped in
socialistic literature. The authorities
are preparing to meet the serious sit
uation on March 4th. Many residents
are laying in stores and provisions.
NEW CHWANG, via Tientsin, Mch
2.-CLineae from Mukden report that
the japanese have advanced almost to
Mukden. The Russians having been
reinforced have recaptured several
positions, out of which they had
been driven. The battle is still rag
ing.
The Russian station at Changtu has
been reinforced. A string of Chinese
carts are moving toward Mukden.
Foreigners are still at Mukden. Ref
ugees from the battle are arriving
here.
MUDKEN, March 1.-The thunder
of cannon is heard from all positions.
Putiloff and Novgorod hills are hidden
by smoke from the guns. lombard
ments we're resumed after the repulse
of the infantry attack by the japanese.
A heavy commandment is also in
progress in the neighborhood of Shak-
he river, apparently in preparation
for an attack from that quarter. The
weather continues fine and warm. The
Chinese are preparing to sow their
grain.
ST. PETERSBURG, March Sin a
long dispatch from General Kuropat-
kin, received here yesterday the COM
mander in chief of the army in Man. |
churia gives the details of the various
attacks By the japanese during the
last few days, and an associated press
dispatch from Mukden, received at
midnight indicates a continuation of |
the artillery duel, but neither account |
throws any light upon the rumored in
tention of Kurupatkin to withdraw TO /
the northward, which has been the
gossip here for the last two days. A
private dispatch, received last night |
concludes with this significant SEN
tehce "within two weeks you may ex
poet great events"
The Siberian railroad which has
been worked to its full capacity by
purely military traffic, is about to
have a further burden imposed upon
it, namely, that of feeding the resi-
dent non combatant population.
Stocks of provisions at Irkutsk and
other Siberian towns are very low and
the government has been informed
that provisions must be imported or
the towns will be face to face with
famine in a fortnight.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 3.-Gen.
who was given an audience
by the emperor yesterday, was receiv
ed with a warmth which went far to
atone for the cool reception given him
by several newspapers and military
ST. PETERSBURG, March 3.-The
police at 'Tsarkoe Selo, who since the
of Grand Duke Sergius
have redoubled ordinary precautions
for the protection of the imperial fam
lily, have arrested a suspect who claim
I'D that he is nephew of General Fock,
but whose papers are irregular. He
vas found armed with a revolver.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 3, l2:45
4. m.-Black clouds are again lower
ing over the industrial situation of
Russia. The strike at Moscow has
been resumed on large scale and an
,rchy reigns in Caucasus, and at st.
the measures which the
advanced to quiet the dis
,ontent and restore good relations be-
.ween the masters and men, appear to /
nave failed with the probability of a
orcing the storm to break anew. {
Labor delegates representing the s
Whole of the industrial population of c
st. Petersburg, and who were elected L
o choose fifty members of the Schid- '
ovski reconciliation committee, net i
gain yesterday and reaffirmed the