The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-01
PREMIER AYERTs
GENERAL STRIKE
Holds Conference with the EN-
ployers and the Worlmen
at Capital.
Rebellion Of Troops in the Cars
Palace Increases Alarm
Over Situation.

communication with st. Petersburg has
been restored, the. state department.
having received routine message this
morning from Mr.. Eddy. the charge.
Stockholm, Dec. 1.--Advices received
here from Haparanda, seaport town
of Sweden near the Finnish boardar, say
that the telegraphers Of Finland have
Joined the strike Of the Russian opera
tors.
The Associated Press is informed
from London that, the office Of the
Great Northern Telegraph company in
Finland, are still working.
st. Petersburg, Dec. LIS p.m.-Late
this afternoon the outlook for a tenn.
porary Improvement in the situation
which would give the government an
opportunity to catch its breath was
brighter. The danger Of an immediate
general strike was considered to be
practically averted as the result pf
three-cornered negotiations between
Premier Witte, the employers and the
workmen, by which it WAS decided that
both the government and private es.
adjustments which are now closed shall
be reopened.
The law governing elections to the
national assembly is now practically
completed. The premier hopes Il. viii
aid the situation. The measure will be
comp1 omise. Direct suffrage is NOT
granted, but the suffrage will virtually
be universal in the second degree.
Telegraphic Tie-up.
The telegraphic tie-up turnout Rus.
STA is practically complete and the gov
or r1y,,n mt n H. y,,,n !.
pening in the interior of the empire.
Emissaries Of the strikers have been
sent to Finland to induce their com.
rades to join in the strike. This wouId
cut off cable communication, which
remains open for press and government
messages, altho the central Office here
is nominally closed.
The government is fully conscious
that the demands for the reinstatement
of the leaders of the Photographers union
and the dismissal of M. Durnovo, the
minister of the interior, are mere pre-
texts and that it's surrender viii only
serve to encourage The revolutionists
to newsnfforts. These, foIloYing the
tactics in the case of the Kronstadt
! mutineers, are certain to take the form
of fight to save the lives of the Ses
bastopol mutineers for the purpose Of
/ again proving the proletariat' s solidar7
| lty with the army and navy.
The Russ declares the situation III
such that the government is unable tt
| guarantee that tomorrow the guns O y
! Kronstadt will not lombard the capil
| tai.
Peasant Uprising Feared. aS
| The country is threatened With
counter revolution with all the hor1kI
Of a Jacguerie (insurrectionf Of peas.
ants), and it becomes more and more APP
parent that there are only two modes
! OF egress-the government must put
the whole country under dictatorship
and martial law or proclaim a ready
made constitution.
Premier Witte refuses to consent to
the former, altho the court officers and
and imperial guard are clamoring for
it. The advocates of the latter are in
creasing. M. Souvorin, editor Of the
Novoe Vremya, openly announces this
moderate sentiment of the country to
active support Of the government. The
| Associated Press learns that none OF
the Sebastopol mutineers will be exc
cuted.
/ Rebellion at the Palace.
! No further details are obtainable Of
the circumstances of the arrest at
Tsarskoe -Selo of soldiers belonging to
the imperial guard.
1 The regiments in question are those
which have been specially selected by
4 General Trepof to guard the emperor
and his family.
/ They have been counted upon as be-
ing loyal to the last, ready even to be
torn to pieces in defense Of his majesty,
like the Swiss Of Louis XVI.
4 Their arrest, however, altho not for
open sedition, shows how the ,leayen OF
discomfort is working even within the
ATE 4ha rso1 IL
skoe Selo.
I Gear Attacked, Is Rumor.
4 The incident gave rise to most alarm
ing rumors in st. Petersburg, including
| one to the effect that the emperor ac-
tually had been attacked, and that .
grand duke. had been wounded while de-
Tending him.
i However, the Associated Press is an
sured by member Of the imperial en-.
, tourage at Tsarskoe Selo that this ID
absolutely untrue.
] At rollcaH yesterday in the st. Peter
and St. Paul fortress, the artillerymeis
demanded the immediate release Of the
soldiers who were recently arrested at
the electrical school. The Commander
of the fortress complied with the de-
mand.
Load off Their Hearts.
Official dispatches announcing the de-
cisive crushing Of the great mutiny at
Sebastopol and the capture of all the
J mutineers, including the fanatical com
mander, Lieutenant Schmidt, have
raised great load from the hearts OF
Count Witte and his associates in the
government.
Tense in the Capital.
i The situation at st. Petersburg wal
extremely tense yesterday. In the alb.
sence of definite information from
Sevastopol the widest rum0rs were in
: circulation in the city. The revolu,
tionists eagerly seized the opportu.
nifty to spread reports that the mu.
tineers had been completely victorious
/ They worked especially among the
troops, buttonholing every. soldier and
sailor whom they encountered in the
streets
Fears that the government will soon
be forced to paper money basis
caused somewhat of run ON the banks
I yesterday, depositors hastily with
! drawing their funds All demands oi
depositors were promptly met. 1t il
estimated that over $10,000,000 ha,
been Withdrawn since Monday last
]. = Many persons seem to be firmly CON
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