The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-26
RAILROADS TIED UP.
RussIan Strike Contiaues to Spread sn
 All nfreeff0na

All Directions.
 St. Petersburg, Oct 25.--Over half of European Russia is in the grip of the striking railroad men and the strike continues to spread rapidly in all di- rections. The roads in the Volga re- gions are at standstill and today a general strike was proclaimed on the two remaining lines running out of St.. Petersburg.
 Before tomorrow the capital Is ex- pected to be cut off from the outside world by way of the continent. This VIII also involve suspension of postal communication. The league of leagues has seized the opportunity to come to the support of the railroad men and has adopted a resolution in favor of a gen. eral strike of all professions.
 The telegraph operators are joining in the movement and the suspension Of railroad. trafflc. it is feared. will be foE lowed by q complete suspension of com~ munication between interior points.
 The situation is critical and pregnant of all sorts of dire possibilities. The factories in the affected districts have been forced to shut down for lack of fuel and Moscow especially faces not only food but a water famine. For- tunately St. Petersburg will have com municatio1 open through Finland. The British Ambassador, Sir Charles Hard- inge who bade farewell to Emperor Nicholas yesterday previous to leaving St. Petersburg on mission in connec- tion with the proposed Anglo Russian understanding, was unable to start for England this morning because no traIna were running. He will leave the cap- ital on the first available steamer.
 Telegraph communication between st. Petersburg and Kharkoff is broken.
 The workmen of the PutiIoff, Koitoi- no, Alexandrovski and Nevsly works = C
 Cannot Move Troops.
 The social democrats believe they have the government at their mercy since with the railroads stopped the troops. This is all the more serious as bloody collisions already have been reported at various places and a dan- gerous agrarian movement has again broken out In the government of Sa- mara.
 The strength displayed by the SOL cial democrats has amazed the au- thorlties who were taken quite as their power as they were at the time of the "Gapon rebellion"
 The distress in the central provinces Is greatly increased by the suspension of the famine relief work
 Prince Hilkoff, the minister of rail- roads, whose appeals to the strikers at Moscow were so unavailing that he could not get an engineer to bring ann 10 OI. HeleTSDuTB, put Wno,, Wllh l fireman, stoking his own engine, ar- rived here black and dust-grimed, ia not blamable for the failure of the government to keep its promises to increase wages. That responsibility rests upon the minister of finance. Prince Hilkoff expects to meet the rail- road delegates here, but apparently hey have already burned their bridg- ss at meetings held last night and which continued until dawn this morn nR. A dozen Of these, Of the most characters, were held.
 Students Join Mob.
 The largest, attended by about 1O.- 100 persons, including students who ire making common cause with the vorkmen, and whose leaders are mak- ng speeches in favor Of a reaump- ion of the students strike. The sfu@, lents joined the railroad men in pass ng a resolution in favor of the ifn- mediate convocation of a constituent elected by direct universal
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