Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-27
STRIKES IN RUSSIA
nine RAILROADS RADIkTING OUT
OF MOSCOW ARE CLOSED.
Commercial Heart Of Russia Cut Of
From Rest of Nation-ReVolution
lists Have Shown Their Ability
Factory Strike Looked For-Famlne
Stricken District Cannot Get Relief

Moscow, Oct 24.5Traffic on seven !
of the nine main trunk arteries Of COM
merce radiating from Moscow is COM
pletely paralyzed by the railroad
strike, and the commercial heart of
Russia has been shut off from all COM
munication with the rest of the en-
pire, except with the narrow section
to the northwestward, including st.
Petersburg and the Baltic provinces.
Though the government has ordered
the railroad battalions of the army to
proceed to Moscow and take the places
of the strikers for the purpose of re-
storing traffic, the revolutionists, by
a sudden and unexpected blow, have
shown their ability to lay their hands
on the throat of the nations CONNER
cial life.
The strikers forced the employees OF
the general offices and financial depart
, ments of three lines, the Windau and
: Rybinsk. the Moscow and Brest'
I Iiovsk and the Kieff and veronese, to
quit work. The city is already feeling
k the effects of a milk and meat famine
n and a few days continuance OF the
> strike will cause serious embarrass
@ ment, and even suffering, to the popu
, Ilation. The renewal Of the factor!
# strike is not improbable.
a An important development Sunda'
# was the strike on the Brest-Liovss
which runs to Minsk and Warsaw an
% carries international traff1c from MOS
20 COW to Germany, Austria and othe
,s parts Of Europe. The engineers an
"a firemen have drawn the fires and u'
m serted the engines. Communicate
n with points abroad, however, is sti
nv omen by way of st. Petersburg an
ne Pskoff.
20 During the morning crowd
strikers proceeded to the freight ST
m ton of the Kursk road and let on u
~. steam Of eight engines, drove avs
nd the guards and forced the employees
he stop work. The traffic over the ro'
ng thereupon stopped
bo The strike, coming at this time,
~ ant to seriously cripple the work
vs, relief in the famine stricken provlnc'
q and also to impede the movement
&c this years grain crop, as the Ia
oct roads under normal conditions are
Nv. able to keep the grain crop now
inc promptly. Official reports show u
,1ts 1884 loaded cars were awaiting
400 moval on October 20 in various
nd lions and that the grain and c.
"a. handling districts are daily incre
49, ing their accumulations at the
ing road stations.
90 Great suffering is certain If
Us supply of grain and other provisi
o.. can not be forwarded into the fam
20. stricken districts, where, up TO
red. present, the work OF relie1 nao
heen carried out successfully.
Later Report
ST. Petersburg@The railroad SUI
has situation has now entered on MS
S OF serious phase. The movement
on snreading rapidly to all the railro
pro- of the empire, and apparently can
he stopped, while in many cities
w. communicating itself to the mill
J I'M factory employees. The general st
trict in all branches of labor, which the
icat- cialists planned for the end OF
hlcn year is suddenly bursting 1orth o.
uded own volition.
1t is Minister of Finance Kokvoson
mer- received a telegram from the gov
ing committee of the Moscow pol
which said that a continuation OF
strike for week longer would
have every factory in the Moscow regic
70
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