Seward gateway., 1905-11-18

condition of the peanantry.
 Warsaw, Nov. b Foodis daily grow l ing scarcer and the common people are able only to obtain the coarsest bread at almost prohibitive prices. Many uadcSmcn today joined in a petition to the government to permit them to alleviate suffering at national expense.
 Bucharest, Nov. l6-A terrible massacre of Jews took place yesterday throughout Bcssarabia, evidently by concerted action. Thousands were ! killed or wounded. RabbiS and other . leaders of the race were dragged into the streets, their clothing soaked with petroleum and the victims burned in the presence of muluitudeS, It k feared B,at every Jew in tbo district will be slaughtered before the end of the month unless protection is given them.
 Tilis, Nov, lG A party of loo Arme- uian rurians yesterday attacked the Tartar village of Cors, killing 400 of the inhabitants The village was burned and houses plmdered. The massacre was still in progress when the report came.
 St. Petersburg, Nov. lG The work jngmcu's delegates decided this morn ing to declare general strike through out Russia because of the sentence of death against thc mutinou, sailors of Krou,tadt and the declaration of mar tial law in Poland
 Vladjyostok, Siboria, Nov, l6 Nearly all the garrison of this city and the sailor, and marines of the warships in the harbor are in am uttitudeof mutiny Mob violence broke out again today aud troop, are being rushed to the scene from the army in Mauchwia. The government, however, fears that when they reach VIadiyostok they will join the mutineers.
 The St petersbwg government has ordered messages explaining that the situation is worse here to be held up and it i, difficult to ga, anything past ,hc censor News messages are now sent from outside the city, A state of war has been declared in Nladivostok
 St. Petersburg, Nov. IT. Cossacks are parolling every street in the capi- tal and heavy military reserves are stationed throughou, the industrial districts. All the workmen in the large mills have joined in the strike and the situation is very crave. The criminal element i, urging on the strike and general di,ordcr, and await ing a favorable moment to start "iots.
 Not railroad train i, i,running today The city wa, in total darkness last night because the electric light and ga, work, had ceased operations Count Wittc appealed in vain last night to the strike leaders To call off the strike, promising to grant every reasonable demand, including universal suffrage. but the rcyolutioumjes refused to yield.
 The Jew, are in a state of utter terror and remain shut up in their shops. scarcely daring to venture upon the streets. It is known that the mob leaders intend to cut all telegraph whenever riotiug begins and this fact has placed the foreign population in great fear
 The British embassy yesterday ad- vised alI women claiming it's protection to go out of the country at once, tell ling them that if they remained they wouIddo soar therown risk, as neither the legation nor the Russian govern meut can protect them against mob violence. Other foreign embassies today issued the same advice to the women of their nationality, giving the same reason for their fears.
 Father Gopon, the clerical leader of the people, who was obliged to flee from the capital after the riots of last January, has returned but is in hiding.
 Odessa. Nov, l7-An imperial ukase from the czar was received at Kishi- neT today, which gives formal thanks Co the government of BeSSarabia for its prompt action in putting down the riots, and insuucts the officials to punish the men responsible for or gunizing the massacre of the Jews in that district.
 In thi, city detachment of police entered the Jewish synagogue yester-