Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-10-26
INDUSTRIAL CRISIS
RUSSIA FACES ANOTHER SERIOUS
TROUBLE.
Strike on Railroads Spreads to All
Parts OF the abit.
ants of riOsCOw Already face
Famine Only One Line Running
to Frontier.

road strike situation has now entered
on highly serious phase. The move
ment is spreading rapidly to all the
railroads Of the empire, and apparently
cannot be stopped. while in many cities
it is communicating itself to the mill
and factory employees. The general
strike in all branches of labor. which
the Socialists planned for the end Of
this year, is suddenly bursting forth Of
its own volition.
Minister Of Finance KokvosoF yes
terdsy received telegram from the
governing committee of the Moscow
house, which said that II continuation
of the strike for week longer would
force every factory in the Moscow re-
gion to shut down owing to lack Of
coal, whether or not the factory hands
took part in the strike.
The same condition Of psrsly sis
threatens all the trades and industries
Of Russia. unless the strike is speedily
settled.
Moscow Faces Famine.
The inhabitants of Moscow are al
ready feeling the effects of the strike
in the increased prices Of food, and
they are even confronted oy famine.
As the demands Of the men are pure
ly political it seems impossible to sat.
isfy them by economic concessions.
Prince Hilkotf, minister Of railroads,
yesterday, in receiving the mem bers Of
the deputstion sent by the strikers,
talked with them fsmilisrly He said
that while in England and the United
States he worked sixteen hours daily,
in order to increase his salary, and
pointed out the superiority Of the pro.
duction Of foreign workmen in quan.
titv and quality at the same wages re.
ceived by the Russian workmen.
The deputstion entered protest
against any man being compelled to
work sixteen hours day, because such
long hours precluded any opportunity
for educational improvement. Prince
Hilkotf in reply said that even with six
teen hours day it was possible to de.
vote at least one hour to reading and
to other forms Of impro cement.
Deadlock Apparent.
The situation is apparently dead
lock, from which egress can only be
had by the surrender CT one side o,
perhaps the proclamation Of MARTA
law on the railroads.
flood Of dispatches yesterday from
Sinh Ssratoff, Wanna. Poltava
Smolensk, kieff, Nizhni Novgorod
Elizsbethgard, kszsn. and other rail
road centers all over Russia. announced
the complete tying up Of all transpor
tation.
The last link that bound Moscow
the commercial center Of the empire
with the outer world was broken yes
terday afternoon when the men Of tn,
Nicholai road. connecting Moscow
with ST. Petersburg, went on strike
The engineers shut off steam in thei
enignes, and Prince Hilkoff had gres
difficulty in obtaining crew for tn,
special train which brought him to ST
Petersburg at midnight.
Only One Line 10 Frontier.
ST. Petersburg has one line TO tn,
frontier, and the employees Of this lin'
held meeting late last night TO de
eide whether or not they should psrtic
ipste in the movement.
Brigadier General Thomas Il. Barry
and Capt. Sidney 4. Cloman. Of tn,
United States. who have been witt
the Russian army in Msnchuria, lef
last night for Vienna on what was per
hsps the last train out Of st. Peters
burg. Railroad trains are now run
ming only in the border regions Of th'
epmire.
Pathetic scenes are reported from
Moscow. where thousands Of the poor
er inhs bitsnts Of the adjoining prov
inces have been waiting for four day
for trains to take them home. The.
are camping out near the railroad sta
lions and in the streets, and many o
them are without money or the neces
ssries Of life.