Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-29
THE SITUATION IS
 EXCEEDINGLY CRAVE
Russian Capital Shut Of From Photographic communi' ca,on-Ceneral Political Strike Throu ghout Russia Threatened for Tomorrow Government May be Forced te Crepe Blindly in the Dark

ingIy grave. The Russian capital IS shut of from telegraphic communlca tion with the interior. The P9n'Eus- sian strike of the telegraph operators declared yesterday has gone into op- eration and the w0rkmen's couilcii IS deliberating whether to declare zen eral poIitical strike throughout Rus sia tomorrow, predicatlng this tlBte the elleged unwarranted arrest Of the members of the peasants congress at Moscow and also calling on the people to compel the employers of St Peters burg who locked out 10000 men, to open their doors.
 The telegraph strike draws an lm- penetrabIe curtain between the capi- tai and the provinces which in such crisis rendered the position of the government almost as desperate as being in instant and constant touch with the military and local authorities in the interior is imperative. If the telegraph strike can be maintalned the government will be compelled to grope blindly in the dark. The em- ployes of the office here have not yet struck but they are expected to walk out today Only two lines are work ing out of St Petersburg. Telephone messages from Moscow, which are mOmentarily expected to stop, say that the operators on the Siberian lines and all the lines south, north and east of Moscow, have struck. Con- munication with Sebast0pol and 0des- sa has ceased. The operators on the lines throughout the Baltic provinces have also struck.
 The telegraphers' strike is the di- rect outgrowth of the governments circular prohibiting telegraph opera tors from joining union which pro hibition is attributed to NJ. Durnoyo, minister of the interior, for whose re- moyal from office the radicals are vigorously working. The minister re- cently summarily discharged the lead CTS of the Moscow union and yester- day their colleagues sent a twelve hour ultimatum to M. Durnoyo and Premier Witte demanding the rein statement of the dismissed men and the withdrawal of the obnoxious cir cular. No answer being forthcoming at the specified time the strike was declared. The telegraphers of Mos COW after leaving the keys held q meeting in an adjoining building and upon the appearance of the police and troops sent to break up the meeting they declared firmly that they would not disperse even if the authorities used force.
 Sebastopol being cut off from tele- graphic communication with the capi- tai 1t is not known here whether the mutineers have surrendered or wheth- CT General Noplueff, the commander of the fortress, began active operations against them today. The lst dis patches which came through amour ced that Sebastopol was practically deserted except for the troops. The scared population had fled in all di- rections and Balaklava and neighbor- ing towns were filled with refugees. The streets of Sebastopol were repre- scented as being flooded with incoming troops and artillery and machine guns had been placed so as to command Artilelry point, the stronghold of the mutineers, while the guns of Fort Constantine had been trained on the sailors barracks. General Noplueff and the other military officers accor- ding to the latest adyices, were con sulting with the view of working ont plan to take the mutineers by siege and without bloodshed if possible No further statement was made regarding the attitude of the Black sea fleet A dispatch to the Novoe Vremya says that not more than thousand sailors are now supporting the leaders of the nlutiny who number hundred. and adds that only few cartridges arc available.
 The SIoyo which is supporting Count witte, has become exceedingly pesslmistie. declaring that revolution constitutes a double danger as "eyery success of the revolutionlsts enables the reactionists to point out the danger of continuing the reform pro gram while in every turn of the wheel backward stimulates the reyolutlonists to make new attacks on the goverIs- ment"
 The editor of the new pictorial. sa. tirical paper Poulemet. (Maehine Gun who was arrested November 2T, has been released. He says he was ar. rested at ? o'clock in the morning that his apartments were rified and that he was held for two days in pris. on fin violation of the inyiolabsllty of the person guaranteed by the imperial manifesto But the public prosecutor found that the editor had not commit ted any crime and M. Durnovo was compelled to order his liberation. ''yel this is called the new rigime.- says the editor in conclusion.