The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-11-20
CRISIS AT
CAPITAL
Strike ofRussian Workers May
Be Abandoned.
CARS SOLDIERS MUTINY
Hall Of vladivosiok Reported De.
'iroysd by fire-SiS Hundred
Of Garrison Killed.
CARS SOLDIERS MUTINY

uir a,tr.r Utsfass whirh ihry suffered
raFly lts.rn.g msua.ig Niisn a The
eiia of 81 s.tss, iUnf lri,air Tho cpunfii
- WsfA arn .tt.uoi a. al,an,ian The
Industrial siFik" the isairn ~ ihr "a
irrinisi hsria.isf farlinns - the ~.
PETERSBURG uuFk nrn arr ensasei Ia a
hani ani apparently losing nshi in 10.
i"slse ~ q p'solni'an for "a eight hour
day which was she slogan - last
weeks strike. hGi uhirh Nas nhan.
danssi at tho lasi mamsni Ia favor -
an appeal Tor the lives 81 N. muiins.'rs
az cFohsiadi aud the liberty ~ 10
lani.
When the council cunVchr,i last night
Socialist representative introduced
an amendment 10 the resolution calling
on the strike providing that tia msn
Ia returning 90 WORK should hrrraft.r
labor only eight hours. laying down
their tools NJ 4 o'clcck In N. afternoon
instead Of o'clock. while Insisting un
ID. same rate Of pay.
Encouraged by their earlier victory.
ih. conservative leaders NJ our, OPENED
= vigorous opposition TO the resolution.
pointing out that In view Of ~. deter.
minaiion Of the employers TO r-gani
any attempt 20 obtain shorter hours By
revolutionary means ~ the signal for
a lockout 81 the great mass % the
w0rkmcn ~ 81 Petersburg they were
In no position a. enter 90 q prolonged
combat OF endurance ~ the very outset
" long. cold winter.
4 number of orator. even questioned
the wisdom 81 mn eight hour day Il.
self. declaring that Russia NJ present
was not ripe for II. while others who
are IN sympathy with the movement for
n shorter day declared that II would
not be- wise 90 friticr away their
strength NJ this time when = great de.
cisiye combat in January was immi.
ncnt The decision seemed largely 10
hinge on the question ~ 20 whether
the owners would stand 10 their guns
and shut down rather than reduce the
number Of hours.
Five hundred Russian soldiers who
were taken prisoners 10y the Japanese
during the late war aud who were at
Nnga-aki bound for vladivostok on
board the Russian volunteer feet
steamers Vladimir and Boroncji nav.
ing shown signs Of mutiny. the Rus
sian officers applied 10 the Japanese
government FOR troops. and police Of
ficer and lO1 consiables boarded the |
BoroneiL -Four Japanese torpedo boat |
dcstroyers have surrounded the two |
vessels. Vice Admiral Rojcsivensky |
Is on board the Boroncjl.
An eyewitness Of the recent riot al |
vindlyostok reports that nearly half |
the city was burned. that 600 Of the |
garrison were killed. that the jail was |
thrown open and that General Kap- |
PEEK II missing The damage Is csti- |
mated ut S25,000,OOO. Soldiers from |
Hardin are reported TO have Joined the
rioters.
The japanese are jubllant over the |
successful completion Of the new con.
vention with Korea. whereby Japan's |
suzerainty Is formally and firmly es-
tablished over the Hermit Kingdom.
The speedy success Of the negotiations
Is attributed to the confidence that |
Marquis Ito has inspired In the en-
peror Of Korea and his ministers.
Henceforth all the foreign relations
Of Korea will be managed at Tokyo.
The failure of the strike has shown
the country as whole how little SYM
patty there Is with Poland in her de-
mand for complete autonomy. At
Moscow the railroad men refused to
strike on the ground that they did not
sympathize with the Poles in their
struggle. 1t seems that in that heart
Of Russia the people remember only
too we'll the endless wars with the
Poles and cannot forget that the white
eagle of Poland once waved from the
pinnacles Of the Kremlln, so sacred to
Moscow. The possibility of the re-
vival Of the ancient kingdom Of PO-
land is therefore viewed with dis
pleasure, while the pan-Slavists and
even the Liberals are afraid Of the
specter Of possible dismemberment
Of the empire.