Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-01-27
STRIKE 10 SPREADING.
Workman Of Moscow Following IL
Footsteps OF ST. Petersburg
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- tAunniAn btiiht Sfiudtlou IL the new
that several factories in Moscow hav
closed and that the workmen In tn
Did capital Of Russia are repeaiaI
the tactics OF their fellow workmen O
the new capital, marching from shop t
shop and mill TO Min. demanding tina
the establishments be shut down. The
whole city is reported to be In state
of great excitement over the news OF
the bloodshed at ST. Petersburg, which
has precipitated Immediately the
strike that had been scheduled for
"Wednesday.
troops than st. Petersburg. and be-
sides is just now the heart OF the Lib
nral movement, and the danger OF
bloodier occurrences there than have
been Witnessed in st. Petersburg are
proportionately greater A rising at
Moscow is also more likely to have
greater results industrially and politi
cally than that OF St. Petersburg.
According to private reports the
workmen In several other big cites,
notably Kharkoff, where large locomo-
tive works are located. already have
completed plans for a general suspen.
sion OF work. Moreover. reports are
that the workmen, who other
wise would soon be forced back into |
the shops or starye, have received as.
of financial support from the
sources which hitherto have furnished
The sinews OF war to the liberal and
revolutionary agitation, but have not
before been In touch with the labor
II the strike becomes gen.
'ral all over Russia, and especially IL
he railroads are drawn In, 1t might
force the nation to make
'eace with Japan.
The situation appears grave from
very standpoint. but the authorities,
Though apparently somewhat bewil-
cred. declare their purpose to stand
rm maintaining that 1t is their first :
uty to preserve order, scouting the 8
lea of actual revolution. 4
There are extremely significant re-
orts that Emperor Nicholas in maxi
IL the decision at the extraordinary y
Getting Of the council of the empire n
Tsarskoe-Selo to declare ST. Peters u
lrg In q state OF siege, announced .
at he had resolved to issue a mani =
sto to the people, with a view of 3
lining them. promising to create n
lxed commission of workmen and Of
ials to investigate and decide the a,
estions of the demands of the strik. -
$, especially the one affecting hours c.
labor, which Russian law fixes at CT
sven. n,
The military in ST. Petersburg on ..
,nday had a Arm grip on the situa-
n. and the police used every precau-
n. such as forbiddipg the use Of al
troleum and requiring the people to dc
main indoors Nh
rhe tension, which was somewhat -.
axed in the morning. continued to ~
rease during the day. Conditions M
Feared to be ominous, when. shortly an
err dark, the workmen in two cleo 10
, light plants walked out, refusing
lie pay TO remain, and plunging half
city into utter darkness, including is
Neysky prospect, which is in the
hionable residence quarter. rib
he water supply, also. was cut of, sb.
a yeritable panic ensued. Tales
dynamite was In the possession 'oo
the strikers and that it was the wa
pose to sack and burn the town {
been n circulation, and many of
sons were terrorstricken. Reserve
'ps were called out to guard the '"'
xened portion of the city The peo- |
still In the streets, except a few apr
xers and roughs. fed to their not
les. a..
he editors OF four newspapers, the
5, the Viedomosti, the Novosti and Oh
Grashdhanin, declare their inten. and
as soon as the printers return acc
work. and they are able to are
me publication. openly to defy
censorship in the matter of aro'
% news and Sundays af- lnel
!. They drew up letter to the llol
or. saying they felt the gravity OF wne
situation demanded that they print n v,as
acts without minimizing or gloss- fe.'
othar norars howeya hold
"a ~ ,a,ts. 49, -, 800 fiict
sditors OF the four papers named , =,
I'd to adODt the course Indicated VI ~