Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-30
The Russian Photographers
Leave Their Keys
Grave Trouble Feared As It Is
Impossible to Get News.
Ndhing Can Be Learned Of The Stu
alton al Sehastopol.

(, Petersburg, Nov. 23.-12.1O z. NJ
Thu, situation has again suddenly grown
exceedingly grave. The pan-RusSlan
ctrikc of the telegraph operators, ue-
,Iared. Yesterday, has gone into oper-
alton and the Workmen's Council is de-
I;horating whether to declare general
noIi;ical strike throughout Russia, TO-
morrow. predicting this time the al
laped uuwarranted arrest of the MEM
,,ars Of the peasants Congress at Mos
.ow and also calling on the people to
compel the employers of st. Peters
brrg who locked out 10000 men, to
open their doors.
The telegraph strike draws an I'M
nenetra BILE curtain between the capital
and the provinces which. Iii Such
crisis. renders the position OF the gov
ernment almost desperate. IL the tel
eeraph strike can be maintained, the
government will be compelled 10 Srope
blindIy in the dark.
The telegraphers' strike is the direct
outgrowth of the governments cIrcu-
lar prohibiting telegraph operators
from Joining a union which prohibition
is attributed to NJ. Durnovo, minister
If the interior, for whose removal from
office the Radicals are vigorously
working. The telcgraphcrS Of Moscow
after leaving their keys, held meeting
In an adjoining building and upon the
:,ppearance of the police and troops
sent to break up the meeting, they de-
,lared firmly that they would not dis
p,rse even if the authorities used force.
Sebastopol being cut off from tele-
r;1n ,x,ith fhp CAP
iial, it is not known here whether the
mutineers have surrendered or whether
Gen. Neplueff, the commander OF the
fortress began active operations against
them, today. The last dispatches Wnich
came through announced that Sep3Sto-
roI was practically deserted except Icf
the troops. The scared people hau ileu
in all directions and SataklaNa anu
neighborng towns were filled with rel
upoes. The streets of Scbastopol were
r.nrescnted as being flooded with IN
coming troops and artillery and ma
chime guns had been placed so as to
command Admiralty Point the strong
hold of the mutineers. While
the guns of Fort Gonstantin
had been trained on the san
ors' barracks. General Ncplueff and the
other military officers. according TO inc
latest adviceS were consulting with the
view 81 whrking-et plan toitakn rmu-
tinccrs by siege and without bloodshed
if possible No further statement was
made regarding the attitude "f tue
Black sea fleet. A dispatch to the NO
voc Vremya says that not more IMAM
a thousand sailors are now supporting
the leaders of the mutiny who NUMBER
a hundred and adds that there are on
" four hundred rifles in til" sailors
barracks and that only a few cart
ridges are available.
The sieve which is supporting Count
White. has become exceedingly pessi-
misti". declaring that revolution con-
stitutcs a double danger as every sue
,,Ss of the rcVOlutiOniStS enables III"
reactinnists to point out the danger OF
continuing the reform program While
every turn of the wheel backward sum-
ulates the revolutionists to make new
attacks on the government.
The editor of the pictorial, satlrical
papcr. Poulemet (machne gum, VII"
was arrested, Nov. 81. has been re-
leased. The public prosecutor found
that the editor had not committed any
crime.