The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-11-02
DARKEST DAYS AHEAD.
Russian Empire Moving Swiftly On 70
Revolution.
STRIKERS GROW MORE VIOLENT.
Workmen Cease Toll and Gather In
Vast Throngs - St. Petersburg Pc.
lice Resign Their Posts = Public
Schools Close indefinitely.


Schools Close Indefinitely.
st. Petersburg, Oct. 2S.--The whole
empire appears to be rising in insur-
rection and st. Petersburg Is in tur.
MOL.
During this striking workmen be-
gan marching into the outlying dis
tricts and inviting their comrades to
join them.
The police are becoming frightened,
many Of them offering their resigna-
lions.
Reports from the interior say that
the troops are moving few trains
but with great difficulty.
The strikers are tearing up the
tracks. A state Of siege exists in
Moscow. The street cars are stopped.
Martial law has been declared at
Elizabethpol.
BY imperial order the garrison Of
st. Petersburg has been placed under
the command of General Trepoff, as
sistant minister of the interior, who
is held responsible for the safety and
order of the capital and the troops dis
tributed in various parts of the city.
All the ministers were in confer
ence with General Trepoff. They are
celebrating on an enlarged law Of as
sembly.
Russia is practically isolated from
the rest of the continent of Europe as
the international train service on all
lines has virtually ceased. The only
trains running are operated by the
railway battalions.
The strike contagion is spreading.
All classes Of workmen are organic
ing sympathetic strikes and indus
trial life In the country is coming to
a standstill.
At Moscow 600 cabmen have already
fought the strikers, whom they charge
with taking the bread out of their
mouths. In many cities, especially at
Moscow, the question of fosd is be-
coming extremely serious,
Collisions between troops and strik.
ers are reported to have occurred at
several places.
At Ekaterinoslay pitched battle
between the soldiers and strikers was
fought and the city was left in dark
ness.
Communication by telegraph with
many interior points is interrupted.
The whole country is becoming alarm.
ed and in St. Petersburg panic pre-.
walls. The boats and the Finnish
trains, the only means of egress, was
crowded with people fleeing abroad.
The situation here has grown worse.
The ranks Of the 10000 workmen
from the mills and factories who join.
ed the strikers have been increased
by 10000 more. All the employees OF
the port, 1000 in number, walked out
and 10000 other men from the steel
works left work in a body.
The shops in the Vasiliostrov dis
trict and in all the suburbs are clos
cd, windows are boarded and barred
and mounted patrols are to be seen
everywhere in the streets. Except in
the heart Of the city, women and
children are afraid to venture out.
Workmen are gathering at all the
places frequented in the days Of Faith
er Gapon, but they are quiet.
The prices of food have gone up
and the supply of beef is only suffi-
cient for three days, but there are am
pie supplies Of wheat and rye for two
months. The emperor and the court
at Peterhof are supplied by warship
from ST. Petersburg. All the families
who can afford It have fastened to lay
in supplies to stand siege. The suf-
fering falls the heaviest on the poor
who live from hand to mouth All the
bakers sold out their bread before
noon. The meat dealers have been
ordered BY the revolutionists not to
deliver meat to the troops under pain
Of death, and consequently the sol
diers are living on canned food. The
butchers have notified their patrons
that the meat market win probably
be closed because Of the lack Of meat.
All the st. Petersburg schools were
closed and the children were semi
home with instructions not to return
until their parents think II safe to do
SO.