Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-27
The Strikes i'm Russia.

The Strikes in Russia.
st. Petersburg. Oct. 27.-The night
passed quietly with mounted Cossacks
patrolling the streets. The government
is holding large force of troops in readi-
ness to march across the bridges into the
quarters of the workingmen, on Basil Is
land, in the event of trouble being started
there.
The warning was issued yesterday by
General Trepof, Assistant Minister of
the Interior, that the troops will FIRE upon
strikers with ball cartridges if they begin
rioting has had the effect of SOLDERING the
populace to great extent.
General opinion today bears out the
prediction made yesterday in these de-
spatches that there will be no general up
rising.
General Trepoff apparently has the sit
uation well in hand and his known inten-
ton to meet rioting with lead is the best
guarantee that there will be no repetition
Of the boodshed of January.
Quiet reigns this morning, and num-
Der OF shops which were closed yesterday
are open for business.
There is no confirmation here of the
rumors that there bss been mutiny on
any warship, or of tie report received by
telegraph from Samara to the effect that
the troops at that point had opened fire
on the strikers.
News that the strike is spreading in
many directions has been received today.
A dispatch from Krasnojark, Siberia,
states that the men on the Siberian Rail-
way nave joined the movement. They
were expected to return to work on Tues
day, however. The men at Slatovsk
struck yesterday and all communication
with the town is cut of today.
A newspaper strike is one of the latest
developments of the situation. Several
of the newspapers have been forced to
suspend publication on account of the
refusal of their compositors 10 work, and
it is expected that by tomorrow all the
papers will be in the grip of the strikers.
This strike started last night when COM
positors on the Novosti, Nassadhizn,
Sym Otestwa struck. Today the COM
positors on the Russ, Birscheva and
Viedomosti refused to set up the even
ing editions of these papers. 1t is not
likely that any of the papers will be
able to appear tomorrow.
The chemists, doctors, and lawyers be-
longing to professional unions, will strike
tomorrow, and will remain inactive until
constitutional assembly is summoned.
At LODI, the employees of the factory
tramways and the suburban railways
have joined the strike.
Reports from Moscow say that the
water supply which was interfered with
by the strikers several days ago, has been
cut off.
Reports from other points throughout
the provinces show that the situation
throughout the empire is very grave. So
far, however, quiet has been maintained
here.
No official figures on the subject are
obtaiuable. Unofficial estimates place
the number at ], 900, 900, and the extent
OF the strike movement can be appre-
ciated from these figures.
Warsaw, Poland, Oct. 27.-The strike
is still in progress here, and additions
to the ranks of the strikers are made
constantly. Today all the factories,
many of the banks, the insurance ex-
change, and many other Offices are
closed The strike has assumed a pure
ly political aspect and the working men
who have left their positions are insist
ing that their demands for reforms shall
be complied with. The authorities hope
to prevent the transmission of private
kilograms from st. Petersburg and Mos
COW. The police at Bstoum have al
ready found a number of Armenian
bombs, packed in boxes, which we're in
tended for use in Smyrna and CONSTANT
nople and Salonika.
Vienna, Oct. PA telegram from
Warsaw, which reached here Oy way of
Lemberg, says that strikers set FIRE to
the Warsaw railway station. The fire.
men refused to make any effort to check
the flames until soldiers compelled
them, at the point of the bayonet, to
work the fire engines.
London, Oct 27.-The news from
Russia is upsetting the markets. Rus
sian bonds have suffered futher decline
of l J points. Many international stocks
have fallen from ! to 4 points
Samara. Russia. Oct. H.-Fighting be-
tween the people and the soldiers occurred
here today. The people attempted to prevent
the tramways from operating and mounted
troops were called out. The people stood
their ground against the soldiers, who charged
upon them, using the butt ends Of their guns
on the crowd. Over twenty persons were
wounded.