Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-03
RUSSIA'S TROUBLES
Japanese Reported to Have
 Outflanked Kuropatkin.
SIBERIAN TOWNS IN WANT OF FOOD
Strikes Renewed at Moscow and Capital-BOmb Throwcrs Attack Soldiers at Warsaw-StOessel
 Feted at St. Petersburx.

l Mukden dispatch says the thunder of l cannon is heard from all positions. Pu- tilotf and Novgorod hills are hidden by | the smoke from the guns. The bOm- bardment was resumed after the re- pulse of an infantry attack by Japa- nese. A heavy bombardment is also in progress in the neighborhoOd of the Shakhe bridge apparently in prepara- ton for an attack in that quarter. In q long dispatch from General ku- ropatkin the commsHder in chief of the army in Manchuria gives details of va rious attacks by the Japanese, but the report throws n0 light upon the ru- mored intention of General Kuropat- kin to withdraw nOrthward, which has been the gossip of St. Petersburg for the last two days.
 A Tokyo report says the position of General Kuropatkin's army is regard ed as being critical. The real turning movement which General Kuroki is operating in the mountains forty miles eastward of Mukden seems to be mak ing progress, and at the same time Field Marshal Oyama is also rolling back the Russian left, while pounding | away at the Russian center with heavy high power guns.
 POutloff and Novgorod hills have been subjected to continuous three day bOmbardment, followed by an in | fantry attack. the main Russian lines being forced to retire two miles to l their shelter trenches.
 | A Newchwang report says that q de- tachment of 400 Japanese cavalry, with one gun, raided Sinmintin, about ] thirty miles west of Mukden, yester- day afternoon. With the gun trained on the main street the troopers ran sacked the railroad buildings and Chi nese inns.
 The Siberian railroad. which is being ! worked to it's full capacity by purely | military traffic, is about to have a fur ther burden imposed upon it-namely, i that of feeding the resident noncom- I batant population. The stock of provi- 1 sions in Irkutsk and other towns in Si- ! beria were not as large as usual at the beginning of the winter and are now running low. The government has been informed that provisions must be i'm ported by the railroad or that the towns will be face to face with famine within fortnight. Tlris will necessi- 1 tate some delay in the forwarding of military supplies, which are sorely needed at the present moment. | General StOessel who was given an audience by the emperor. was received with warmth which went far tc atone for the cool reception which he was given by several of the newspa- pers and military factions. General | Stoessel Is being feted by society. A large dinner was given in his honor after his return from Tsarskoe-Selo.
 No steps have yet been taken toward an investigation Cf the surrender of | Port Arthur but rtic whole matter will soon he placed in the hands of con- mission of inquiry
 Black clouds are again lowering over the industrial situation of Russia. The strike at Moscow has been resumed on
 large scale. anarchy reigns in the ! Caucasus. and at St. Petersburg the
 measures which the government ad-
 vanced to quiet discontent and restore
 good relations between masters and
 men appear to have failed. with the
 probability of causing the storm to
 break anew
 At Warsaw bomb was thrown from
 window overlooking the courtyard of
 the Muranoff district police station at
 :, o'clock in the afternoon. Ii fell in the
 midst of q group Of soldiers. but did
 not explode. Two Jews have been ar
 rested for supposed connection with
 the affair.
 Strike renewals have already assum-
 cd large proportions here, about 50000
 men being out Among those on strike
 are the employees of the St. Peters
 burg shops of the Warsaw railroad
 The strike has not yet extended to the
 traiumen, but the leaders may decide
 to call them out in order to paraIyze
 one of the most important railroads in Russia.
 Strikers at Warsaw drove the of
 ficials and clerks from the offices of the
 sss company and thence marched to the gas works. which are occupied by
 the military. The strikers merely
 iecred al the soldiers. shouting:
 You will only stay there until to-
 morrow Saturday,. Then we will
 clear you out"
 ST PETERSBURG. March 3.-The police of Tsarskoe-Selo. who. since the
 assassination of Grand Duke Sergius. have re,ioubIed the ordinary precau- tio1s for the protection of the imperial
 family. have arrested suspect who says that he is nephew of General Fock- but whose papers are irregular aEd wlso was found to be armed with q heartily loaded retcIver.