Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-06
SUSPENSE I'M ST. PETERSBURG
Public Indignation IL Now Taruins
Against strikers and Revo-
Iutionfsts.


ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 4.-CMonday
Evening. via Edytkuhnen, East Prussia,
Dec. 5,)-iAlthough there appears, to be up
foundation for the. prevailing fears that an
outbreak. is imminent, the population COM
tinues In state 81 anxious suspense. Tho
garrison has now beep reinforced BY forty
two battalions Of infantry, fifteen squadrons
of cavalry and twelve machine gun bat
teries. t~@4--r-- 90 "a A.
The government. 1t is reported. narrowly
frustrated, a. plot whereby 1000 armed men
had arranged to raid the state treasury
One of the conspirators, 1t is said, betrayed
his fellows. whereupon the leaders know
ing that their attack could be repulsed by
the troops with great slaughter, abandoned
It.
The extension OF the strike Of the teleg-
raphers to the postal system is complete
and the paralysis of business is increasing
the danger of a financial crisis. N
The strike of the Moscow telephone opera
tors, who cut the wires and tore up the
poles has severed the last means of COM
munication with the ancient capital.
The present conditions are Onbearable.
Sympathy with the poorly paid postal and
! telegraph employees is now turning into In
dignation againts the strikers, and the pub
lie is supporting a formidable movement
which has been started by all classes to
| throw of the yoke of the revolutionaries
The government is Undoubtedly en-
couraging the organizing of the forces, The
Flaw and order party took the lead, which
is now being followed by the society oil
strike breakers" but the most important
movement has been started under the
leadership of Father Gapon, the former Idol
OF the workmeh who since his residence
abroad has becomo convinced that Russia Il
not prepared for republic, and is appealing
to his old comrades to cut loose from the
| revolutionary agitators. This being a holt.
day Father Gapon attended meetings OF
\ eleven of the organizations which he con.
trolIed before January % (Red Sunday, al
which his words were cheered to the echo
At these meetings the socialist orators were
howled down and in some cases forciblS
| elected. .s @.Sr
If this movement should grow and an ef
fectiye split among the workmen be thereby
created, 1t will prove of Unreasonable sery
ice to the government in tiding things owe,
until the meeting of the Dourna - ~
The striking telegraph operators at
tempted to hold al meeting today in tn,
building Of the, 1mpeTisl Economic society
The president OF the society was INFORMED
that, the meeting could not be held withoI
the authority OF the project of police and HI
drove to the prefecture to obtain the de
sired, permission. Meanwhile Cossacks; en-
tered and demanded that the meeting dis
perse. The strikers refused to obey the de
mand, whereupon commissary Of polio
ordered the Cossaeks and the police to dis
perse the meeting. which they did beating
swords and with their whips.
After the meeting of telegraphers hai
i been dispersed by the Cossaclxs. the striIS
ers Issued another proclamation acceptin
the challenge Of the government and re
iterating their determination to tight to tn
end.
I Neither newspapers nor letters have al
rived from abroad for three days.