Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-15
WANT DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC.
Proclamation Declaring ''lmperi.
al Government Continues to
Walk Over Our Corpses."
should Strike Spread Over the Coun.
try Governments Position VIII
Become Desperate.


ed another general political strike be-
ginning today at noon. This action
nas decided upon late last night by the
vorkmen's strike committee which now
Is completely under the domination OF
The social revoIutlonists, whose leaders
proclaim that their ultimate object is
the complete overthrow of the mon
archy and the establishment OF dem
ocratc republic. This also is the real
aim Of their brothers. the Social Demo-
Gratis of Poland. but the proclamation
issued Keeps this in the background
and apparently supports the popular
sympathy for Polish autonomy and the
Indignation OF the application OF the
death sentence being imposed on the
Cronstadt mutiners. The proclama-
ton says:
The imperial government continues
10 walk over our corpses. II court-mar-
tails the bold soldiers and sailors Of
Cronstadt who die in defense Of their
rights and ma tural freedom. II enoir-
ces weak and oppressed Poland with
the IRON ring OF martial law.
TO AID REvoLUTIoNIsTs.
The workmen's council calls on the
revolutionary proletariat of st, Peters,
burg 10 renew The general political
strike which has already demonstrated
It's dread power In order to show broth.
erly solidarity with the revolutionary
soldiers and sailors as well as with the
revolutionary proletariat of Poland Let
the Workmen Of st. Petersburg cease
work at noon Nov. IS with tho cries
Of Down with the courtmartial:"
down With the death penalty" down
with martial law IN Poland and in all
Russia.
GENERAL APPEAL.
The committee has appealed 70 the
strike committee throughout Russia to
jonsu the movement and also appealed.
20 the railroad men with the view to
bringing about another general tle-up
one OF the most potent arguments used
nj the meeting OF workmen's delegates
last night was that in this fight the
workmen will have their efforts In be-
half Of the lives of the mutineers to in
crease the sympathy felt for the work.
mems cause and help them to win over
the army and navy to the cause of free
dom Some OF the delegates. having
the great question of economy upper
most in their minds, namely, how to
Increase their incomes with diminished
labor protested that the political strike
would interfere with the fight for an
eight hour day but they we're rudely
waved aside by the majority, who
claimed that there would be time
enough to deal with economy question
whom they had finished with the autoc-
racy.
RAILWAY MEN OUT.
The strike commenced promptly on
the Baltic and Warsaw railways and
It is announced that all the others Will
follow suit.
Although the workmen OF many of the
big establishments beyond the MOSCOW
and Narva gates and in the Neva and
Vasiaia Ostroff districts promised to
obey the strike mandate, those OF the
Putiloff and other factories declined to
Join In the strike. The various pro-
fessional organizations which partici-
pated In the other general strike are
also lukewarm regarding the decision OF
the workmen's committee as hasty and
HI advised Nevertheless, IN the
present state Of public opinion they
may be swept off their feet especially
should some untoward incident occur.
SITUATION DESPERATE.
Should the general strike again
spread over the country, the govern
ments position might be rendered des-
perate. 1t Is imnotent now 10 deal
with many of the questions confronting
Il and might be terrorized into making
further concessions. The ancient KING.
dom OF Georgia, following the lead OF
Finland and Poland, has now picked
up courage and has demanded autono-
my,
The attempt 10 restore order In the
government Of Kutais. Trans Caucasia,
with Russian troops has so infamed the
popuace that the municipal council OF
Kutais, capital of the government or
that name, has telegraphed to both
Count Witte and the viceroy, ADVISING
against further attempts at coercion.
At the sangalli works there was
fight between strikers and anti-strlk-
FRS during which four men we're killed
and 10 were wounded with knives
The electric lights VIII be shut OFT
this evening and the city VIII again
be In darkness tonight. The car driv.
ers and cabmen have also been asked
to loin in the strike.
The suddenness and magnitude or
the movement has terrorized the in
habtants and has caught the govern
ment as usual unprepared. The streets
are already full of Cossacks, cavalry
md infantry, but the authorities, IN
the face OF such gigantic revolution
hry demonstration seem to- be hesitat'
lng over what course TO pursue. lnas-
much as thousands OF arms were
bought and distributed during the last
few days under cover OF providing for
defense against the BLACK Hundred
the danger OF bloodshed on large
scale should the troops fire Is greatly,
Increased. The revolutionary leaders
boldly boast that the people are now
better prepared and better armd for
conflict. Moreover, they assert conf
dentIally that they know positively
that the soldiers of several OF me
guard regiments will refuse to fire upon
the people.
The Engllsh mill owners at meeting
THIS afternoon decided to shut down In
definitely as II Is impossible to attempt
10 continue work while the present rev
alutlonary spirit prevails. At the EN-
bassies the situation was regarded as
much more serious than ever before,
Genuine alarm Il manifested as 20
whether the government will be able
10 meet the impending crisis. Meas