Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-10-26

London, Oct. 26.-The news agency
st. Petersburg dispatch says two
sauadrons OF Cossacks today attacked
$1,000 workmen holding meeting at
the Nevski works About q hundred
workmeu and seven Cossacks are re-.
ported wounded. The railroad bridges
across the canal at st. Petersburg were
destroyed. Another dispatch says Enl-
peror Nicholas has decided to grant
constitution similar to that of Ger
many.
st. Petersburg. Oct. 96.-Russia is
practically isolated today from the rest
OF the continent of Europe as inter
national train service on all lines has
virtually ceased. Only trains run-
ming are operated by railroad bat
talions. All classes OF workmen are
organizing sympathetic strikes anc
Industrial life in the country is com
lns to standstill. The situation
Cannot long Il continue. Either the
worknen will soon be starved into
submission, or pillage with military
interference and bloodshed on a large
scale is bound to follow. At Moscow
six hundred 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 food is be-
coming extremely serious. Collisions
between troops and strikers are re-
ported to have occurred at several
places.
At Ekaterinoslas a. regular pitched
battle between the soldiers and strik-
el,s was fought and the city was left
ir darkness. But as rule revolu-
tionary leaders are keeping their men
in hand. At Warsaw the agitators are
organizing revolutionary meetings IN
the factory districts and general
strike is anticipated Oct. 2S. Tele-
phone communication with Lodz is
interrupted.
Communication by telegraph with
many interior points is interrupted.
The whole country Is becoming alarm
ed and in st. Petersburg incipient
panic prevails. Boats and Finnish
trains, now the only means of pro-
gress, are crowded with people fleeing
abroad. The situation here has
grown much worse over night The
ranks Of 10000 workmen from the
mills and factories who joined the
strikers yesterday were increased by
10000 more this morning. All en-
rloyes OF the port, 1000 in number,
walked out and 10000 other men from
the steel works left work in a body.
Shops in Vasiliostov district and in
ell 1.-THE suburbs are closed, windows
ere boarded and barred and mounted
patrols are to be seen everywhere.
Except in the heart of the city, women
and children are afraid to venture out.
Workmen are gathering at all places
frequented in the days of Father
Gapon, but they are quiet. The Cos
eacks have had no provocatfon to in
terfere. The general appearance of
the town is menacing. The prices of
food have gone up and the supply of
beef is only sufficient for three days,
but there are ample supplies of wheat
and rye for two months The emperor
and court at Peterhof are supplied by
"a warship from St Petersburg.
The suffering falls heaviest on the
poor who live from hand to mouth.
All the bakers sold their bread before
noon. The meat dealers have been
ordered by the revolutionists not tc
deliver meats to troops under pain of
death. consequently the soldiers are
living on canned food. All the ST
Petersburg schools were closed today
and the children sent home with in
etruct{ons not to return until their
Darents think 1t safe to do so. The