The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-21

men Under Present Conditions Has
! BECOME IntoIera ble-says, 1--WE Are
Poor, Prosecuted, Burdened With
Labor Beyond Endurance Limit
Has Been Reached, Death Is Pref
cradle"
ST. PETERSBURG Jan. 21.--A great
popular uprising, started by strikers
from the iron and steel works, govern
ment shipyards and other industries,
has taken place on the right bank Of
the river Neva, in this city, beginning
near the Baltic works 1t spread
throughout Vassili Ostroff Basil is
land, where the markets for purveyors
Of household supplies are situated
Shoppers fed before the mob, and
the marketmen attempted TO close their
stalls before the storm broke, but some
of them were not quick enough to save
their property.
The crowd, composed of strikers Is
being hourly augmented.
A detachment Of the Moscow guards
regiment was called out owing TO the
threatening attitude of 800 strikers at
Shapchal's tobacco factory. The EN-
ployees Of the factory decided TO Join
in the strike movement. The factory
is closed
The crowd proceeded to bookblnd-
ing establishment, where the employ
ees also Joined in the movement The
strikers are freely making threats Of
violence The police present do not in
terfere, but in any case they would
not be capable OF controlling the agita-
ton in the proportions it has now at
| tanned.
Troops are held in readiness at vari-
Gus points for any emergencies.
All the government works, notably
the cartridge factories and later the
entire state industrial colony on Vas
sill 0stroff, ceased work, and in the
| afternoon markets and shops were
closed.
| A fight occurred when some of the
men employed in rubber factory at
| tempted to enter 1t to resume work.
| The strikers attacked them at the gates
and prevented them.
Strikers broke into several factories,
including the government printing
works of the Academy of Science, sit
uated on vassili Ostroff. They forced
the employees of the works to join
them. The management, acting upon
the advice of the police, allowed them
TO quit in order to avoid further dis
turbance. A crowd of 1000 persons
remained outside the works
The men employed in a large spin
ming mill at Sangalli-Kolinkin ceased
work this morning and Joined the strik-
| ers.
The hope of settling the strike, which
already embraced 100000 workmen
from the government yards and fac
tories and other great industries, vr-
tually vanished when it was announced
that the minister of the interior and
the minister Of finance both declined
TO receive deputation from the strlk-
ing operatives.
All the bakers and all the printers
have struck work. The printers noti-
fed the managers of the newspapers
that they would not report for work
until their demands were granted
Altogether 174 works in st. Peters
burg are closed through the strike. The
management of the Putiloff Iron
works, where the trouble began, have
posted notice ordering the employees
to receive the pay due them today and
resume work. This is an ultimatum,
and there is apprehension Of a conflict.
Military patrols around the works have
been REINFORCED. No newspapers are
expected to appear today, a majority
of the printers in the city having Joined
In the strike, and great anxiety is felt
regarding the attitude Of the railway
and telegraph servants, whose defec-
ton would disorganize the whole coun-
try. The civil employees at the arsenal
and government printing works have
struck.
The following is the text in part of
the strikers petition to the car:
1--WE, workmen, inhabitants of st.
Petersburg, of all classes, our wives,
children and INDECENT parents, come to
you, our sovereign, asking for protec-
ton. We are poor, prosecuted, burden
ed with labor beyond our strength.
We are insulted. treated not as men,