Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-11
STRIKE TROUBLES
N S7.PETERSBURG
r,,,, Capital is Again Face to
Face With a Most Serious
Situation.
NINCEON WORKMEH'S DEMANDS
IT.. Have Not Been Paid for Time
rbey We're Out--cossacks Ace
PatrolliDg.

q. potersburg. Feb. 10-St. Peters
,s,o ,s again face TO face with "A re"
mo, NJ the labor upheaval the imme-
mote Indictment being the failure OF the
a.rr,en TO secure payment for the
,.,o tboy we're out on strike, added to
,sa ,oct that there has been no adj
,n.tment Of the demands which led to
the strike last month
The putIloff iron works. where the
,,,,rer strike originated, is playing the
n,lnclpal part, There are 10000 work.
r,ep already out within the metropolis
district. and workmen at the torpedo
sootorv IN Zolpino, IS miles distant
hoyo TONED the strikers. There is a
strong prospect Of the movement ex-
tending.
only energetic measures by the troops
mi the police prevented the resumption
,o,lav of the former tactics OF the
at ikers marching from factory to fac
tory and inducing or compelling ems
coves TO lay down their tools, Thus
FAR there has been no disorder in ST.
petersburg, and the authorities APP
near TO have the situation well In hand
in this respect II is generally believed
that such precautions have been taken
as will preclude the repetition OF the
boodshed of Jan, %. However circum-
ftantial reports that the revolutionary
element Is about TO Join with the strik-
trs and resort to bombthrowing are
causing grave apprehensions,
The workmen today held number of
orderly meetings in open fields and big
assemblages are scheduled for tomor-
row
Sunday Will be the crucial time, The
position Of the workmen is distinctly
weaker than IL was three weeks ago,
for they are without money, while the
authorities are not repeating the mis-
take Of Understanding the gravity Of
the movement or neglecting precau-
tons
The men at the Putioff works who
yesterday announced their intention of
irving to enforce an eight-hour day re-
ported AT I tlpNhf Mulhtu III liOult
and then demanded TO see the director
Of the works who conferred with the
mems delegates. The latter demanded
eight hours no discrimination against
the promoters OF the recent strike and
pay FOR the weeks strike
The director declared he was unable
10 accede to the demands. and thereup-
on 1900 men Of the Putiloff works went
out
Within a few hours the strike had ex-
tended to half a dozen large establish
monts within n radius OF a couple of
miles Of the Putiotf works. II is esti-
mated at this hour that, altogether,
100000 have gone out. The strike has
not yet extended to the other metrOpon-
tan districts. The Putllon strikers are
Quiet The police continue to allow
them to gather I'm groups in the streets.
They also hold meetings in the fields
The whole district is constantly pa
trolled by horse guards and Cossacks,
RESERVES He held ready near the
uaNa and Moscow gates TO prevent
the strikers from entering the city In
a body A few thousand strikers eYad-
ca the troops and marched through side
streets toward the Nyborg quarter, in
order to Induce the men In the factories
there to come out; but troops barred
the way and dispersed the crowd.
The strikers are greatly incensed
against Manager Smirnoff OF the Putt
lon iron works, whom they accuse of
cutting down wages. M. Smirnoffs resi-
hence inside the works Is strongly
guarded, a company OF the Peobraier-
sky regiment and 100 police being on
duty there.
MORE RIOTERS KILLED.
LODI, Russian Poland, Feb 1O,--It is
reported that five persons We're killed
ana BS wounded In riot I'm Cheibler
Iactory, and that seven were Killed and
tory.
Conflicts between troops and strikers
look place here this afternoon. Ac-
cordlng to one report, strikers fred on
detachment Of soldiers from windows
ana the latter then fired u voley into
tne crowd In the streets Another re-
port says one striker was killed and
FOUR wounded. Other persistent re-
borts estimate the number of killed at
~ and say that so were wounded. Tho
Cohhlet occurred at Louis Geyser's
factory where troops We're lined up TO
prevent the mob from entering to de-
mand their pay.
4. me strikers generally are enraged at
we refusal Of other manufacturers to
give mem their pay and several of the
Encounters between mobs and troops
are reported from different directions.
- number Of people were said to have
ueeh wounded, The greatest alarm
prevails here The shops were closed
uoIy thIs afternoon and the windows
We're boarded up
ne manufacturers today agreed on
an ultlmatum to the strikers TO the Of
Icy mat unless they return to work
Eeoruary ID all the mills will be shut
uoWh Indefinitely. The manufacturers
,eallze that they made mistake N
piaylng the men In advance. To-day the
suiEers are clamoring for another in
s.alllnent The governor has issued
on oruer prohibiting further payments
alu sent troops to one factory today TO
pp,event the men from approac hing the
PREMISES The authorities are mailing
e,ely effort to prevnt bloodshed. Tho
so'erhor has ordered the troops not e.
H'e unless attacked.
,, 10 reported that a general railroad
o o,n'Ne WI commence Feb. IA through
en- ollclal report received here TODAY
Inn sosnovlce says 20 strikers were
OF yesterday Wv '''''N'