The Washington times., 1905-01-21
400 900 STRIKERS
HELD FULL SWAY

ST PETERSBURG, Jan. 21.-Thou-
sands OF workmen. apparently made
bold by the firing of a shot at the Gar
Thursday, defied the authorities yes
terday. and popular uprising resulted,
which as yet shows signs of being
checked
Last night the cessation of work be-
came complete. Troops are guarding
the public works-and more troops
have been ordered to the capital.
Although ostensibly it is labor
movement, the bond of union between
the strikers is political Their chief
demand is for the ending Of the war.
All the workmen IN the st. Petersburg
district, numbering 100000, have quit,
and the movement is spreading to other
districts.
Serious Rioting at Midnight.
At midnight there was serious riot
ing at the Alexandrovsky. Nevsiy, and
Putiloff works, and the machinery. at
those places was destroyed
A large number of police were draft
ed to put down the disorder and more
troops were called out. Two COM
panies Of the Preobra5 onsky Regiment
posted DIT the Putiloff Iron Works, re-
fused to participate in the maintenance
OF order on the ground that it was not
their duty to act as policemen All
B biaden. demonstrations nave been for
The trouble was started yesterday
morning by strikers from the iron and
steel works, government shipyards. and
other industries. on the right bank of
the River Neva, beginning near the
Baltic Works. 1t spread throughout
Vassiii Ostroff (BaSil Island), where
the markets for household supplies are
situated.
Shoppers Run to Cover
Shoppers fed before the mob and the
stalls before the storm broke. but some
Of them were not quick enough to save
their property.
The crowd. composed Of strikers, was
swelled during the morning The men
employed in a large spinning mill at
Sangalli-Kolinkin Joined the strikers.
Later in the day all the bakers and
printers quit work. The printers noti-
fed the managers of the newspapers at
8 O'Clock in the afternoon that they
would not report for work last evening.
All the government works. notably the
cartridge factories, and later the entire
state Industrial colony on Vassilf Os-
troff, ceased work. In the afternoon
markets and shops We're closed,
fight occurred when some of the
men employed in q rubber factory at
tempted to enter it TO resume work The
strikers attacked them at the gates and
prevented them.
Break Into Factories.
Strikers broke into several factories,
including the government printing
works Of the Academy of Science, on
VassiIi Osroff. They forced the en-
ployes of the works to join them The
management. acing upon the advice of
the police, allowed them to quit In order
to avoid further disturbance. A crowd
OF LOCO parsons remained outside the
works
The districts in which the factories
and workshops are have assumed the
quietnesS Of a Sunday. The men are
H6awaiting orders as TO their future action
from some leaders whose identity is
unknown. The NeVsky Proskept and
other great bouleyards are crowded. the
usual frequenters of them having been
Supplemented By large numbers Of the
strikers. who are moving along quietly,
singly or in couples.
The hope of settling the strike which
already embraces 100 900 worl1nien from,
the government yards and factories and
other great industries. virtually van
tshed yesterday morning when 1t was
kannounced that the minister OF the in
terror and the minister OF finance both
declined to receive deputatiCn from the
striking operatives.
Attacks On Property Feared.
At a meeting of manufacturers last
night the opinion was expressed that
the strikers would attempt to destroy
ifi&iS anu oe4iti piOpf4iS AcNdy oO44lt
Of those attending the meeting narrated
Experiences at their factories.
It was said that the police fed the
moment the strikers delegation which
sometimes numbered only TO- ap-
preached The men at work obedientIy
quit work when they were called upon
TO do so, and in this the managers con-
a EuARAizTEED CURE FOR PILES
itching. Blind. Bleeding. ProtrUdi,lg Piles
oar druggist Will refund money II pAZo