The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-20
RIOTERS RAGE in
RUSSIAN CAPITAL
Break Into Factories and Compel
Employees to Join the .
Strikers Forces.
THEY THREATEN TO
wR..st9K BUILDINGS
The Troops Are Called Out
Workmen Petition Gar:
Let Us Live.''
Special to The Journal.


Special to The Journal.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 20.-The guns of
the battery from which the charge Of
case shot was fred at the GEAR yester-
day have been seized by the police and
the gunners who worked them, and also
all the officers Of the battery have been
placed under arrest. .......
The minister of the interior and the
minister Of finance have both declined
to receive deputation from the strik-
ing operatives Of the steel and iron
works at the government shipyards
and of other industries who are now
idle to the number of 100000. With
this refusal hope of a settlement of
the strike has virtually vanished.
Word has been received from Riga
that the socialists organized demon
stratlon there today. A crowd marched
thru the town distributing procla1na-
lions. The police stopped the process
sion, tore down it's flags and dispersed
the crowds. Several of the demonstra-
tors fired revolvers, but no one was in
jured. Similar demonstrations are re-
ported from other cities.
The car, seeing that the strike may
readily become revolutionary, has Or
dered commanding generals thruout
Russia to institute inquiries as to the
extent Of revolutionism in the army.
Like orders have been sent to naval
stations.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 2o.--The en-
spinning mill ceased work today and
considerable further accessions to the
ranks of. the strikers are expected in
the course Of the day.. The men already
out in pursuance Of the plan to enforce
general strike are parading the
streets of the Basil island district,
and small shopkeepers to close. - :.
1T is estimated that the bands so en-
gagged aggregate 5000 men. They have
broken into several factories and into
the printing works of the academy Of
science, forcing the employees to join
them. The management Of the printing
| works, which is government establish
ment, acting on the advice of the police,
=
as to avoid disturbance.
Workmen Petition Gear.
A petition to Emperor Nicholas now
circulating at workmen g meetings for
signatures bitterly complains of the
desperate condition of the workers and
their "deprivation Of human rights. -
| The petition expresses devotion to the
emperor, and closes:
|
thou leavest us in this position we pre-
fer to de-
Strike Forces Grow.
AS the day progressed the ranks Of
the strikers were rapidly augmented.
Delegations each 200 strong visited all
the factories and printing shops, threat
ening to compel a cessation Of work I'M
in the strike. 81.
Practically all the small establish
ments in st. Petersburg are already
closed in response to the demands of
the. strikers, while the printing works
a and tobacco factories are following
suit. One Of the deputations Of strik-
ers visited the office Of a recently estab-
lished news agency and informed the
printers that unless they Joined the
movement the building would be
wrecked. The printers, numbering
about 100, promptly quit work and the
agency is now sending out its news in
stenciled sheets instead of in print
The troops have been called out.
Press Silent About Shooting.
Nothing better. illustrates the condi
lions in Russian journalism than the
appearance Of the st. Petersburg pa
pers this morning, following yester.
day attempt on the cars life.
There. are prominent headlines, but
almost no editorial references, and the
briefest possible mention is made Of the
unexpected hail Of grape shot around
and the Romanoff family had gathered
for the great religious festival Of the
; Epiphany and the blessing Of the waters
of the Neva. e..
The account of the stately ceremonial
prepared by the court marshal is lons
and rich in detail, describing the ap
, Elephants and the progress Of event.
from minute to minute. Appended t.
this court circular are short paragraph
from various papers, abiding in tn,
most guarded terms to the unexpected
danger in which his majesty ! stood
These, add practically nothing to tn
a days opportunity for investigation
and inquiry.
Offers No Explanation.
The Novoe vremya which publishe
the most extended account, shows tina
chief interest in the incident fol1owe,
the second and third shots, but offers NJ
7 explanation. The paper has brie
editorial on the inexcusable carelessnes
, of permitting SO perilous a happenin!
| and on the general joy at the escape o
, his majesty and the relief to the straine
| nerves It closes by expressing tn
hope that the miraculous escape Of tn
emperor from mortal danger while en-
gagged in the pious rites of the faitl
may be an omen that Russia is unde
like protection; that Providence j
9 watching over those who live by faitf
and that she may emerge in equal safet
from the perils in which she now stands
Other papers publish less regardin
9 the event-not even the names of tn
2 officers commanding the battery or tn
q artillerymen tending the guns are giveI
,. The reader is left largely to- draw hi
IS own conclusions as to the connection be
= tween the sound of the salute and th
lpatter Of the halls shout the pavaGo1,
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