The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-15
WANT A REPUBLIC
Russian WOrkmen Inaugurate
Another General Strike.
Openly Proclaim the Object Of
the Movement.
a PROMPT RESPONSE.
Railway Employees Answer the
Call Of the Leaders.
Disorders Are Extending to
Many New Fields.

st. Petersburg. Nov. 15.-The pro-
Ietariat of St. Petersburg has sum
naoned another general political strike,
beginning today at noon This action
was decided upon late last night by
the workmen's strike committee,
which now is completely under the
domination of the social revolutionists,
whose leaders openly proclaim that
their ultimate object is the complete
overthrow of the monarchy and the
establishment Of democratic re-
public.
This also is the real aim of their
brothers, the social democrats OF Pc
land. but the proclamation issued
keeps this in the background and APP
parently supports the popular sym
pathy for Polish autonomy and the
indignation against the application of
the death sentence being imposed on
the Cronstadt mutineers. The procla-
nation says.
1.-THE imperial government continues
to walk over our corpses. 1T court
martials the bold soldiers and sailors
of Cronstadt who die in defense OF
their rights and natural freedom IT
encircIes weak and oppressed Poland
with the iron ring of martial law
THE WOrkmen's council calls on
the revolutionary prOletariat of st.
Petersburg to renew the general 20
ntiCal strike, which has already dem
onstrated its dread power, in order to
show brOtherly solidarity with the
revolutionary soldiers and sailors as
we'll as with the Revolutionary pro-
letariat of Poland. Let the wOrkmen
o. ST. Petersburg cease work at noon,
November 4 with the cries Of Down
with the court martialP Down with
the death penalty Down with mar
tial law in Poland and in all Russia. 8
Ine committee has appealed to
the strike committee throughout Rus
STA to join in the movement and also
appealed to the railroad men with a
view to bringing about another general
tie-up. one of the most potent argu-
ments used at the meeting of work
mems delegations last night was that
in this fight the wOrkmen viii have
their efforts in behalf of the lives of
the mutineers to increase the sympathy
felt for the WCrkmen's cause and help
them to win over the army and navy to
the cause of freedom.
Some of the delegates who have the
great question Of national economy up
permOSt in their minds, namely how &c
increase their incomes with diminished
labor, protested that the political strike
would interfere with the fight for ar
eight-hour day, but they were rudely
waved aside by the majority who claimed
that it would be enough to deal will
economy question when they had fin
nished with the autocracy.
The strike commenced promptly or
the Baltic and Warsaw railways and ii
is announced that all the others vii
follow suit. Although the worknen oil
many Of the big establishments beyon5
the Moscow and Narva gates and II
the Neva and Vasilia OstrOm districts
promised to obey the strike mandate
those Of the PutilOf and other factories
declined to join in the strike The va
rious professional organizations which
participated in the other general strike
are also luke warm regarding the ac-
ttons of the workmen's COMMITTEES as
hasty and ill-advised. Nevertheless il
the present excited state of public
opinion they may be swept off theil
feet, especially should some untowarC
incident occur.
Should the general strike again spread
over the country the governments posi-
ton might be rendered desperate. 1T is
impotent now to deal with many of the
questions confronting it and might be
terrorized into making further conces-
sions. The ancient kingdom of Georgia
following the lead of Finland and Pc