The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-21

Int Denomination OF a general strike
FOR tomorrow at noon has created the
most intense excitement If il can De
successfully begun and maintained the
revolutiOnaries are confident that il
win break the governments back. IN
government circles. however. conf
4 drnce is expressed that the proleta-
Z Slat organizations cannot effect a COM
pltte tle-GD and that the strike must
oe OF short duration. This hope seems
based Oh the theory that the extreme
programme Of the reds has alienated
the sympathy of a large proportion of
The real Workmen and also upon what
they claim 90 be absolute knowledge
ShaL the organizations are without
FUNDS The governments calculations,
however, have proved depIorably at
variance with the true situation in the
past and the strike leaders declare
ne government is again hOpelessly
ignorant of the magnitude of the
struggle confronting il. Their plans
are exceedingly ambitious
Expect Aid From Army.
From the nature of the appeals of
the leaders 10 the troops il is evident
that they expect to pTecipiJate a crisis
Al the army
The central committee of the rail
road men at Moscow. which deter
mined the issue last night I'm voting i'm
favor of a strike has telegraphed over
The railroad lines that the employees of
twenty-five roads are ready 10 stop all
traffic. The decision is to close every
Thing in the empire-railroads manu-
factories, wholesale ana retail stores
and all government works except the
WaterWOrks. The bakeries in the
cities, However, viii not be closed So
long as they do not raise their prices.
It they raise the price of bread even
the bakeries viii be closed n was
proposed i'm Moscow 10 exempt the
electric light plants but this was de-
fosted.
Will Take Time.
Although the blow is timed for to-
muIrOW noon on account of the
difficulty of communication. the
strike leaders do not hope to bring
the life of the empire To a standstM
10y a single stroke, but they viii labor
for gradual extension of the strike
movements.
The nature OF the manifesto of the
~ orkmen's council Of Moscow To the
army is 50 mfiammatory that even the
radical papers are afraid 10 print it.
During the strike il is proposed TO stop
all papers and 10 print and distribute
only the organ of the WOrkmen's cOun-
c'i The police are hunting down and
aIr-sting the strike leaders as rapidly
y as they can be found. Comparatively
AfeW captures have been made as the
Neaders keep i'm hiding. avoiding their
residences and meeting I'm secret, each
time at a different locality.
Government HELPLESS.
The helplessness Of the government
In this crisis is demonstrated by the
inability OF Interior Minister Durnovo
last night 10 get through instructions
10 arrest the members Of the work
mems council OF Moscow. He at
tempted TO use tbe railroad wires, but
the operators obeyed the dicum of
she council ana refused To send the
MESSAGES. The government is unable
10 forward instructions 20 General
Linevitch, commander of the Manchu-
rian army. Five operators In success
sion of the railroad lines declined to
send cipher message signed by the
emperor.
The Molva i'm an editorial today says
tie only possibility of saving the stu
alton is the supercessiou of Premier
White and Finance Minister ShipOff
Should the tinal decision at Tsarskoe-
Selo, where the cabinet resumed con-
sideration of the election law today.
be IN favor of universal suffrage il
might have considerable influence on
the situation. The NOVoe Vremya
prints dispatch from Riga. dated
Dec. 10. saying that the Let's are
completing their armed organizations
and are ambushing and driving out
the troops from the country. destroy
arrl Ia hrff F1ssFl nj lt.,
castles and residences Of the landlords
into forts As fast as the country is
cleared of troops the Germans and
Let's are setting IN local administra-
tlOns. Preparations are making for a
general convention Of representatives.
- Llthunia, at which women win be
granted the right 10 vote. The in
habitants are laying in supplies as il
20 withstand a siege