Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
st. Petersburg Strike Leaders
Are ReaSsured.
THE TlE-UP CONTINUED
MUTINOUS SAILORS SEIZED AND
SENT TO CRoNsTADT.
Significant Address to Gear From
zemstvoists-Reported Agent Select
ed to Kill Minister Dunovo.

ST. PETERSBURG, Friday, De-
cenber 8, via Helsingfors, Finland,
December o-The leaders of the
striking telegraph operators have
taken a new grip of the situation
and the tie-up continues practically
complete. Cases of attacks on strike
breakers are reported, and at Smo-
lensk, middle Russia, the strikers
fired into passing mail car.
The sailors of the fourteenth and
eighteenth divisions, in which a
chronic condition of mutiny has pre-
vailed for some time, were finally
surrounded by troops here at Z
O'Clock this morning and were
marched to piers, embarked on
barges and dispatched to Cronstadt.
The local leaders of the post and tela-
graph strike having received more encour-
aging news from Moscow, are making a
desperate effort to rally their followers to
NoiNiIuS Tue SlIlhe 10 lDS pllIer emu. lDty
promise that those without funds will be
provided for, and threaten deserters with
violence.
The leaders have succeeded in destroying
telegraphic communication with kier
Warsaw and Moscow, which was opened
for a time last night. The executive COM
mlttee has issued another appeal to the
strikers to stand firm until all their de-
mands are satisfied. 1t concludes:
BE firm and victory Is ours"
The strikers claim that the delegates
who have returned here from Finland re-
port that the Firms will stand out to the
end.
From Tladikavkaz, North Caucasia, it is
reported that the telegraphers have select
ed man TO come to ST. Petersburg and
kill Interior Minister Durnovo and NJ. Sc
vastianon, superintendent of posts and tel
egraphs.
Address to the Emperor
A delegation from the Tulu zemstvo yes
terday presented an address to the en-
peror as follows:
1--WE adjure your majesty TO rely on the
peaceful millions of the Russian people
who desire freedom without license Your
majesty has removed a burden of 10000 900
of roubles from the peasants, and you have
promised relief in the matter of land. The
Tula peasants expect help, but not from
the senseless promises of the wicked. Your
majesty will hear the truth not from the
revolutionists, but from the douma. which
We pray your majesty not to tarry in
calling"
The emperor, after thanking the delega-
tion, said In reply:
For a full realization of the liberties ac-
corded 1t is necessary primarily to restore
order. This is only possible with the
hearty cooperation OF all the sons of Rus
sia. l know that the needs of the peasants
are great, and to relieve them is my con-
stant care. What could be done at present
has been done but there is still much to
d be accomplished. and therefore 1t is neces-
sary to return to peaceful pursuits and TO
direct all your efforts to the furtherance of
the objects in view. If others follow your
good example the work of improving the
peasants condition and the realization OF
the reforms will be greatly simplifed.'
To Hold Editor Responsible
Several officers of the Seminovsky regi-
ment stationed at Tsarskoe- -Selo, which on
Monday was addressed by the emperor. who
commented on its tried loyalty and ex-
pressed the hope that it would always show
itself firmly united as IT was at pres
ent, have called ON the editor of the Russ
and declared that they will hold him per-
sonally accountable hereafter for articles
printed against the regiment.