The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-15
NEW STRIKE AIMS
AT CARS THRONE
One Hundred Thousand Quit
Work in the Russian
Capital.
FOREIGNERS ALARMED
AS NEVER BEFO
Foreign Warships May Be Hur.
ried to Russ Port and
Troops Landed.


and which at present is the property OF
the emperor and grand dukes, will be
given to the peasants.
General Strike Begins.
The proletariat Of st. Petersburg
has summoned another general
political strike, beginning today
at ataed no SPon i Te5s laa aetlon was as
workmen 8 strike committee, which now
is completely under the domination of
the social revolutionists, whose leaders
openly proclaim that their ultimate OBJ
ject is the complete overthrow OF the
monarchy and the establishment of
democratic republic.
This also is the real aim of their
brothers, the social democrats OF Po-
land, but the proclamation issued keeps
this in the background and apparently
supports the popular sympathy for Po-
sh Ss and the
sentence being imposed on the Kron-
stadt mutineers. The proclamation
7'The imperial government continues
to walk over our corpses. 1t court
martials the bold soldiers and sailors
of Kronstadt who rose in defense OF
their rights and national freedom;
encircles weak and oppressed Poland
with the iron ring Of martial law.
Calls for New Strike.
stThe workmen's council calls upon
1 the revolutionary proletariat of st.
| Petersburg to renew the general polltl-
cal strike which has already deMaar
strated it's dread power in order to ahoW
a r9's Soldiers and sailors, as Wei as
the olutianeTy prgletariat of Poland.
4 Let the workmen Of st. Petersburg
cease work at noon Nov. l5, with the
cries Of Down with the courtmartial, :
Down with the death penalty Down
with martial law in Poland and in all
Russia -
4 The committee has appealed to the
strike committees thruout Russia to
Join in the movement and has also APP
pealed to the railroad men with the
view to bringing about another general
tie-up.
One Of the most potent arguments
gates last night. Was that IN this aght
the wOrkmen will have their efforts in
behalf Of the lives of the mutineers to
increase the sympathy felt for the
workmen s cause and help them to win
over the army and navy to the cause
! of freedom.
Some of the delegates who, having the
great question of national economy up
permost in their minds, namely, how to
increase their incomes with diminished
labor, protested that the political strike
would interfere with the fight for an
eight.hour day, but they were rudely
waved aside by the majority who
claimed that it would be time enough
to deal with economic questions when
1 they had finished with the autocracy.
Railroad Strike Begins.
= The strike commenced promptly on
: the Baltic and Warsaw railways and it
l | is announced that all the other lines
8 will follow suit.
3 The Finnish railroad men are meeting
: to decide whether they, too, will Join in
), the movement.
3 The factories in the industrial dis.
3 tricts beyond the Narva and Moscow
\ gates have shut down. The Nevsky
: admiralty and Baltic yards, the big
tube works and all the cotton and wool
i en- mills on both sides Of the News
: closed at noon and soon thousands OF
: workmen were parading in the indus
trial districts, carrying red flags ane
forcing those who were reluctant t.
strike, to join them.
The compositors are said to have de
cided to join the general strike and 4
= is expected that all the newspapers vii
again have to suspend publication.
100000 on Strike.
- The order for general strike wa
IS wonderfully successful, almost 100000
= men walking out in obedience to TIL
- mandate Of the strike committee.
u The Northern express bound for Pari
remains standing in the station.
y At the San,galli works ther was
II during which four men were killed an
4 ten were wounded with knives.
y The electric lights will be shut o.
u this evening and the city will again b
u in darkness tonight; The car driver
and cabmen have also been asked +
join in the strike.
The suddenness and magnitude of tn
movement has terrorized the inhabit
ants, and has caught the government
& unprepared as usual. The streets are a.
y ready full Of Cossacks, cavalry and In
fantry, but. the authorities In the fac
of such gigantic revolutionary demon
n stratiOn seem to be hesitating over Wha
vs. course to pursue.
Of Danger Of Slaughter.
is Inasmuch as thousands Of arms wer
Mt bought and distributed during the las
so few days under cover Of providing fc
be the danger of bloodshed on large seal
should the troops fire, is greatly IL
"a creased.
re The revolutionary leaders bold
H. boast that the people are now bette
is. prepared and better armed for a cor
us f1ict. Moreover, they assert confdentl
Mt, that they know positively that the 50
es diers of several guard regiments wi
refuse to fire upon the people.
The English millowners, at NEE
ing this afternoon, decided to shut dow
indefinitely, as it is impossible to a
M tempt to continue work while the pre-
ly emit revolutionary spirit prevails.
re- At the embassies the situation wa
lal regarded as much serious tina