Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1905-11-18
81. Petersburg WaIkOut May
Come 10 an End TOdaQ.
RECKLESS RADICALS MAKE
A LAST SUPREME EFFORT
Will Bring Every Industry in Capital
to StandstiII Today and Attempt
to Rescue Imprisoned Liberals.

st. Petersburg, Saturday. Nov is.
--1:45 a. m-Though, according to
surface indications yesterday the out
look for the speedy ending of the
strike was gloomy, tine revelations
made at a meeting last night of the
council of the workmen's delegates
showed that a large portion of the
workmen were breaking loose from
the control of the leaders and were
anxious to return to work, and
plebiscite which viii be taken today
PROBABLY will result in a decision to
nbandon the strike Monday
At the meeting of the council which
was held in the same hall where Faith
en- Gapon. Maxim Gorky and other
leaders denounced the emperor on the
eve of January 22 cred Suniay'O,
delegate after delegate from different
factories arose and reported that the
workmen under the influence of the
ultimatum issued by the employers an
nouncing that the factories would be
Sshut down indefinitely unless work
was resumed on Monday. and with the
pleading Of their wives ani of the
conservative workmen ringing in their
ears, were demanding thaT-the strike
should be ended.
After long discussion motion to
call off the strike was rejected. and IL
was decided to Call meetings of work.
men In the factories today for the puT-
pose of laying the situation before
them and to abide by their decision.
After the adoption of the resolution
calling for a referendum it was decid-
ed to bend every effo"t to close every
store market and office, beginning at
II o'clock this morning and to stop al
street car and carriage traffic in the
streets. so as to bring the life OF the
Russian capital to complete stand
s.ill.
Will Short Circuit Dynamos.
The stoppage Of the e'ectric plants,
which the government had succeeded
in getting IN partial operation was
entrusted to electrical workers in the
various districts. who were empowered
to use any and all means deemed ad-
visable for the iniuring of the ma.
chinery and short-circuiting of the dy-
namos, even to the extent of destroy
ing. the plants.
Another resolution called for dem.
onstrations to effect the release of the
four delegates who had been arrested.
II was decided to mlss 5000 men In
front of each prison where the dele
gates are detained and to hold them
there until they are liberated
The utterly reckless Split manifest
ed by the Reds who engineered the
present strike is producing a natural
reyulsion Of feeling. which Is shared
by all classes of society.
The prospect OF anarchy and mob
rule, which would be the logical out
come of the present 1emoralized con-
ditlons In both the country districts
and the cities. has had a SOLDERING in
f1uence.
Bitterness Against Agitators.
The lower classes. who are always
on the verge Of starvatloH. are grow
ing bitterly angry against the agita-
tors. who by these continued strikes
are taking the bread from their
mouths and not only without being In
cited by the police. but in spite of all
the authorities. these classes are
threatening reprisals.
The intelligent middle class, how
ever. Is beginning to rally to the sup
port OF the government In its effort
to restore something like order and
public Tranquility. Many OF the Lib
erals who fought the government ac-
lively before the proclamation of the
emperors manifesto are now convince
ed that their leaders bluniered fright
fully by refusing 10 lend their support
to Count Witte IN his difficult task be-
cause he had declined to accept the
unqualified conditions laid down by
them. They see ROW that Il Is too late
that they missed the great opportunity
of becoming the leading influence in
the government and that by their mae
ton they have become a neglible par
ty The leadership which they fondly
imagined they possessed has passed to
= the extreme socialistlc element. with
whose extravagant program for the
levelng of all ranks they have nothing
IN common. They realize that the res
toratlon OF public tranquility Is an Inn
mediate necessity or otherwise the
government win soon have TO choose
between repression ana anarchy. The
Associated Press heard one disgusted
Liberal say that after all he preferred
.ha lesn0tsm OF the government,
which AZ le1s' preserved order, to the
tyranny Of mob rule.