The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17
Industrial Tie Up in CapIa|
 is Complete
STRIKE IS NOT SPREADING
Manifesto Is Issued Which Allows the Peasants Gradually to Acquire Land on Easy Pay
 ments.

St. Petersburg, NOVemDer li-tHsSo d. iii.' Though the industrial tie-up in St. Pe- tersburg yesterday was even more com plete than 1t was Wednesday, and though no break has been manifested in the ranks of the workmen and strikes nave broken out at Moscow and Reval, tn most important feature of yesterday deveIopments was the fact of walkout to spread generally outside the capital The movement apparently lacks the spontaneity and contaGousness of the last great strike which broke out at Moscow and dispatches received from the industrial centers of Russia up to this hour show little inclination on the part of the workmen to takeup cudgels In behalf of Poland The factory strike at Moscow which has assumed considerable proportions probably 45,0o0 men being out has no direct connection with the St Petersburg walkout. and dispatches from the old capital say that the railroad men received the request of the St. Petersburg strike committee coldly.
 The whole great network of railroads centering at Moscow, except the St. Pe- tersburg line Is still In operation. At Reval the employees of the railroad shops struck but the reason for the strike is not stated.
 Cossacks Patrol the Streets.
 Tn St. Petersburg yesterday passed with complete order Patrols were visible In all the industrial quarters and Cossacks were trotting up and down the Nevsky prospect among the swiftly dashing car riages and sleighs, but the workmen' Tn obedience to the orders of the strike com mittee, kept generally indoors, and did not attempt demonstrations, so there was no occasion for resort to force to avert trouble.
 The strikers forced the closing of the Moscow railroad station early yesterday evening, stopping outgoing traffic for Moscow and at 10 o'clock last night they finally succeeded in closing the electric stations, and in cutting off light from the city.
 Committees were sent to all the theatres and succeeded in stopping the perform ances in several of them, and in the out lying districts they went from drugstore to drugstore ordering the pharmacists to close, and threatening them with Gs- struction of their stocks if they refused. Other stores were not interfered with. The action of the strikers with regard to the druggists Is in striking contrast with the course pursued in Finland, where when every other business participated in the general strike, the druggists were d. rected to remain open, In order that the sick might not suffer. The course Is con demned by a large part of the popula- ton
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 At a meeting of the stock commission last night the termination of the strike was not brought up. but the Associated Press noticed an expectation on the part of many delegates that the strike would end Saturday night. The principal ques- tion under discussion at the meeting was the formation of a strike treasure by gathering funds to be used in future walkouts, and after long consideration 1t was decided to ask the workmen to con tribute per cent of their wages for this purpose, the fund to be at the disposal of the committee.
 There is betterment of the agrarian conditions. Dispatches from Kusk, Pol tava, Riazan, Samara, and other provinces continue to report the spread of disorders which in Poltava are taking an anti-Jew- ish turn. However. the imperial manifesto regarding the distribution of the crown domains which by strenuous work was finished last night will be issued early this morning, and the Emperor and Count Witte hope 1t will tend to pacify the peas ants and have an important tactical ef- feet on the coming struggle with the so- cialists and other anti-government forces in the elections for the douma.
 Land Commissions Are Made.
 London November r. a. m.-A St Petersburg dispatch to Reuters Telegram company says that an imperial manifesto granting land concessions to the peasants was issued this morning. By its terms the land redemption tax payments from Jan uary A. 1906, will be reduced by one-half and from January A. 1907, the payments will be totally abolished. At the same time the capital of the Peasants bank is increased, and the bank is granted ad- ditional loan privileges with the object oi facilitating to the utmost purchase oi land by the peasants.
 It is estimated that the amount of tax ation thus lifted from the peasants by the manifesto will aggregate s40.oOooOo, while the extension of the field of operation oi the Peasants bank will enable vast tracts of crown and privat, lands gradually to become the property of the peasants.
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 Discuss Pure Food Legislation.
 Washington, November 16.-Senatol
 
 of the pure food committee of the Sen ate, presented to the President toda. R. M. Allen of Lexington, Ky, secre tary of the National Food and Dair, association; Horace Ankeny, food com missioner of Ohio; Dr. Ladd, food com missioner of North Dakota Mis- Lackye of the National Federation O Women's Clubs. They discussed witt the President pure food legislation and urged him to use his influence t, secure the enactment of the bill nov pending in the Senate
 Abe AtteII Gets Decision.
 Baltimore, November 16.-At the ent of a fifteen-round fight with Tomm, Mowatt of Chicago before the Eurek, Athletic club tonight, Referee O'Har; gave Abe Attell of San Francisco de cision which he had earned by cleverl. keeping away from Mowatt's repeate. Yushes or by meeting them with smash lag blows in the face.