Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-11
ARREST KRUSTALEFF
Russian Government Throws
 Down Gantlet to Labor.
EDDY TO RETURN HOME FOR REST
BIoodshed at St. Petersburg-strik- CTS Fatally Wound Carriers-Mu- tiny of Czar's Soldiers Is
 Spreading Far.

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 11.-A cri- sis is at hand here involving the indef- mite prolongation of the strike, the probable immediate precipitation of a general strike throughout Russia and possible final struggle between the gov ernment and the proletariat.
 This sudden change for the worse is the result of the shedding of the first blood in the telegraph strike almost simultaneously with the action of NJ. Durnovo, minister of the interior, in throwing down the gantlet to the labor organizations by arresting NJ. Krus- taleff, president of the executive com mittee of the workmen's council, with out warning.
 Several companies of Cossacks clat- tered through the streets leading to the headquarters of the council in Fargo via street and having barred the. ap- breaches a force of troops and police surrounded the building, after which secret service men rushed in and seized Krustaleff. The latter made no resist HQCe, NIu Lnc uIIdh was NOnuuNlSu quickly. It was impossible for Krus- taleff to conceal the papers of the or aanization, in which the police evident iy expect to find evidence proving the ultimate object to be an armed upris- ing against the government.
 Troops ordered to fire on men of an other regiment paradlng Warsaw streets singing rebel songs refused to do so, and their commander fled. The The whole garrison of the Warsaw citadel has mutinied.
 Captain Bronitzky, chief of the fourth department of the Russian navy at the capital, and 250 electrical students were arrested for conspiring against very high parsonage.
 It is said that the peasants every where are willing to join the revolu- tionaries They are the principal suf- ferers from oppression and excessive taxation and have lost confidence in the emperor. The revolutionaries have their own postal end telegraph services, through which they are able to keep in touch with their organizers through out the empire.
 Strikes have started on the following railroad lines: Kursk. Moscow and sevastopol: Riga and ErIon. Kharkoy and Nicolaieff, Southwestern, South eastern, Samara and Slatoust, Sizran and yiasemsk.
 It is reported that the garrison of schlusselburg fortress has practically mutinied and is joining in the demand for the liberation of all political prison CTS.
 The leaders of the striking teleg- raphers at the capital have taken new grip of the situation, and the tie up continues practically complete. Cases of attacks on strike breakers are reported. and at Smolensk. middle Rus sls. the strikers fired into a passing mail car.
 Spencer F. Eddy, secretary of the American embassy, will depart from St Petersburg immediately on leave of absence. He is much run down as the result of the strain which has fallen on his shoulders here and is in need of rest and recuperation. After receiving treatment in Germany he will proceed ] to the United States.
 4. disturbance in which two strike breakers were killed and a policeman and several others wounded occurred immediately in front of the general postoiice. The strikers for two days have been seeking to persuade the vol unteer and regular carriers to refuse to work. At the door of the building the strikers. enrsged by the refusal of the volunteers to quit. drew knives. where upon a carrier attempted to defend himself with a revolver. Both the car tier and a companion were fatally stab ! bed and sank dead on the spot.
 KrustRlen. as he Is called. though that is not his right name. is regarded as the brains of the revolutionary movement He has displayed genius fn orEsniring both the industrial and political strikes which have terroriEed the government Ills offer of financial support to the teleEFaphers prevented 6 collapse of their strike.