Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-22
FIRST GUN or BATTLE
is FIRED BY STRIKE
Was Successfully Inaugurated
At Moscow
MARRIED MEN PREFER WORK
Editors of Radical Papers Determined
To Print Manifesto-Leaders of Gov
ernment Review Plans-Workmen'
Council Demands Release of Leaders.

To Print Manifesto-Leaders of Gov
ernment Review PIans-Workmen
Council Demands Release of Leaders.
st. Petersburg, Dec. 21.-2:35 a. M.
The first guns of the battle which
may determine the fate of Premier
Whites experiment with moderate con
stitutionalism and introduce either re-
action or complete revolution was
fired yesterday at Moscow when the
general strike was successfully inau-
gurated.
The leaders of the government of
the proletariat last night were making
| their last preparations for a general
engagement which will be on at noon
| today. The workmen's council has
been sitting continuously since 5
o'clock yesterday afternoon receiving
reports and Issuing final orders. The
| leaders profess to be greatly encour-
aged at the news from Moscow and the
| reports from district meetings which
were held in all sections Of st. Peters
burg yesterday declaring that there is
now no question that the tie-up will
be complete. They admit that many
of the st. Petersburg worhmen and es-
pecially the married men would prefer
to continue at work but they are count
ing on the great majority favoring the
strike to swing the reclacitrants into
line and produce a paralysis of in
dustry even more complete than dur
ing the strike of January last. If their
expectations are realized ST. Peters
burg today will be isolated from the
rest of the Werld, with railroad traf-
fic stopped and telegraph wires and
cables cut.
The workmen's council last night
issued a stirring proclamation ieclar-
ing that the government had cast to
the winds the principles of tle impe-
rial manifesto of Oct 80, and was now
basing itself on Feactioa, trickery and
deceit. The proclamation ended with
summoning all the people of Russia
to join in a general strike and not to
L cease the struggle until the demands
for constituent assembly, universal
suffrage, the release of the arrested
leaders OF the proletariat, land for the
peasantry, etc, are granted.
The editors of the radical papers
are determined to print the manifesto
this morning. 1t is utterly revolu-
tionary in it's phrasing and consequent
ly the editors are taking infinite pre-
cautions to prevent the confiscation of
the issues by the police.
The leaders of the government yes
terday also devoLed the day to review
ing their plans for the conflict and in
consequence the consideration of the
proposed election law was not finished.
The final decisions will be reached at
another session of the cabinet to be
held at Tsarskoe-Selo Friday.
The first test of the railroad sWike
will occur on the departure of the Ber-
lin train from here at noon. M. Meme
chaieff, minister of communications
will make a determined effort to keep
the foreign communications open and
the worl0men are equally resolved to
show their power.
Indications are multiplying that the
governments grim warning to the peo-
pie Of the smaller towns to take the
law into their own hands II ne rail
way strike is called will bear fruit. M.
Nemechiaeff is counting on this as well
as on financial reasons to keep many
of the petty employees in line.
AT the meetings of various liberal
and revolutionary organizations had
last night the sentiment as rule was
in favor of the strike. In response
to a number of requests from editors
of local papers who were expecting
their employees to strike the work
mems council has decided to allow the
radical organs to appear. In Moscow,
however, all the newspapers will be
compelled to cease publication.
The physicians union decided last
night that the dictates of humanity
required the members to attend all
sick persons, but it was resolved to de-
vote all fees received to the strike fund
and to boycott all doctors not doing SO.
The railroad strike began at the
Nicholas station at noon, but the Bal
tic roads were still working at that
hour.
The employees of the Putiloff iron
works to the number of about 10000
have struck.