The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-26
ON The VERGE OF qRoUBLE

Presence Of More Workmen and Fewer
Troops in the Ancient Capital and
Modern industrial Centre Of Russia
Makes the Situation Extremely Per-
iious in View Of the Intense Feeling
Aroused.
st. Petersburg, By Cable.-The most
startling feature in the situation Mon
day night was the news that several
factories in Moscow had closed, and
that the workmen in the old capital
rof Russia are repeating the tatics of
their fellow-workmen of the new capt.
tai, marching from shop to shop and
m1H to mill, demanding that the es-
Enlistment should be shut down. The
whole. city is reported to be in a state
OF great excitement over the news Of
the ~bloodshed here Sunday, which pre-
sipitated Immediately the strike that
mad been planned for Wednesday.
MOSCOW has more workmen and less
troops than st. Petersburg, and, be-
sides, is just now the heart of the
bloodier occurrences there than have
been witnessed here are proportionate-
ly greater. A rising at Moscow is also
more likely to have greater results,
lndustrially and politically, than that
In St Petersburg.
PROSPECT OF GENERAL STRIKE.
According to private reports, the
workingmen in several other big cities
notably Kharkoff, where large locomo-
tive works are located, already have
completed plans for a general suspen-
sion OF work. Moreover, reports are
current that the workmen, who other
wise would soon be forced back into
the shops or starve, have received as
Surances of financial support from the
sources which hitherto have furnished
the sinews of war to the Liberal and
revolutionary agitation, but nave not
before been in touch with the labor
movement. If the strike becomes gen.
eral all over Russia, and especially if
the railroads are drawn in, it might
immediately force the nation to make
peace with japan.
The situation appears grave from
every standpoint; but the authorities,
although apparently somewhat be-
wildered, declare their purpose to stand
firm, maintaining that it is their first
duty to preserve order, scouting the
idea of actual revolution. Seemingly,
the Ministers are most concerned over
the effect of the present situation
| ohrno6 uyhoro fhou 6naloro ovoUOor-
ated reports create a false impress
sion.
+ GEAR MAY INTERVENE.
What, if any, steps have been taken.
to meet the general situation has not
yet been disclosed, but there are ex-
tremely significant reports tonight
that Emperor Nicholas, in making the
decision at the extraordinary meeting
of the Council of the Empire at Tsar-
skoe Selo, to declare st. Peters
burg in a state of siege, announced
that he had resolved to issue a mani
festo to the people with a view to calm
ing them, promising the create a mixed
commission Of workmen and officials
to investigate and decide the ques-
tons of the demands Of the strikers,
especially the one affecting hours OF
labor, which Russian laws fixes at IL.
The representatives Of the workmen,
according to this report, are not to be
appointed. but selected by the labor
ing men themselves. This will be the
first concession to the representative
principle.
Total Dead About 500.
ST. Petersburg, BY Cable.-The esti-
mates OF the number of dead and
wounded continue to vary greatly, as
at least a majority of the killed and
wounded were carried off by their COM
redes. Few of those taken to hospitals
have been reported. The official &C
count of the rioting by no means indi-
Gates the total of killed and wounded.
From careful Investigation by the staff
4 OF the Associated Press it appears that
the estimate of 500 seems liberal. There
were AZ killed and "a wounded at
Putiloff works, where the greatest cas-
ualties occurred; about 60 in the Alex
ander Gardens, Is in the Moika dis
trict, As in the Vassiliostrov district
and the remainder at various other
points,