The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-22


Berlin, Dec. 22.-The st. Petersburg
graphs as follows under today's date:
Slowly but surely the danger Of a
great plague epidemic advances. Moth.
ing more can be done to suppress it and
already the infection covers an area of
$50 by 800 miles. Owing to the lack of
doctors it is impossible to isolate the
sick.'
Paris, Dec. ga dispatch from st.
Petersburg to the Temps says: The
strike now covers the whole of Russia.
unprecedented rapidity all communica-
tion with provinces and abroad has
been stopped. 1t is expected hourly
tirely helpless. ~
St. Petersburg, Dec. 22.-Tsarskoe-
Selo, the czar S palace, was flooded to-
day with the boldest of all the bold
pronunciamentos of the revolutionists.
Protesting to allude to terrorist plot
against the emperor, the handbill says:
There will be little puff Of smoke.
Pay no heed to it, as the result will be
the best thing possible for everybody
The police have been baffed in their
efforts to find the printers and dis
semlnatOrs OF these bills.
Lights for the Capital.
During the night the authorities sue
ceeded in getting sufficient number of
| sailors from Kronstadt to enable the
operation of all except one Of the cleo
trio lighting plants, which was CALLING
to the strikers, as the darkening of the
city and the stopping of the railroads
were the most effective means Of max
ing the strike generally felt. The in.
habltants where the electric lights were
out were compelledto fall back on can:
dies and kerosene.
OF the admiralty building again wildly
illuminated the Nevsky prospect as it
did during the October strike, while
cavalry and infantry patrols guarded
every block and machine guns were
stationed at several points.
In the industrial districts many of
the strikers seemed to have only the
fialntest idea Of what they were strik.
dered to do 30, to questions On thu
subject, not knowing by whom or why
1 To Turn the Strikers.
TO shake the workmen' Is faith in thei
leaders the government has distributed
thousands Of copies of a circular signet
by the Union of Russian workmen ex
patiating on the arrest Of the commit
teemen of the Moscow telegraphers
while carousing at restaurant as al
example of how the workmen none,
is spent. -.
| Outside of the industrial regions Their
is little evidence of strike The cit,
pharmacies generally remain open. TIL
drug clerks who have just emerged iron
a protracted struggle disregarded tn
summons of their union to strike TIL
stores are open as usual and the stree
CATS are running.
Railroad Strike Fails.
The failure of many of the railroa,
men Of st. Petersburg to obey tn
strike order and the ability of M. Meme
chaioff, minister of communications, y
move trains on all roads except tn
BALTIC roads, are thorns in the sides O
the strike leaders. The fiat went fort
at last night 8 meeting Of the work
mems council that traffic must be il
terrupted at all costs tho this admitted
LILY will be difficult on the Nicholas roa
to Moscow. Trains are running wit
their ordinary crews on their line, bu
all the trains arc heavily guarded.
/ The delegates will try moral suasio
with the faithful employees, but it i
feared they will also resort to destroy
ing the bridges along the road. TIL
government has succeeded in arrestin,
i practically all the members Of the strik
and railroad committees.