Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-17
RUSSIAN STRIFE WANING
WOrkmtn Are Not Disposed to Take Ur
0udgsl ia Behalf Of Poland,
PANIC ON ST. PETERSBURG soURsI
False Report that Dictator Had
Been Appointed sends Government
Securities Down Many
Points.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 17.-2:25 a. M
Though the industrial tieup in st. Peters
burg yesterday was even more complete
than Il was Wednesday, and though no
break has been manifested in the ranks of
the workmen and strikers have broken out
at Moscow and Reval, the most important
| feature Of yesterdays developments was
| the failure Of the walkout to spread gem
orally outside the capital. The movement
apparently lacks the spontaneity and con-
ktagiousness OF the last great strike. which
broke out at Moscow. and dispatches re-
ceived from the industrial centers of Rus
STA up to this hour show little inclination
on the part OF the workmen to take up
cudgels in behalf of Poland.
The factory strike at Moscow which has
assumed considerable proportions, probably
5000 men being out. has no direct connec-
] ton with the st. Petersburg waIkout, 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 CEN
tering at Moscow, except the st. Peters
| burg line Is still IN operation. At Reval
the employees of the railroad shops struck,
but the reason for the strike is not stated.
! Good order in st. Petersburg.
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 carriages and
sleighs, but the worknen, in obedience to
the orders of the strike committee, kept
| generally indoors and did not attempt
| demonstrations, so that there was no oc-
casion for a resort to force to avert trouble.
The strikers forced the closing of the
ras IL TO-,
J afternoon, stopping outgoing traf1c for
! Moscow. and at 10 o'clock last night they
! finally succeeded in closing the electric sta
tons and in cutting on light from the city.
There is a betterment of the agrarian con-
| ditions.
Dispatches from Kusk, Poltavia, RiaZan,
| Samara and other provinces continue to re-
| port the spread of disorders. which In Pot
tava are taking an anti-Jewish turn. How
! ever, 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 It will tend
! to pscify the peasants and have an import
ant tactical effect on the coming struggle
with the socialists and other auti-govern-
ment forces in the elections for the Douma.
Panic on Russian BOurse.
| n panic prevailed on the 6OuTSe To-Day as
the result or rumor that Grand Duke
Nicholas Nicholaievitch. commander of the
Imperial Guards had been appointed mill
tary dictator. There was a stampede of
holders of Industrial stocks who FASTENED
| to unload. Government lotteries fell %
| points to 400 and imperial As dropped to
/ S31s. a lower point than touched at any
| time during the war.
There was an immense meeting of work.
men and Polish sympathisers at the new
theater on the Moka canal this evening.
| An overflow meeting was held outside
Members of the Polish delegations spoke in
| a very temperate tone declaring that Po-
land did not separation. knowing that
an Andepehdent Poland would be an easy
! prey for Germany, They wanted and be-
/ lleved they were entitled to autonomy and
asked the aid and cooperation of all be-
levers in the principle Of self-government.
NJ Vouch. chief of Premier Whites chan
celiory, authorized the Associated Press to
positively deny the rumor that a dictator
had been appointed He also declared that
II had not been decided to declare martial
law in 81, Petersburg.
False Emperor Appears.
! A false emperor has suddenly made his
appearance near Penza and already his
= followers number 5000. This is the start
! ling report received this afternoon in dis
patch from Simbirsk. Penza is in the heart
/ of the vast region extending westward from
the Volga, where agrartan uprisinRs on a
| large scale have been occurring, and II the
report turns out TO be true that the pre-
tender to the throne has placed himself at
/ the head Of the peasantry the government
! will soon face. besides it's other troubles, a
| formidable agrarian rebellion. 1t required
a year to suppress the famous rebellion led
! by Pugatichoff. who impersonated the de-
throned and murdered Peter III in the
time of Catherine II. That uprising was
started in the same region. on the banks
of the Volga.
None OF the papers. except the Official
Messenger, appeared this morning, but the
printers OF each newspaper themselves
Published ny sheets announcing that the
strike was for the purpose OF abolishing
the state of seige, the death penalty and
martial law throughout Poland. 1t is now
definitely established that the cry set up
by the socialist leaders against the execu-
/ ton of the Cronstadt mutineers was pre-
mature, as their trials have not yet sctu-
ally begun.
Land Ukase IL Issued.
! LONDON Nov. 17.--s a. ma dispatch
from St. Petersburg 10 Reuters Telegram
company says mat, an Imperial manifesto
granting land Concessions to the peasants
was issued this morning. BY Its terms
the land redemption tax payments from
January a. 1895, will be reduced by one
half and from January H. 1907. the pay
ments will be totally abolished. At the
same time the capital OF the Peasants
bank is increased and the bank is granted
additional loan privileges with the object
OF facilitating to the utmost the purchase
of lands by peasants 1t Is estimated that
the amount of taxation thus lifted from
the peasants by the manifesto will aggre-
! gate 340OO0,0Oo, while the extension OF the
! field OF operations OF the Peasants bank
! will enable vast tracts Of crown and pri-
vate lands gradually to become the prop
! erty OF the peasants.
King Edward sPrAinE Ankle.
! LONDON, Nov. liking Edward while