The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-01-27

already under arms will, it Is stated
by those who place credence in the
report, serve as the nucleus of Rus
sias
REVOLUTIONARY ARMY.
Incidentally, it is stated that plans
have been formed for the smuggling
of large quantities of arms and am.
munition into Russia by the way of
the Prussian and Austrian frontiers,
particularly by way of the latter.
These reports are recorded in this
dispatch with all reservation.
! So far as the center of strike activ.
tiles is concerned 1t is the general
belief that it will be shifted to Mos
COW, within the next "a or AZ hours
The vast industrial army of the an
cient Russian capital, reinforced by
thousands of peasants and
MALCONTENT RESERVISTS,
would, in the opinion of reliable OBJ
servers, find 1t an easy task to gain
the upper hand over recruits now sta,
toned in Moscow.
| 1t is recalled that less than three
weeks ago, Grand Duke Sergius, gov
ernor of Moscow, came to st. Peters
burg for the avowed purpose of in
forming the czar that he would resign
his Office if Moscow was included in.
to the mobilization districts as he felt
sure that rebellion would be the re-
| suit.
That such was the intention of the
yanced as an argument by those who
insist that the leaders of the
GENERAL STRIKE,
which Is to be called on Thursday,
January 26, will become, to all prac-
tical purposes the civil authorities of
the old Muscovite city after the first
conflict between the strikers and the
government. Late advices from Mos.
COW indicate that the strike movement
has spread beyond the city into the
country districts of the government
One news agency is authority for the
report that the agitation is being car
ried into the governments Of Tver,
Vladimeer, Riazan, Tula, Kaluga, and
Smolensk, all of which form the bor-
ders of the Moscow government.
THE FIRST ENGAGEMENT .
between strikers and government
troops in Moscow occurred early in
the afternoon when a body of about
1000 headed by band mainly of wo-
men and led by Olga Caraichien,, the
noted anarchist, forced their way into
one of the largest factories and com,
PEELED the men employed there to join
the strike. Upon leaving the estab-
lishment the strikers, who were sing.
ing revolutionary songs, and raising
the battle cry OF: Down with absolut-
ism," were met by a detachment of
infantry. Its commander ordered the
not needed and several shots wero
fred with the result that a number
of strikers fell, some wounded fatal
ly. 1t is stated in the report that the
troops were compelled to resort to
such severe measures owing to the
fact that the strikers clearly intended
to march into the center of the city.
the incident which, later in the after
noon, prompted the authorities to re,
sort to most stringent precautionary
measures. Large bodies of military
were stationed at various points in
the city, mainly at the approaches to
the Kremlin in the thoroughfares lead
ing to the Kitai Gorod, or Chinese
city and in the vicinity of the strike
headquarters. Reinforcements are be-
ing brought to Moscow from outlying
, districts.
SENSATIONAL REPORTS.
, The situation in st. Petersburg, so
far as the activity of the strikers and
their political allies is concerned, was
!, without sensational developments
throughout the early evening. Sever.
al rumors circulated early in the day,
! still find credence but are without cor
roboration. Among them was one
: stating that the chief of police, Gen
eral Fulton, had been attacked by an
: assassin and fatally wounded. 1t was
: killed.
Inquiries made of various authori,
ties brought forth only a declaration
that the police authorities were not
prepared to admit that an attack had
been made today upon any officials
: within the city limits of st. Peters
burg"
Another report had it that the per-
feet of st. Petersburg had been ar.
rested on
! SERIOUS CHARGE
: and that he would be succeeded by
General Trepoff, the former chief OF
, police of Moscow.
II is absolutely impossible to obtain
oficial confirmation of any reports, no
matter how apparent its truth may be.