The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-06
OUR MARINES
ARE THERE
Blue Jackets From Minneap.
oils at st. Petersburg.
PROTECT U. S. INTERESTS
Striking Telesraphen' Aiiemp, to
Hold Meeting Frustrated
BY Cos,aeks.


from 81 Petersburg VIA Eydikuhnrn.
Prussia. conhFm the former rop0u that
q guard for the American embassy con'
sisiing Of marines under q petty Officer
frDln ID. unii-i states cruiser Mime
Hpolls has arrived al the isJsslan capi,
iAl. that Premier White has presented
lo the crnr a schem. for universal snf
fraxc In opposition 20 the proposal for
restricted suffrage which the committee
VI ministers had been considering aud
that Lieutenant General Rudig-r. min
lister Of war. hAs reversed III. jude
msnt Of the court martial at samara
sentencing 10 death al engineer named
sokoiofr aud other leaders Of the rail.
road strike Thus general railroad
strike In ayorted.
The striking telegraph operators st.
tempted 10 hold q meeting In the build
Ing OF the Imperial Economic society.
The president of the society wss Ia.
formed that the meeting could not be
held without the authority of the pre-.
feet OF police and he drove 10 the pre-
tSNthit w bVNAAA AHf ItAAtH
sion. Meanwhile Cossacks entered and
demanded that the meeting dispense
The strikers refused 10 obey the de.
mand. wheretfpon a commissary OF po-
lice ordered the Cossacks and the 20.
lice 10 dispense the meeting. which
they did. beating all who remained
with the fats OF their swords and with
their whips.
This AFFAIR apparently has strength.
ened the determination OF the strikers
to stand firm until their demands are
granted.
The strike Of the Moscow telephone
operators, who cut the wires and tore
up the poles. has severed the last means
OF communication with the ancient cap
ital.
Present conditions are unbearable.
and sympathy with the poorly paid post
and telegraph employees is now turn.
ing into Indignation against the strik.
ers, and the public Is supporting n
formidable movement which has been
started by all classes to throw OF the
yoke OF the reyOlutionaries.
The government undoubtedly Is en-
couraging the organization Of these
forces. The Law and Order party took
the lead, which is now being followed
by the Society OF Strike Breakers. but
the most important movement has been
started under the leadership of Father
Gapon, the former idol of the work
men, who since his residence abroad
has become convinced that Russia is
not prepared for u republic and is ap-
pealing to his comrades to cut loose
from the revolutionary agitators.
A st. Petersburg dispatch via Edy-
tkuhnen, Prussia, says that the EN-
peror is now entirely supporting Pre-
mier Witte both in his policy Of rigor
Gus suppression Of strikes Of govern
ment employees and Of early convoca-
ton of the douma. Witte and his staff
are working night and day in the elab.
GRAFTON of vote register which, they
say, will he the nearest practicable up
proclamation to universal suffrage.
1t is promised that the dOuma will
meet in st. Petersburg not later than
Jan. %. There is strong conviction
everywhere outside Of Whites entOur-
age that this douma will never meet.
One hears such remarks as, "Witte
shows about the same knowledge of the
lighting efficiency of workmen's unions
as Alexeieff showed with regard to the
Japanese"
NJ. White was promptly defeated in
an attempt to restore the international
postal service. Arrangements were
made by which the leading express de-
livery company was to put its men on
the mail trains to do the sorting and
stamping.
The Postal Employees union immedi-
ately communicated with the Railway
Mems union, who replied that they
would strike if such a scheme were
attempted, ThereupOn the government
dropped the attempt.
A great estate in the province of
Menja belonging to Count Whites SON
m-law. Cyril Naryschkin, has been
plundered The mansion and farm
buildings were destroyed.
over $4,000 Cossacks and infantry,
with machine guns, occupy the capital.