Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-10-28
RUSSIAN STRIKE is
RAPIDLY SPREADING
Cars Empire is isolated From
Rest of Europe.
aLOo0Y REvOLuTloM Is EeAREO
From Reports the RussIan Empire Il,
on the Verge o. . Great Revolt, with
No Trains Running the Government
Cannot Transport TroOps,

No Trains Running the Government,
Cannot Transport TrOops.
ST. Petersburg, Oct. 20. --l.l5 p IN.
Russia ls practically isolated today
from the rest OF the contintn. Of ltp
rope as the international train service
on all the lines have VIRTUALLY ceased.
The tie up In the Interior Is more com
plete than yesterday. Only trains
running are operated by thc railroad
battsllons. The strike oOntag.on Il
spreading. All classes Of workmen
are organizing similar strike. and In
dustrial life In the country is coming
TO a standstill. The situation cannot
long continue. Either ths workmenI
will soon be starved into submission
or piHage with military Interference
and bloodshed on q large scale are
bOAnd to follow.
AZ Moscow 600 cabmen hdNc already
fought the strikers, whom thcy charge
with taking the bread out Of their
mouths. In many cities. especially
a. Moscow, tae question Of food lie BE-.
coming extremely serious.
Collisions between troops and strlk.
ers are reported 10 have occurred a.
several places.
AZ EkaterinOSlay . regular pitched
battle between soldiers AMI strikers
was fought and the city vas left 10
darkness; bat, ~ q rule, iho revOlu.
tlonary leaders are keeping heir men
IN hand
Communication by telegraph with
many interior pOints ID interrupted.
The whole country Is becoming
alarmed. and IN 81. Petersburg an 10
sipient panic prevails The boats
md the FinniHh trains, now toe only
means of egreas are crowded with poo.
pie Seeing abroad.
The situation here has grown much
worse over night The ranks OF the
10 600 wOrkmCn from the Ne and fac
Dries who Joined the strikers yestoF
lay were Increased BY $1,000 moro this
morning. All the employees Of tie
'ort, 1000 ia number. walked out, and
1000 other meu from the steel works
eft work IN q body.
The Inhabitants ~ 81 PoiorsbaFs
woke 10 find the capital resembling
beleaEuered city. The shops 10 he
'asllioaiFOv districts and 10 90 tht
nburbs are closed. wihdous are board
d and barrel aHd o0unted patrols are
D BE- seen everywhere 10 he street
EEcepi IN tho heart % ne city NO
ben arr afral 70 venture out.
Wofkmen are Gathering a. 81 The
lacea froqBeHted ~ Fs'hsF. 0apon
al they are quiet. and ~ oCoaeneka
ave had no pFoVoeaii0n 20 lnteffrfu
he general APPEARANCE ~ he town 4
'enneinE.
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