New-York tribune., 1905-11-18
sTRIKERS' FIRMER STAND
ar,faND TO STOP DOWNED
G, Petersburg Worbcmen Plan Moue
to Tie Up City.

l.or, the control OF the leaders and were
sOO9 20 return to work. and a piebiscite'
... ill he taken to-day in the various rae
-. nrobably will result in decision 10
,,5on the strike Monday.
.be meeting of the council which was neld
- same hall where Father Gapon' Maxim
- - and other leaders denounced the Emperor
he eve of January 22, RED Sunday. deie-
- .e,or delegate from different factories arose
,o-,ed that the workmen, under the ihlu-
Gnu =, ,,,,;,,,atrrn issued by the employers.
-oun,ing that the factories would pe shue
,,defnitely unless work was resumed oii
ooN and with the pleading of their wives
@V'1 ,,. conservative workmen ringing IN
an s vrere demanding that the Strlhe
should be ended .a ,zo,,.te he
-.,s n,ecinjtated a hotly contested oeoa'e o
,be Moderates who declared tha' me
- ,n the first instance was strafeglcai i''i''
-. and that it would be graver error IN Oa.-
-, % a++eropt TO force the men TO remain ~
-. end the last ditch" faction especiaiis 'ii'
..o.bad delegates who are members VI 'ii'
o, bv virtue of their membership III So
,i,,;st organizations
Ono fiery speaker who. to be oe''ei -..,..r
,.a mounted the balcony from WHICH =
-, -. IN disguise delivered his last aouIes ~
.h.+ hail thundered his denunciaNioii u
,rbo wished TO discontinue the struesie
gwen II we cannot continue the SUI
&C. for which it was called are at
.a.,sd q" he said "let US not aoahooh II wiz
'''i'I-, ,-'a;o,ir, real blow on the government
.bree dav strike Is mere pinprlcK ia INC
"a. ot that crafty fox. Witte. and his foilo"
ers so let US keep it up for 1orOh'e"'
- other factories of St Petersburg are
1ta.roscies and the railroad tie-up is complete
~. eeure we will cut in the eyes OF our
-. outside of St Petersburg II. betore
-, -. had the opportunity of acting on our
-, - .,e,, hear that we have laid down our
arms
AIM TO TIE Up CITY.
After long discussion motion to can OH tne
,.s,e mas rejected. and IT was decldeo 10 can
MEETINGS Of workrnen III the factories To-Day 10
los, tbe situation before them and to ABIDE oS
their decision.
The leaders. however, were oeterrlineo iio' ~
,s-r,,t the strike to die without f1naI great
demonstration Of their power to rehoei o.
Petersburg dead city" After the aoop'io" %
-. resolution calling for a referendum ]" was.
decided TO bend every effort TO close ever! e'oi =
r,arEet and office. beginning at II o'clock thlS
,rafHc IN the streets so as to bring the liie liie %
-. r,,ss,an canItal to a. complete standstill
The ptopnage of the electric plants, which trie
-,.-,,,,eI,t had succeeded In getting in partial
--a-.+ior was ,ntrusted TO electrical workers IN
a.. various districts who were empowered 10
- ,,,. md all means deemed advisable Tor the
,5,,ri,sv of the machinery and the short-clrcult-
. ,e tho dvnarnos-even 10 the extent of de-
stroying the plants
Another resolution called for demonstrations
N effect the release of the four delegates VINO
had been arrested. It was decided TO mass 500
men In front of each prison whero the delegates
are detained and TO hold them there until they
are liberated.
The Prefect of Police has published an appeal
IN the well disposed classes. warning them that
the strike leaders intend TO take aggressive ac-
ton to-day. and asking them to cooperate with
The police against the agitators who are max
ing life unbearable.
In the meeting the advocates or the Strike
laid stress on encouraging news from the in
terror. which they said they would be able TO
place before the workmen to-day. but last
nights dispatches showed little connrrrlaOoFs
evidence of such news.
A strike has broken out IN the section OF the
Southwestern Railroad between Tsaritsyn and
voronesch in the lower Volga region. but the
demands for shorter hours and higher pay are
economic and have no connection with the po-
nticaJ aims OF the St Petersburg strikers.
The news from Moscow is even less encour-
aging The railroads are still running, and the
ielegraphers have fatty refused 10 consider
strike for the political aid of Poland, whose en-
dangered liberties form the ostensib!e cause o.
the strike in St Petersburg Work is being
resumed IN Moscow. and the news from other
sections shows that the call from the st. Peters
burg committee has awakened little sympathy
REvULsToN OF FEELING.
The utterly reckless spirit manifested by the
Reds" who engineered the present strike. is
producing a natural revusion of feeling, which
IS shared by all classes of society. The pros
pect OF anarchy and mob rule. which would be
the logical outcome of the present demoraiiZed
conditions in both the country districts and the
cities, has had a SOLDERING influence.
The lower classes who are always on the
verge OF starvation. are growing bitterly angry
agains the agitators. who by these continued
strikes. are taking the bread from their nouns
snd not only without being melted by the ponce
h1t in spite of eli the authorities these classes
are threatening reprfsals-
It is the intelligent middle class. however
which is beginning TO rally TO the support OF
The government in its efforts 10 restore SUM
thing like order and public tranquility Many
Of the liberals who fought the government ac-
lively before the proclamation of the ETnpeIors s
manifesto are now convinced that their leaders
buudered frightfully by refusing to iend theI
support to Count witte in his Gifflssi!t tash
because he had declined 10 accept me uhquaii-
fed conditions laid down by them
They see now that it is too late. that the!
missed the great opportunity of becoming the
leading influence in the government aho tha'
they. by their inaction, have become neglig'pie
quantity The leadership which tney Ioha'!
imagined they exercised has passed over 10 lhe