Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-10-27
RUSSIA ISOLATED FROM REST
oF EUROPE AS RESULT OF
STRIKE ON RAILWAYS. +.
MILITARY INTERFERENCE AND
sLooDsHED Will FOLLOW
i RIOTS on Die ORDER. s.

national train service on all the lines
has virtually ceased. The tieup In
the interior Is more complete. The
only trains running are operated by
the railroad battalions.
The strike contagion Is spreading.
All classes Of workmen are organizing
sympathetic strikes and Industrial life
is coming to q standstill The situa-
ton cannot long continue. Either the
workmen will soon be starved into sub
mission or pillage, with military inter
ference and bloodshed on q large scale.
are bound to follow. ,55
AT Moscow 600 cabmen have already
fought the strikers. whom they charge
with taking the bread out OF their
mouths. In many cities, especially at
4 Moscow, the question Of food Is becom-
ing extremely serious. ssst5
Collisions between troops and strik.
ers are reported to have occurred at
several places. M .s5 ,.S
At EkaterinOslav q regular pitched
battle between the soldiers and strik-
:ers was fought and the city was left In
darkness. But as asrule the revolu.5
tionary leaders are keeping their men
In hand. Z X
Communication by telegraph with
{ many interior points Is interrupted.
Panic at ST. Petersburg.
The whole country Ii becoming
alarmed and In st. Petersburg an in
lcipient panic prevails ), The boats and
the Finnish trains, now the only means
OF egress, are crowded, with people
fleeing abroad. The situati on# here has
grown much worse over night The
ranks Of the 10000 workmen from the
mills and factories who joined the
1 strikers Wednesday, were increased by
4 10000 more during the morning. All
i the employees Of the port, 1000 ID nun.
Der, walked out and 10000 other men
from the steel works left work In q.
body. 81 81! .S
The Inhabitants IL st. Petersburg
sawoke to find the capital resembling 4
beleaguered city. The shops "a the
Nasiliostrov district and IN. all the
suburbs are closed. windows are board
ed and barred and mounted patrols
are to Il be seen everywhere in the
Atreets. Except In the heart Of the city
women and children are: afraid to ven
ture out. Workmen are gathering at
all the places frequssh1 I'd 81 the days
sof Father Gapon, hut they are quiet
and the Cossacks have had no provo
cation to interfere The general APP
pearance of the town is menacing.
All the st. Petersburg schools were
closed during the day and the children,
were sent home with Instructions not
TO return until their parents think It
safe to do SO. 81. ssSs
Suffering Falls on the Poor.
The prices Of food have gone up and
the supply Of beef is only sufficient for
I three days, but there are ample sup.
plies Of wheat and rye for two months!
The emperor and the court ct Peterhof;
are supplied by q warship from ST.
Petersburg. All the families who can
afford it have hastened to lay in sup
plies and stand siege. The suffering
falls the heaviest on the poor. who live
from hand to mouth. All the bakers
sold out their bread before noon. The
meat dealers have been ordered BY the
revolutionists not to deliver meat to-
the troops under pain Of death and
consequently the soldiers are living on
canned food. MS
The great strikes promises to delay
md possib9 interrupt the negotiations
Tor the new Russian loan. The inter.