Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-08-04
Employees Of Light Plant First
to Obey RevoIutionists' Call
For General Strike Said to
Be Doomed to Failure,
TWO THOUSAND MEN
IDLE IN ST, PETERSBURG
Fate of StoIypin Cabinet
Hangs on Decision of Car,
Country on Verge of PoIiti-
cal CataCIySm. n

st. Petersburg, Aug. 3.-St. Peters,
burg is in darkness tonight. The en-
ployes of the electric lighting plants,
always the earliest barometric record
of political conditions, ceased work
during the afternoon In obedience to
the call for a general strike. This
call already has been obeyed by 1000
factory hands in the capital. It will
be impossible, however, to predict the
success of this universal political
strike until Monday as the workmen
in st. Petersburg and the provinces
have two holidays Saturday, which is
the fete day of the dowager empress
and great religious feast, and their
regular holiday or Sunday.
The only other available indlces to
the situation are the railroads. Up
to o'clock this morning the railroad
men had not needed the call for a
general strike.
In the meantime the fate OF the
Stolypin cabinet sways in the balance
and Russia is upon the verge of dis
orders which may lead either to the
reign of the military or the proletar-
lat, 1t can be stated definitely that
the first step toward a Dictatorship
may be taken Sunday or Monday by
the nomination of Grand Duke Mich
olas to the chief command of all the
troops in Russia. This would virtual
ly place him in control of all the dis
turbed districts OF the empire where
martial law has been proclaimed. IT
has now been ascertained that the
death list on board the cruiser Pa
mayat Azova included General Sosin-
sky, two lieutenants. the chief en-
gineer and the junior engineer, the
surgeon, midshipman and the chief
petty officer. Captain OF the Second
Glass Mozyroff was mortally wounded
priest and two lieutenants were
slightly wounded. About fifty sailors
were killed or wounded.
A collision between workmen and
troops during which shots were ex-
changed is reported to have occurred
in the Narva suburb this evening.
other disorders are said to have TAX
EN- place in the Vlborg section of the
city. The strike here has already at
fected $4,000 men including the en-
ployes of the electric lighting plant
The failure of the strike is predicted
since the workmen generally are not
prepared. The decision to strike was
not reached without a strong fight,
llTtt utitEdltS 10 Nnt MOfkIleil y
council. standing out to the end
against nine. The plan Is to begin the
strike here tomorrow at noon and at
Moscow on Monday, and TO gradually
extend Il throughout the empire until
everything is at a standstlll. As a pre-
liminary the men employed I'm dozeu
establishments went out at noon to-
day.
Emperor Nicholas has fatty refused
to accept the conditions to which Pre-
mier Stolypin agreed In the reorgani-
zatlon of the cabinet 1t Is officially
announced today that the reports
that the bureaucratic elements will
enter the cabinet are untrue" Count
Heyden and his conferees have now
washed their hands OF the govern
ment. The predictions of liberals that
the dissolution of parliament would
| inevitable lead To a dictatorship ap-
! pear to be on the point of realization.
/ The patrols in the streets have again
! been reinforced. all public buildings
are heavily guarded and domlciliary
visits and arrests are increasing. In
cendiary fires were started last night.
! but they did not spread. though II was
feared for a time the whole city might
be burned.