The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-01-04
THE Big STRIKE
IS SPREADING
Breaks Out in Many New Places in
Russia.
REPUBLIC PROCLAIMED At zLALOUST.
Moscow Chief of Police Seized 10 HIS Home,
Led Into Street and AssassInated-A Attack
Made on Vice-GovernOr General BOgdano-
witch at Tamboif..F Horrible Atrocities Attend
Ing Political Murders In Riga.

Washington, d. c. (SpeciaD Off
cial advices have been received here from
Russia TO the effect that the strike ap-
pears TO be breaking out in new places.
St. Petersburg, according to these adj
vices, IS the scene of few insignificant
collisions.
St. Petersburg (By Cable) .-Although
now it is only question of time when
the flames of open revolt will be extin-
gushed the Moscow revolutionists have
made good use of their instruction to
start fires elsewhere.
For the first time the provinces east of
Moscow, in the heart of great Russia,
are affected. AT Zlatoust. a town in the
Government of OOfa, where a large
! Government arms factory is situated. the
workmen seem TO be in complete posses
/ sion OF the town. They have seized the
works, hoisted the red flag, have de
clared a republic, and all the author-
ties have been made captives and are
threatened with instant death if troops
are sent 10 Zlatoust. In addition the
workmen have organized themselves into
a small army, and daily parade the
1 streets headed by band of music play
/ ing the "AIarseillaise" German Social
lists have appeared there.
/ At Samora, near Nizhni Novogorod.
also 4 large manufacturing town, 10000
workmen rose and attempted to march
on Mimi Novogorod, but were met by
/ troops with artillery, and were routed
with the loss of several score of men.
/ Eventually the workmen were driven
/ back to Samora where they erected bar
ricades, which the artillery have been
/ firing for two days. The workmen used
| bombs freely at Samora, which is now
separated from Nizhni Novgorod, but
a rising is expected at the latter place,
which has about o5,ooo inhabitants.
At Veronezh, South Russia the work
men decided in favor of an armed revo-
luton, but the authorities succeeded in
arresting II of the ringleaders, where
upon the revolutionSts halted three
train loads of sailors of the reserve who
were on their way TO the Far East The
latter responded to the appeals of the
workmen, promptly joined them. march
cd into town and aided in the lib
Grafton of the prisoners.
London (By Cable) The ST. Peters
burg correspondents of the Daily Tele-
graph describes as follows the execu-
ton of the Chief of Police of Moscow:
THE revolutionists entered the lodg-
ing of the Chief of Police at midnight
and told him to bid an eternal farewell
to his family, because he was condemned
to die. Finding that it was no Joke, the
Chief expostulated, but to no purpose.
Realizing his awful position, he said
farewell to his family and was hurried
into the street and shot His body was
left lying in pool of blood"
London (By Cable).-A dispatch from
St. Petersburg to a news agency says
that according TO 4 telegram from Tam
boff. in Central Russia, an attempt has
been made 10 aSSaSsiuatc Vice Governor
General Bogdanovitch. The would-bc
assassin succeeded in wounding the Vice
Governor General with revolver shots
Two arrests have been made.
London (By Cable).-The ST Peters
burg correspondent OF the Daily Tele-
graph relate as follows the terrible op-
erations of the "Vehmgerichte" in Riga
Persons disappeared mysteriously anC
few days afterward their bodies were
found with identical marks-four bulle
| wounds on the brcast four Op tho bacl