The Mena weekly star., 1906-08-09


 St. Petersburg, Aug. 5.--Probably not more than 30,000 workmen were out when the general strike went off, clally into force at noon Saturday. The final decision to call strike was so hastily taken Thursday night and the police since then have been so busy putting the ringleaders behind the bars that great confusion pre- yails among the various organizations which were scheduled to begin strik- Ing at different places and at different times. Therefore the inauguration of the strike lacks snap and it is evil the temper of the masses The lead CTS have been more or less demoral- ized by the energy displayed by the government in breaking up the work mems organizations and unless the people spontaneously respond to the call the strike must end in early fail- ure. All eyes are turned on Moscow and the provinces St. Petersburg, the governments stronghold, is ex- pected to be the last to succumb to the state of anarchy into which the revolutionists have undertaken to plunge the country. The battlecry of the strike, "a reconyocation of parlia- ment for the purpose of elaborating law providing for a constituent as- sembly does not ring true and is in fact simply. peaceful s'ogan to be abandoned If the government totters when the true colors will he run up. The mob of the worlSmens council, in conjunction with the radical groups of the outlawed parliament, have made definite arrangements to proclaim themselves a provisional government if success crowns their efforts. But unless the whole army sides with the revolutionists, those In control of the government are convinced that the strike will end in failure.
 A prominent member of the govern .nent who Is in complete sympathy with the decision taken at Peterhof to fight the revolution energeticaliy points out that the workmen's unions are without funds to carry on pro- tracted struggle and he was disposed, like many of his class, to contend that the real power behind the scenes are the rich Jews who are interested m striking a blow at Russia's credit which would compel the government to come to terms on the Jewish Ques- ton.
 Warsaw. Aug 5.-The Jewish social ists in proclamation Saturday urge the Jews to be ready to fight and. should the signal be given. they are requested to appear in the street armed. The appeal has givn rise to serious panic and fears are also expressed that q general railway strike may break ou' here Stringent measures have beer adopted for the preservation of order The Polish socialists have issued proclamation admitting their re sponsibility for the recent robber,ss md acknowledging that they mur iered 20 policemen during the course of last week.
 St. Petersburg, Aug. 5.--St. Peters burg was in darkness Friday nlght l The employees of the electric lightins plants. always the earliest barometri' record of political conditions, ceased work during the afternoon in oDedi ence to the call for a general strike This call already has been obeyed D! POGO factory hands in the capital It will be impossible. however, to pre- jici the success of this universal solitical strike until Monday as tn workluen in St. Petersburg and tn provinces have two holidays, Saturday which is the fete day of the dowage ,mpress and gtcaH religious feast md their regular holiday of Sunday
 Helsingfors. Finland, Aug. 9Th
 trike of the employees Of the stree railroads and factories here Is over All the leaders of the socialist Re Guards have been arrested ana th organization has been Dfokeh up.
 Warsaw, Aug. 5.--A telegram fror libau says that traia robbers Satul ;lay between Libau and Haffpo' stoi l40,o ,o00 of government money Eieh messengers were wounded in defens of the train. Among them wer' tn consul general of Brazil, M Vo Rupnievski and Gei man nalhe z IGrundmann.
 Moscow, Aug. 5.-A bomb was e' ploded in the Kazan railway statio saturday. Two persons were kilie g Magazine to Issue Weekly. . New York, Aug. 5.-Arrangemeh T ire being completed for the pnpiic s ion of a weekly which is to suppl : nent the monthly Eserybody's Mag
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