Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-06
RUSSIAN
STRIKERS
HESITATE
Lack of Organization
Is Cause of
Delay
Many Return to Work
at Capital During
the Day
Murders aid Robberies in the Interior
ContInue-The Real Test OF
Strikers Strength VIII
Come Today
b.. Assoc,a ted Press.

3" Associated Press.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 6.-The
fate of the gener,l strike which, al
though it has affected close to 10000
men in st. Petersburg, has met with
only slight response in other sections
of Russia, probably will be decided to-
day with an adverse expression of pub
lie opinion.
The lack of union among the leaders
of the proletariat organizations is play
ing against the success of the move
ment.
The railroad men, upon whom the
success of the entire movement de-
pends, are still working full time. The
leaders of the railroad organizations
are hesitating about issuing call for
a tie-up. They fear being deserted and
dscredited by their materialistic fol-
lowers, who are more responsive to the
avowed pretext of this strike, namely,
sympathy with the mutineers of Svea-
borg, Cronstadt and Reval, than they
were to the similar reason given for
the abortive strike of last November.
The railroad men have been intimi-
dated by the recent making of strikes
affecting communications a penal Of
fense. The law has been severe, pun
ishment being enacted with direct ref
erence to general strikes.
Deputies Becoming Desperate
The council of workmen's deputies,
which met secretly at Terioki, Finland,
continued it's session till late hour
yesterday morning. The deputies were
so incensed at the timidity displayed
by the railroad men that they decided
to resort, if necessary, to the blowing
up of bridges and the destruction of
the roadbeds, etc., to bring the trans
portation service to a standstill.
Representatives of all the revolu-
tionary parties and emissaries from
Moscow, Kieff. Riga, Odessa and other
cities were present at the meeting. The
telegfaphers thus far have been ap-
pealed to in vain. The final meeting of
the council is still being held at 1880
this morning.
The first break in the ranks of the
st. Petersburg strikers occurred yes
terday, when the printers decided to
return to work The employees Of sew
eraI street car lines and river ferries
have resumed work.
A steady downpour of rain all day
long prevented the open-air gather
ingS scheduled for the day in st.
Petersburg and the consequent possi-
bility of collisions and disorders. The
day was without incident except for
the departure for Cronstadt of the
eighteenth naval equipage. There
was a large number of drunken men
among these soldiers
Murders Continue
kilograms from the interior throw
little light on the manner in which the
country may be expected to respond to
the days call for a strike.iq There has
been no cessation in thef number of
robberies and murders in the interior
The government attaches much inn
portance to the declaration of the Poles
in the Minsk congress against the prin-
clple of appropriation and in favor OF
acquiescing in the dissolution of the
lower house and preparing for new
elections.
This action is regarded in adminis-
trative circles as almost equivalent to
the withdrawal of the propertied classes
of Poland from the revolutionary move
ment.