The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-06
sINORKMEN READY
TO EXERT FORCE: ,'l:
Disguised at Tirnidity Of Railroad
Emplo --- Success of Strike
Doubtful
! i ,s,,n,,e.iatad 4 ! pre.ass. y. ! {.

s Sr. PETER Aug gEs ST o,---Ihe 2, 1ate
/ Of the general str ke,f VIII ich, al hough
has affected n close to {Sf "a. 600 men IN St. St.
\ Petersburg. has met wi tn only slignt.res-s ss
sponsa IN other sections OF Russia e. IA
ably will be decided to VI an az .1ls 4,
verse Of ra pic lt1
lack OF union among the leaders 81 me
! proletariat organizations is playing
against the success OF the novemen tSS
81 The railroad men. upon whom the sue t,
4 cess OF the entire movement depends, are
still working full time. The leaders OF
the railroad organisations are hesitatins5
about issuing a call for tie-up. y hey
fear being deserted and discredited Z py
I their materialisuc followers, who are no
more responsive 10 the ayoWed e'1 pretexti ss,
L Of this strike, namely, sympathy with
the nuttne4rs OF Sveaborg. Cronstadt and
Reval. than they were to the similar
ar reasons given for the abortive ste pike OF
q last n overnber. The railroad men nave
been intimidated BY the recent king
OF strikes affecting tions penal
ofrenses. The laws PROV! ding severe pun n
ishment were enacted with direct REFER
5ence to general strikes, @ u
Council 1ncensed.
u The council OF workmen's deputies,
which met secretly at Terioki. Finland,
continued It's session till a late hoursyes-i yti
Eterday morning The deputies were 90
Elncensed at the timiditys dlsplaye yetd1 yed 4, Dy
the railroad men that they decided 10 re-
sort, IL necessary, / to the blowing up o
BRIDGES and the destruction OF the road
beds, etc. TO bring the transportatl tlon
service to a standstill. Representative .el
pf all the revolutionary parties and emls-
sares from MOSCOW. Kleff Riga Odessa
and others cities, were present at the
meeting. The telegraphers thus FAR have
been appealed to In vain, The final Hee!-,
Ing Of the council still Is being held at
N 80 q clock this morning. 5 Il X & & 5f
The first break In the ranks OF the
ST. Petersburg strikers occurred yester:-.
day, when the printers decided toSreturn
y 10 \ work IT he employees of several street,
car8llnes and river ferries have resumed
4 work. * 4 t5
Without Incident.
u IA ~ steady downpour Of rain all day
long prevented the open-air gatherings
scheduled for the day In St. Petersburg
and the consequent possibility of COLI
stons and disorders The day was with
Ii out incident, except for the departure for
Cronstadt OF the eighteenth naval equip
age, There was a alarge number OF drunk
en- men among these sailors. HI 4 n %#
kilograms from the interior throw little
light on the manner In which the coun-
+ try may be expected to respond to to-
days call for a strike. There has been
no cessation In the number OF robberles
y and murders In the interior. ti; II .
The government at attaches much impor-
/, tsnce to- the declaration Of the Poles In
4. the sa1inak Congress against the prlnci-
ple OF .expropriatio lon, and in favor Of
acquiesc cing An the dissalntion of the lower
l House and sprepar ring for new elections
This action 81 REGARDED tn administrative
circles ~ almost uiyalent to the With
drawal of the pr1pertled classes OF Poland
from the Russian revolutionary moves
Rment &. M
Fedicts War,
4 The Novos Vrsmys. which is the only
newvpapar1 appnas ring, except IN dodger
form. devoted . Large portion OF Its
space thia morning toSsn article Prophesy-
Ing war betwNeA Japan and the United
statsss and prsaicting q sure and speedy
{ Japanese vsctosy, the seizure OF the Phil
hplnss and Hawaii and the occupation
BY EtkA JapauAsoB az CaIlforDia,