The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-06
RUSSIAN STRIKES FATE
 WILL BE KNOWN TO-DAY
BELIEF THAT OPINION OF GEN ERAL PUBLIC WILL BE
 ADVERSE.

Lack of Union Among the Leaders of
 the PrOIetariat Organizations is Play ing Against Success of the Move
 unconstitutional Men, Upon Whom It's
 Success Depends, still Working Full
 Time-Deputies of the Council of
 WOrkmen fingered by Their Timidity Printers Return to Work.
 St. Petersburg, Aug, 6.-The fate of the general strike, which, although 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 public opin- ion. The lack of union among the leaders of the proletarIat organizations is playing against the success of the movement
 The railroad men, upon whom the success of the movement depends, still are working full tine. The leaders of the railroad organizations are hesitat- ing about issuing a call for 3 tie-up. They fear being deserted and discred- tied by their materjalistic followers, who are no more responsive to the avowed pretext of this strike, namely, sympathy with the mutineers of Svea- borg, Cronstadt and Revai, than they were for the similar reasons given for ! Ine abortive strike of last November. The railroad men have been intimidat- ed by the recent making of strikes af- fecting communications and penal of lenses. The laws providing severe pun ishment were enacted with direct ref erence to general strikes.
 The council of workmen's deputies, which met secretly at Terioki, Finland, continued it's session until a 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 road beds, etc, to bring the trans portatlon serivce to a standstin. Rep resentatives of all the revolutionary parties and emissaries from Moscow, Kieff, Riga, Odessa and other cities were present at the meeting. The tell egraphers thus far have been appealed to in vain. The final meeting of the council is being held tonight.
 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 sev- eral street car lines and river ferries have returned to work.
 A steady downpour of rain all day long prevented the open air gatherings scheduled for the day in St. Peters burg and the consequent possibility of 1 collisions and disorders The day was without incident except for the depart ure for Cronstadt of the Eighteenth naval equippage. There was a large number of drunken men among these sailors.
 Telegrams from the interior throw 1 little light on the manner in which the country may be expected to re- spond to to-days call for a strike. There has been no cessation in the number of robberies and murders in | the interior.
 The government attachs much im- portance to the declaration of the Poles in the Minsk congress against the principle of exproriation and in fa- vor of acquiescing in the dissolution of the lower house, and preparing for new elections. This action is regarded in administrative circles as almost equivalent to the withdrawal of the propertied classes of Poland from the Russian revolutionary movement.