The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-09
FLASH IN THE PAN
THE GENERAL RUSSIAN STRIKE FAILED TO GO OFF" WITH
 4 BANG.
me eo"ernment Has Upper Hand, But Revolution May Be Only
 Siumbering.

St. Petersburg-In the light of de-
 velopments the general strike Is al.
 most regarded as a fiasco. The sum-
 mons to go out have met some re-
 sponse in Moscow, where the printers
 and the street car men and part of
 the employees of the gas, water and
 electric light plants quit work, but
 these are more than offset by the de-
 fections In St. Petersburg. An enthus-
 lastic acceptance of the order to
 strike is not here recorded. Even in
 the Donetz mining district. where
 practically all the miners already were
 out, the factory hands, according to a staff correspondent of the Associated
 Press, declined to strike.
 The revolutionists may possibly yet
 be saved by the railroad men. How ever, the central committees of the railroad men have not yet reached hnal decision, and up to the present time, in spite of the frantic efforts of the agitators, not an important line of the empire is affected.
 Fifteen thousand employees of the government powder mills struck, but l this was counterbalanced by the re- ] turn of the men of the Westinghouse and other factories, who have notified their superintendents that they would begin work today.
 The printers of St. Petersburg, in- stead of abandoning the strike en- tirely, have decided to print only one Liberal newspaper a day. This, how ever, really plays into the hands of the government, as the NovOe Vremya and the Svet, the two Conservative journals, are wealthy enough to defy the union and resume publication in unabridged form. The compositors on the Official Messenger joined the strikers, but they were at once re- placed by military printers. The or ganizers of the strike are in despair over the prospect. Some already counsel calling the strike off in an effort to save prestige, but the ma" iority are waiting in the last hope for some action on the part of the rail- road men.
 The prefect of police has issued a long proclama tion, which was circu- lated among the lower classes, ex- blaming the governments reasons for the dispersal of the lower house. This act, it is declared, does not signify the suppression of representa- tive institutions, but is intended to give the people an opportunity con- scientiously to choose deputies to the new parliament, who will cooperate with the government in solving the problems upon which the welfare Of the country depends.
 In view of the various statements which have appeared in foreign news papers regarding the intention of sev- eral prominent persons to enter the Stolypin cabinet the following seml- official announcement has been made public.
 After the dissolution of the lower house of Parliament and the issuance of the imperial manifesto announcing the desire of the emperor to efect reforms, the government thought it ldLuTdl IO OAel lDC SstSuhH lal posts to politicians who had placed the accomplishment of legal reforms upon their programs, and the govern ment once more regarded an effec- tive cabinet and the execution of the political program it had undertaken as assured. a
 "This combination, however, en- countered obstacles beyond the con- trol of either the government or the politicians. The latter wished to form a group which would be entitled to enter the cabinet, but they were not able to succeed Prince Nicholas Lyoff and Alexander J. Guchkoff had long audience with the emperor, but it was announced that from the viewpoint of the peaceful relation or the reforms, they were of greater ser vice in their usual sphere of activity, which required the mobilization of all sober social forces.
 "Regarding the intentions of the government these remain unchanged 3 ad include the restoration of order With firmness and energy.
 "The government will immediately effect, within the limits of law, those prudent reforms which must lead Russian life into lawful paths"