The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-06
Railroad Men Still at
 Work. TELEGRAPHERs ALSO BALK The Leaders May Resort ' to Extreme Measures.
 ----e--- Threatea to Blow Up Bridge. and Road Beds if Empaoyes won't walk out--coadision in
 Interior.

St. Petersburg, Aug. 1.-The fate of the general strike. which. although 1t has affected close to 10000 in St. Pe- tersburg, has met with only slight re- eponse in other sections of Russia. probably will be decided today with adverse expression of public opinion
 The lack of union among the leaders of the proIetarfat organizations is play ing against the success of the move ment. The railroad men. upon whom the success of the entire movement depends are still working full time. The leaders of the railroad organiza- tions are hesitating about issuing a call for tie-up. They fear being de- serted and discredited by their materi- alistfc followers. who are no more re- sponsible to the avowed pretexts of the strike, namely, sympathy with the mutineers of Sveaborg, Cronstadt and RevaI, than they were to the similar reasons given for the abortive attempt of last November
 The railroad men have been intimi- dated by the recent making of strikes anecting communications penal of. fenses. The law providing severe pun- ishment was enacted with direct ref erence to general strikes
 The council of worlxmenss deputies. which met secretly at Terioki. Finland. continues its session till a late hour yesterday morning.
 The deputies were so incensed at the tirnidity displayed by the railroad men that they decided to resort If neces- sary, to the blowing up of bridges and the destruction of the roadbeds, etc. to bring tho transportatfon service to d standstilL Represen tatives of all the revolutionary parties and emissaries from Moscow. Kieff. Riga. Odessa and other cities. were present at the meet ing. The telegraphers thus far. have been appealed to in vain.
 The final meeting of the council stiII is being held at 1880 this morning.
 The first break in the ranks of the St Petersburg strikers occurred yes return to work The employees of sew eraI street car, lines and river ferries have resumed work,
 A steady downpouf of rain all day prevented the open-air gatherfnks scheduled for the day in St Petersburs g and the consequent possibility of -col- lisions and disorders The day was without incident except for the de- parture for Cronstadt of the 18th naval equipage. There 10 a large number ot drunken men among these sailors
 Telegrams from the interior throw little light oon the manner in which the country may be expected to re- spond to today's call for strike There has been no cessasion in the number of murders and robberies in the interior.
 The Government attaches much irn- portance to the declaration of the Poles in the Minsk Congress against the prin- ciple of appropriation and in favor of acquiescing in the dissolution of the lower house and preparing for new elections This action is regarded in administrative circles as almost equfv- alent to the withdrawal of the prop ertied class of Poland from the Rus sian revolutionary movement
 Novoe Vremya which is the only newspaper appearing except In dodger form. devoted a large portion of its space this morning to an article proph- esying war between Japan and the United States and predicting sure and speedy Japanese victory. the seiz- ure of the Philippines and Hawaii and the occupation by the Japanese of Cal Ifornia.