ANXIETY AT ST. PETERSBURG.
SULLEN AND DETERMINED STRIKERS. PANIC AT BAKU. RAILWAY MEN UNDER MARTIAL LAW. ST. PETERSBURG, 27th Fob. Tho sullen and determined nttitudo of fifty thousand strikers at St. Petersburg occasion anxiety Managers of factories havo sont their families away. Tho postal and telegraph officials and tho pohco at Moscow aro demanding incroasod wages. A panic has occurred at Baku, and numbers of pooplo aro leaving. Owing to tho large numbers which havo been taken to tho war, thoro aro insufficient troops to maintain ordor in tho Caucasus. By tho Government's wish, Catholics in sacerdotal robes havo harangued Armenians in tho streets, begging them not to attack tho Tartars. All tho Russian railway employees, with tho exception of thoso on tho Central Asia lines, havo been placed undor martial law. A striko, originating in tho stop-tho-vvnr demand, has occurred in tho Chita workshops, on tho Siberian railway. Tho police at Warsaw demand twentyfivo roubles a month, instead of twolvo roubles. Fearing a striko of polico, tho authorities havo givon orders that a soldier is to accompany each policeman. Fifteen thousand ironworkers at Warsaw have resumed work, having been granted shorter hours and higher pay.
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Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 49, 28 February 1905, Page 5
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196ANXIETY AT ST. PETERSBURG. Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 49, 28 February 1905, Page 5
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