Show EMPLOYERS LEAD IN resistance TO WORKMEN st petersburg nov 24 the employers 0 st petersburg hav taken the lead in resistance to the workmen whose constant strikes alternately on political and economic grounds have utterly demoralized the business of the country and are bringing ruin and bankruptcy to all branches of industry they havo formed an association with herr nobel at its head and have mutually pledged themselves not only to refuse strike pay but absolutely to decline to treat with their em aloyes on questions of wages or hours of ork until the national assembly acts count witte in behalf of the government has seconded the employers by directing that identical action too taken at tho government works and both tho government and the private workmen have been given until monday to return to work or be locked out indefinitely tho men are already suffering from excessive privations and unless they yield they will soon be driven to desperation by hunger the employers do not entertain a doubt that in face of their united front the men will surrender the government probably will sustain the employers at moscow and elsewhere in a similar fashion the workmen are thoroughly saturated with socialism and revolutionary doctrines at their meetings the orators tell them as the creators of all wealth the factories belong to the workmen and the land to the peasants A deputation of workmen actually went to an english owner proposing to take charge of his mill the only concession they would make was to elect hi mma nager they marched to the westinghouse factory with red flags and threatened to baiter down the doors unless they were admitted to hold a meeting twenty three private establishments employing men will be affected if a lockout is declared the cabinet today discussed the draft of a strike law chich permits strikes for economic purposes but provides severe penalties fa political strikes |