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Show RUSSIAN WORKMEN SHOW PATRIOTISM Reactionary Bosses Fail in Attempt to Organize a Big Strike. PETROG RAD, March 28, 1 :.10 p. m., via London, ll:4o p. m. The factory workmen have reversed the usual order and prevented a strike threatened by the ' ' bosses, ' ' who had been deposed or had had -their authority curtailed as the result of the new liberty and equality. equal-ity. In a certain munitions factory the disgruntled administration, seeing their old berths slipping from their grasp, decided to declare the factory on strike, but the workmen, inspired by the appeals ap-peals of the new government for their support, refused to walk out. On the contrary, they insisted that the foremen fore-men directing the engineers should begin be-gin work with them at daybreak and put in an equal number of hours. ' ' Every hour is precious, ' ' declared the spokesman of the workers. ' ' We must work to support our comrades at the front. Every man who goes on strike will be treated ns a traitor aod we will not guarantee his safety." A patriotic spirit appears to have gripped the workmen quite generally, in strong contrast to their attitude toward to-ward the former regime. One group has given assurance that the eight-hour day universally applicable now will not operate to diminish the output, since, if it is necessary, the men will work sixteen hours daily. At a meeting of engineers, however, a more pessimistic view was expressed. Many complaints were lodged that the workmen had changed roles and insisted insist-ed upon dictating terms as to hours and conditions. One of the .chief sources of protest is the insistence of the workmen work-men that they oust uneongcninl administrators admin-istrators and' replace them with men of their own choosing, .often from their own ranks. The appointment of an arbitration ar-bitration board, formerly demanded by the workmen, is now desired by the ( 'bosses,'' but declined by the workmen.' work-men.' Instances are recorded of workmen disciplining their former "bosses" by carrying them in a wheelbarrow, head enveloped in a sack, and depositing them on a dump. The condition exacted ex-acted for reinstatement was an apology apolo-gy for past offenses. "Delegates have been chosen by the engineers1 who hope to arrange amicable amica-ble relations through the council of workmen and the ministry of trade and industry. Some factories are already working out a plan of profit sharing. |