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Show f I0TM IN THE OUTLYING DISTRICTS; ATTEMPT TO KILL GOVERNOR AT iffi; HACTBAL LAW BS ENFORCED ATKWJSH St. Petersburg Is Comparatively Quiet, but an Outbreak Is Feared at Any Time; Workmen Scornfully Reply to Count Witte- Plans Kept Dark. ,s f WORKMEN'S ANSWER TO COUNT WITTE. T ST. PETERSBURG. Nov. 17. The text of the resolution adopted at u!ie meeting of the council of workmen's delegates ... reply to Count Witte's appeal to the workmen is as follows: "The council of workmen delegates express astonishment at the Emperor's favorite, who permits i himself to call the workmen of St. Petersburg his brethren. The prole- tarjat is not related to him in any way. & i- "Count Witte appeals to us to be compassionate of our wives and MptiMren. The council in reply invites the workmen to count the widows ( and orphans who have been added to the ranks of the workmen since Vthe day Count Witte assumed power. ' "Count Witte begs us to give the Government time and promises to do all possible for the workmen. The council knows Count Witte has already found time to give Poland into the ha.ids of the military execu- tioners. The council does not doubt Count WiUe will do all possible to strangle the revolutionary proletariat. "Count Witte calls himself a man who is benevolent towards us and wishes our good. The council declares the working classes have no need r for the benevolence of a court favorite, but demand a popular govern- ment on the basis of universal, direct and secret suffrage." a, s a) (S) S) 9 (t) s 5j (t) & s .-a . x-, - a-, r.- make some concessions in the matter of hours of labor, generally to ten hours, took a final decision that unless the men resumed work Monday they must close down indefinitely. Should the men be locked out in the face of winter it would only make the situation more desperate. The news from the provinces shows that practically tio movement lias been started there in support of .the. general strike, but there is a deep suspicion that this may pimply be the lull of pt ?pa ration. Keeping Plans Dark. The Sooirl Democrats and revolutionists revolution-ists are keeping their plans dark. Their organizations have ramifications through the country and at a signal they might again be able to bring the Industries of the country to a standstill. stand-still. Troops have taken possession of the Moscow railroad station and the road will be reopened ry means of railroad battalions. The resumption of traffic on this road insured fnipplies for the capital. Mutiny in Army. A mutiny in the Manohurian army is the latest sensations! rumor in this city. According to the report a dispatch dis-patch has been received from Gen. Linevltch telling him of a revolt among the troops which was only suppressed after a regular fight in w lieh many soldiers sol-diers were killed or wounded. Forty-two Forty-two officers are reported to have been shot for participation in the conspiracy. No confirmation of the rumor is obtainable from officials of the War office. . BULLETIN'. Kl'TAIS. Trans-Caucasia. Nov. 17. The" assistant manager of the railroad station here was shot and killed today. The assassin as-sassin escaped BULLETIN. IiZER.M LA. Caucasus. Nov. 17 A railroad rail-road switch w-ae thrown open here today resulting in a collision between two military mil-itary trains. Fifteen soldiers wer wounded. wound-ed. -" After' the collision the trains fired upon from the hills, the soldiers defending de-fending thenirelves behind the railroad embankment. BULLETIN. POTT Trans-Caucasia. Nov. 17. The railroad employees here have struck. The rails have n torn up and thrown into the T?iack sea. Many of the telegraph wires are cut. BULLETIN. V KAL1SH. Russian Poland. Nov. 17. Martial law is rigidly enforced here, bus- plelous persons are forced to leave the city. BULLETIN. KIEFF Russia. Nov. 17 Meetings have been prohibited by order of the Minister Min-ister of the Interior, and the railroad stations sta-tions and shops are under military guard. BULLETIN. RIGA. Russia. Nov. 17 An attempt was made today to assassinate the Governor Gov-ernor f t Rica. While he was riding In a ranrlaee thrcugh the streets a shot was "redTat him from an alley, but the bullet mlssjed lus mark. The would-be assassin &aiped. BULLETIN. V VRSAW. Russian Poland. Nov 17-T 17-T Governor-General has prohibited the rlWlcation of three more Polish papers. Aid has prohibited the sale on the streets fft all hand-bills printed in Polish. f ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 17. 2 p. m. The outlook for an early collapse of the Ptrike Is more gloomy today. The situation sit-uation is distinctly mote menacing. The. ,-ouncil of workmen's delegates or strike committee are manifestly encouraged en-couraged by the extension of the strike In St. Petersburg, various organizations, organiza-tions, including the bank clerks, telephone tele-phone girls and some of the professional profession-al leairues having voted to join in the movements. Moreover, it Is certain that the workmen's work-men's council '.has received mysterious supplies of funds and consequently they present a bolder front. Practically all the pretexts based on economic deli. de-li. ands have been abandoned, although the eight-hour day figures in the oratory ora-tory at meetings in order to hold the workmen who have no thought except improvement in their material condition. condi-tion. Scornful Reply to Witte. , The workmen's coupcH returned a Veornful rI,Iy to f'ount Witte's personal per-sonal appeal to his "brother workmen," ridiculing the Government's profession of solicitude for the Workmen and renewing re-newing their demands for the immediate immedi-ate aolition of martial law in Poland, etc. Count Witte's attempt to negotiate directlv with the strike leaders has come to naught, although he offered concessions in the case of the Cron-staot Cron-staot mutineers in the event of their being condemned to death. But the leaders refused all compromise. "All or notiiinz" was their response. Another Disappointment. The Imperial ukase on the land question ques-tion issued today, although it wipes out aboWt $40,000,000 of the peasants' ar-tfarfages ar-tfarfages of debt, which under ordinary 4ijrV instance might have been re-cUA1 re-cUA1 w'!tn joy, is another disappoint-nntvThe disappoint-nntvThe promises of additional lands are too- vague to calm- the agitated, starving peasants who. in the valleys of The Don and Volga, are again marching, march-ing, pillaging, burning and murdering. iri confirmation has been obtained ofSesterday's report of a false emperor lading the peasants of Penza. . Toe mill and factory owners at a matting Just held, wbila pffering to |