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Show Russian snamsv.ini wa nai MORE FACTORIES IN ST. PETERSBURG CLOSED; VIBORG QUARTER THREATENED BY MOB; MORE SOLDIERS CALLED OUT ! Ironmasters Unite in Petition for Governmental Reform in Dealing With the Labor Problems injmpire. BULLETIN. JS?r ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 11, 3:40 p. m. The strike extended today to Lessner's, Tielman's and a number of other works. The men remain quiet and determined, and declare they will not yield until they win the fight for an eight-hour day. A large number of troops are posted about Viborg and ' Newsky quarters. f In consequence of the threatening attitude of the strikers in the Viborg Vi-borg quarter of this city, the authorities today brought in from Peterhof additional cavalry, which were posted about the Viborg district. j Embassador from Belgium and dean of the diplomatic corps, responded on behalf of the foreign representatives. Count Katsura. premier of the empire, responded respond-ed for the Japanese Government. JAPS TAKE EMINENCE AND DxUVE OFF RUSSIAN -INFANTRY COMPANIES. TOKIO, Feb. 11. 4 p. m. The Japanese captured an eminence south of Changchl-chla Changchl-chla on Thursday morning. February 9. driving off two companies of Russian infantry. in-fantry. The Russians have continued shelling Field Marshal Oyama's center and left since Thursday last. The Russian dead who were burled after af-ter the battle of Heikoutai totaled 3000. The Japanese on that occasion captured 2009 rifles. BULLETIN. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 11. There Is not the slightest truth in the report printed in the London Daily Mail today to-day to the effect that the first act of the new Minister of the Interior, M. j Bouligan, on arriving in St. Petersburg Peters-burg on Friday, was to have the residence resi-dence of M. Witte, President of the Committee of Ministers, searched by the police, who removed a mass of documents for examination. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 11. The society so-ciety of Russian Iron Masters, representing represent-ing 1500,000,000 of capital, has memorialized M. Witte, president of the committee of Ministers on the labor question, pointing cut that the attitude of the people is a warning "that no repressive measures will end the deeply rooted national movement of the Russian people." The iron masters further declare that normal relations bet wet i the workmen and their employers are cv.ly possible with a system of government based on Justice nd with the participation of both employers em-ployers and employees in legislation. eo.ua.lity for all before the law. inviolability inviolabil-ity of domicile, the right to hold meetings and strike protection for workers against the attacks of strikess. freedom of the press and universal compulsory education. STRIKERS STARTED TROUBLE AT S0SN0VIC, SAYS THE GOVERNOR LODZ, Feb. 11. The Governor in an interview in-terview with the correspondent of the Associated As-sociated Press today, said: "My official reports from Sosnovlc show that thirty-three persons were killed and thirty-six wounded, eighteen of whom were seriously hurt In tne conflict at the Katherinen iron works Thursday. "The trouble began when a large body of striking miners tried to force the furnace fur-nace men of the iron works to put out the fires and loin the strikers. The mob became be-came violent, broke down a fence and f Sceed an .entrance Into the works which vtfe guarded by two companies of lnfan-trv' lnfan-trv' The officers ordered the crowd to leave but they refused. Suddenly a striker strik-er drew a large knife and rushed at an officer. The soldiers then fired on te mob which immediately fled, leaving the dead and wounded." The Governor added that no other shooting shoot-ing had been reported and that quiet had I" en restored In the city. There are 50.0U0 men on strike in the Sosnovlc district. PROVINCIAL MARSHAL DECLINES TO CONTINUE TO FILL THE OFFICE. MOSCOW, Feb. lL-Prlnce Troubet-skoy. Troubet-skoy. President of the Moscow Zemstvo, has Informed the Assembly cf Nobles that he declines re-election as provincial marshal mar-shal of the nobility. Addressing a meeting of the Nobles, Prince Troubetskov declared that throughout through-out his tenancy of office he had always Uriven to maintain harmony among the nobility of Moscow and throughout Russia Rus-sia but as a split had manifested Itself curing the debate on the recent address to the Emperor he had decided not to seek re-election. The Assembly tried to Induce Prince Troubetskoy to reconsider his decision, de-cision, but he refused to do so. All the former provincial and district marshals of the nobility whose names were proposed likewise declined the post. The deadlock ultimately was temporarily solved by Prince Troubetskoy consenting to remain in office until his successor is found. ANNIVERSARY OF THE CORONATION OF FIRST EMPEROR CELEBRATED. TOKIO. Fb. 11, 2 p. m. Today, the anniversary an-niversary of the coronation of the first Emperor of Japan, is being generally celebrated cel-ebrated throughout the empire, the war' successes giving additional zest to the celebration. Toklo and all the principal Cities are decorated. The Emperor receive at lunch a party Including the nobles, officers and diplomatic diplo-matic corps, numbering in all 6U). The Emperor toasted the powers represented At tjte luncheon, and Baron 'Anethan, , |