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Show TROUBLE IS BREWING THROUGHOUT POLAND WARSAW. March 20. Now that mcst of the strikes are ended, the workmen are beginning to carry out the threat of revenge on such of their fellows fel-lows as refused to quit work with them. On Saturday a foreman who had refused to Join the strikers was fatally stabbed. and today a workman who had refused to walk out was shot and severely wounded. The authorities fear that these Incidents are only the beginning of a series of such outrages. The working classes are greatly excited ex-cited in anticipation of orders for mobilization. mob-ilization. The men are determined to offer violent opposition. Scarcely a day passes without the appearance of seditious sedi-tious pamphlet. One secret publication, entitled "The Barricade." whi -h was recently re-cently circulated, preached revolutionary doctrines urging workmen to prepare for tho strugsle and build barricades in the Streets. The mobilization is expected to begin in Iodz tomorrow. Workmen in several mills there already are striking, as a manifestation of hostility to such measures. The school strike nt Waraw Is reaching reach-ing an acutH statue. The authorities today Issued a final order that boys not returning return-ing to school before Wednesday will be expelled, regardless of their number. The Polish Kducatlonal committee, which recently re-cently went to St. Petersburg, is angered at the Government's non-conclllatory attitude, at-titude, and met here today and resolved to support the boys In striking. More trouble are feared. Warsaw soil Iidz manufacturers havo leen invited' to send delegates to a meeting meet-ing of industrial representatives from all parts of Russia at Moscow on Thursday, to discuss the commercial situation preparatory pre-paratory to making a report to the Ministry Min-istry of Commerce. |