| Show general may day strike st petersburg the workmen wor kinen of st petersburg generally celebrated the russian may day on tuesday may 14 with a one day da s strike most of the factories closing entirely and others suspending business at noon only the government worl s such as the ship yards and ammunition facto nes were open the authorities had announced that cessation of work there would be punished by a gener al lockout and the workmen voted to give their day s earnings to the fund tor for idle workmen ifal itea A i t |