Show TROOPS mm STREETS OF THE CAPITOL cr wholesale arrests of workmen moscow cut off railroad stations packed f with soldiers n st petersburg dec 21 p m since noon today the streets have been filled with troops and especially those in the industrial sections the railroad stations are in possession of the militia wholesale arrests of the leaders of the workmen were made last night its is reported that the police include in their captures the members of the second mens council who were placed in the fortress of st peter and st paul with members of the first council who were arrested saturday night A third council however promptly took tho place of the second the league of leagues has issued an appeal to the police asking for liberal support of the proletariat which la bearing the brunt of the struggle ifor the emancipation of the nation the appeal says there is bound to bo much privation starvation and even death and not only pleads for material aid but proposes the inauguration of free dining rooms for workmen in all parts of the city moscow is already cut off from st petersburg and with the provinces generally there was no communication this morning according to the latest the have extended into tho province of across the border of livonia at ko kun husen the chief of police and his assistants were tried by a revolutionary tribunal and acquitted it turns out that hukum in courland only surrendered after a severa fight which lasted for twelve hours tho insurrectionists bad fortified tha town by throwing up entrenchments ments before which they dug pits they also had in possession the machine guns recently captured by them the trenches were taken by storm both sides losing heavily the latest information from khar kov bays that revolutionaries are under arms and troops are being concentrated for the purpose of recapturing the city the strike started here at noon the center of the city the shops were not closed the proprietors having received guarantees that it they remained open they would be given ample protection and that any deputation of strikers seeking by threats to force them to close chops would be immediately arrested there was however an impressive demonstration in the industrial sections the main interest in the strike of the workmen centered in tho warsaw section where the government was to make a test of its ability by moving a train for berlin the station was packed with troops promptly at noon there was a wild hurrah accompanied by the roar of escaping steam and a few minutes later the railroad men walked out ot the yards in a body the authorities however were prepared and after a delay of ten minutes a locomotive manned by soldiers of a railroad bat tallan backed into the station and was coupled to the waiting train which was crowded with people seeking to depart from the unhappy country lines of soldiers with fixed bayonets flanked tho train and so official with four sol adlers entered the carriages and thoroughly searched them in order to ascertain if suspicious persons were on board As the official and his escort left the train a signal was given and twenty soldiers entered the baggage car while another detachment waa scat through tho carriages the train then pulled out an extra car loaded with wrecking apparatus was attached to the train to bo used in case of accidents between stations the usual majl car was missing at other stations similar precautions will be taken in the manufacturing districts beyond the warsaw and norva gates in the Sch district and in the sections on both sides of the neva tho workmen generally obeyed the summons to strike and promptly at 13 thousands of them emerged to the street police cossacks soldiers of the guard regiments and other pan were everywhere but so tar as reported no collision marked the in augur atlon of the strike the workmen were very quiet but determined each factory selected in advance a certain number to act as pickets ton the purpose of preventing any attempt to introduce strike breakers into the factories |