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Show STRIKE IS SPREAOINO. Workmen of Moscow Following In Footsteps of St. Petersburg Drethren The most startling feature In tho nnselan strike situation Is tho news that levenl factories In Moscow have closed and thit tho workmen In the old capital of Husila aro repeating Ihe tactlci of their fellow workmen of the new capita! marching from ihop to hop and mill to mill demindlng that tho establishments be shut down Tho wholo clly li reported to be In a itato of great excitement over tho ncwi of tho bloodshed at Bt Pctenburg which has precipitated Immediately tho itrlko that had been scheduled for Wedneeday Moscow has more workmen and less troops than Ht Petersburg and bolides bo-lides Is Just now tho heart of the Liberal Lib-eral movtment and tho danger ot bloodier occurrences Ihtro than havi lieen witnessed In Bt Pctenburg aro pniimrtlonatoly greater A rising at Moscow Is also moro likely to havo grtatcr results Industrially and pollU call) than that of Ht Pitcrsburg According to private rcporta tho workmen In sevtral other big cltos notably Kharknff where large loeomo-i loeomo-i llvo works are located already havo i completed plans fur n general unpen Ion of work Moreover report! aro current that the workmen who other wise would soon be forced back Into tho ihops or itnrvn hate received as surnnros of financial auppurl from tho source which hitherto havo furnished tho sinews of war to tho liberal and revolutionary nMtatlon, but havo not beforo been In touch with tho labor movemint If Iho itrlko becomes gen cntl all over Husila and (specially If tho railroad! are drawn In, It might Immediately forco tho nation to mako pcaro with Japan Tho situation appcari gravo from every itandpolnt, but tho authorities, although apparently somiwhal bowll dored, dtclaro their purposo In stand Arm maintaining that It Is their first duty to preservo order, scouting tbu Idta of actual revolution Thcro nro extremely significant re-porta re-porta that I'mperor Nicholas In making mak-ing tho decision at tho itraordlnary meeting of tho council of Iho empire nt Tiarakoo Selo to declare Bt Petersburg Peters-burg In a itato of sit go, announced that ho had rtsolvcd to Issue a manl festo to tho people with a view of calming thim, promising to create a mixed commission of workmen and officials of-ficials to Investigate and decldo Iho question! of the demand! of tho strikers, strik-ers, especially Iho one affecting hours of labor, which Itusslan law fixes at eleven Tho military In Ht Petersburg on Monday had a Arm grip on Iho sltua tlon, and tho pollco used every precau tlon, luch as forbidding tho uso of petroleum and requiring the people to romaln Indoors The tension which was eomowbat rolaxed In tho morning, continued to Increaso during the day Conditions appeared to bo ominous when, shortly after dark, the workmen In two electric elec-tric light plants walked out, refusing trlpbi pay to remain and plunging half tho city Into utter darkness, Including tho Ncvsky prospect, which li In tho foihlonablo resldencn quarter Tho water supply, alio wai cut off, and a veritable panic ensued Tnlei that dnamlto was In tho possession of Iho strlktra and that It wai tho purpoio lo sack and burn tho town had hctn n circulation and many tursoni wire terror stricken Kescrvd troops wero called out to guard tho darkened portion of the city Tho people peo-ple still In Iho street! except a fow strlktra nnd roughs, fled lo tholf homes Tho editors of four newspapen, tho Jtuss tho Medomostl tho Novostl and Iho drnshdhanln, declaro their Intention, Inten-tion, aa soon as tho printers return to work, nnd they aro ablo to resumo publication, openly to defy tho ccnsonhlp In tho matter of strike nows and Sundays affairs af-fairs They drew up a letter to thn censor, salng they fell tho gravity of tbo situation demanded that they print tho facts without minimising or glossing gloss-ing them ovtr Tho Novoo Vremya and other pajiers, however, refuso to Join, nnd tho letter waa not sent, but tho odlton of tho four pipers named agreed to adopt tho courso Indicated |