STRIKES IN RUSSIA
A'REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT. By Telegraph—Pree3 Association—Copyright St. Petersburg, July 22. The strikers are regarded as ft recrudescence of the revolutionary movement, reflecting the strike of Baku oilworkers against inhuman conditions existing, coupled with police tyranny. There are 160,000 persons idle in St. Petersburg, where many of the newspapers are not being published. The streets are swarming with police and Cossacks. . ' • ' .
The disturbances were renewed at Viborg, where barricades have been erected. Many police were injured. They then volleyed, wounding several' strikers.
The strikes are spreading, and assuming a Pan-Russian character.
GERMANY CHARGED WITH FO- •< MENTING THE STRIKE. (Rec. July 23, 11.20 p.m.) St. Petersburg, July 23. Five thousand workers at the Baltic shipyards have joined the strike. One hundred and fifty tramcars have been smashed and burned. The "Novoo Vrcmya" 'charges Germany with fomenting tho strike.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2210, 24 July 1914, Page 7
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138STRIKES IN RUSSIA Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2210, 24 July 1914, Page 7
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