The Daily News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2019-08-06
issued: 1905-11-18
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note: -$ provincial "»«■ THE DA NEWS "<-*> -: NOV 20 1905 a) O'j -To ___{_____• VOL. 4 NEI.SON, B. 0„ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1905 NO. 176 EMPEROR'S FAVORITE Witte is Regarded With Suspicion by the Workmen Situation in Russia is Growing Steadily Worse-Disorder Spreads in all Directions-Mutiny in Manchurian Army St. Petersburg, Nov. 17.—Tiie outlook for an early collapse of thc strike ls more gloomy today, tho situation being distinctly moro menacing. The council of workmen's delegates, or the strike committee, are manifestly encouraged by the extension of the strike in St/Petersburg; various organizations, including the bank clerks, telephone girls and some of the professional leagues have voted to join the movement- Moreover It is certain that the workmen's council have received my- Bterlous supplies of funds and consequently they present a bolder front. Practically all the pretexts based on economic demands have beeu abandoned, but the eight hour day demand figures in the oratory at meetings in order to hold the workmen who have no thought except improvement iu their material condition. The workmen's council have returned a scornful reply to count Witte's pergonal appeal lo his "brother workmen," ridiculing the government's profession of solicitude for the workmen and renewing their demands for the immediate abolition of martial law in Poland, etc. Count Witte's attempt lo negotiate directly with the strike leaders has come to naught although lie offered concessions in the case of the Cronstadt mutineers, in the event of their being condemned to death, but the leaders refused all compromise. "All or nothing" was their response. The text of the resolution adopted being as follows: "Tho council of workmen's delegates expresses astonishment at the emperor's favorite, who permits himself to call the workmen of St, Petersburg his brothers. The proletariat Is not related to him in any •way. "Count witte appeals to us to he compassionate of our wives and children. The council i…
note: The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. It changed hands again in May 1908 when it began to be printed by the News Publishing Co. managed by W.G. McMorris.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0382025
language: English
lat: 49.493333
long: -117.295833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : F.J. Deane
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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