The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-16
KING JACK + R0ST
0UTWITs W|T1E
Ills Arctic Highness Nips
Blo0dshed In
the Bud.
DRIVES STRIKERS
INTO THE HOUSES.
Tempest Of Snow Clears Streets
Of St. Petersburg Of Turbu-
lent Elements and Ac-
complishes More for
Humanity Than
Cossacks.
(By Asgoclated Press. J

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ST. PETERSBURG Nov. 16, 1887 a.
M.---A fierce northeast blizzard and snow
which blew Gown or st Petersburg
tonight prevented bloodshcd In the Rus
sian capital The b,t.cr cold, by forcing
the strikers 10 remain indoors. did more
to preserve oder than all the Cosslch
cavalry patroll.ng The streets. Heavy
military reserves arc stationed In all the
indus m | d. ..cls. but up to midnight
tLere was no roting. There were runiors
OF collisions In various parts OF the city,
but on investigation they turned out 10
b. .aise.
Tie sscal democrats hal an impress
siyc re Spouse ON the part OF ali .. sail.-
zauons or wurknen 10 iheir summons
for q gcnc.ai pol.ti@ @al sEr.ke to demon
ssiate tner so..dari.y WITH the strusyie
OF tner dish CoMrdues or autonomy
and 10 protest ;igars. tle execution OK
the mut.n1ts sailors 1T Liens:.idt. ne
men walked out OF all 10 'tlS iililis anu
Z factories AID the employees vf the Bo!!lc
ana WARSAW RAILROADS. the printers anu
other clascs OF iaDorers struck, but the
sj,ops IN the GENRE OF the city were no.
c.osed. Troops to-k gcharse OF the eicc-
tr.c light stat.ons, when were operated
BY sailors 50 that the city was ho'
placed in darkness Tonight
EeIieve Strike 100 Hasty.
IA ,t,spa,ches nave arrived tlom the
interior. however. to show tnat the WORK
,,,en IN other cities are rcspondent&to TO the
demand for corporation and dissensioh
z las hrokcn out among the leaders, some
of whom believe the strike 70 ne nasty
and iIi-advised, and who siL! That II ~
does not succeed. the result WIZ DC loss .'Ss
OF prestige At meetings to-n'shl tHis i
faction urged tho leaders to announce 'o-
morrow that the strike was ohiy lhlei'u-- ll!-
cd rs a demonstration, but the huoicals'
whose aim Is TO keep up the reVolutloh-
ary agitation Mt All hazards, refused 10
listen 10 such counse!s They INSISTED
thnt 1T was vitally necessary Tor the
success OF their propaganda among Tue
a-my and the navy that they shou.o
get credit for saving the lives OF the
mutincers and that IL they could force the
government to recede from position
Tepnrding Poland they woulI have II by
,bn throat. AT strike headquarters to-
night reports were being received and the
leaders refused to admit that the cues
lion Of abandoning the strike had yet
been raised.
llO1l / olAAStAJ
Tho 81 u,t'on has caus d = renewal
Z ofgthe panici,y feeling among the inhaol-
tants whose nerves were ALREADY shatter-
81 by the events OF the lastSfo might,
and hundreds of persons who had just
returned are again leaving for Finland.
The foreign residents are becoming more
and more alarmed, and many OF them
are hastily preparing to 80 abroad for the
winter.
In case the Finnish socialists should
1oin their Russian comrades and tie M
the Finnish Railroad. the only egress
would be by water, and the freezing Of
The Gulf Of Finland Il fortnight hence
would close the last exit. The foreign
embassies share the public alarm and
the British embassy is advising the I'M
mediate removal of women and children.
Powers to Interfere?
There are all sorts Of wild rumors about
Interference by tho foreign powers III
circulation. and the Boursc Gazette prints
a report that all the great powers haF,
tolned in notification to Russia that
they intend To interfere and prevent an
archy. This is as false as the story cir
c,,lated that Mr.. Eddy the American
charge d'affaires, has tclegraphed for
a warship and that the cruiser Minneapo-
lis was now proceeding hither The
American embassy has not asked for
wnrsh!p, and has not been advised by tho
State Department that one Is coming.