The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-25
OF. PETERSBURG.

. L. PETERSBURG. Jan. 24-St
~ Petersburg will be declared in a
state of siege tomorrow. General
Irepoh, until recently chief of police
or MOSCOW, has been appointed gov
ernor general of St. Petersburg and
has taken up quarters in the Winter
palace. strangely enough, the only
Ptecedent is the case of General Ire
IONS father during the reign of Mini
Este terrorism under Alexander II
ana II is also a strange coincidence
that unsuccessful attempts were made
on the lives of both. General Trepofr
Is man of great energy hut the
measures he adopted at Moscow for
srppressing the student demOnstra-
tons in December last provoked much
resentment and the revolutionists re-
Gently condemned him to death.
Business Being Resumed.
The aspect of the Russian capitaI is
decidedly more calm. Business, which
had been at a complete standstilI, has
Leen resumed upon a limited. scale
me employees in a few of the smaller
factories went back to work today,
and the crowds of strikers in the
la evidence were not so numerous as
Oh Monday, and a more confident
feeling exists in official circles.
Energetic measures which have been
inauSurated viii ensure the safety and
quiet of the city.
Much Apprehension.
Beneath the surface however. the
ferment continues, and the public ner-
Eousness and apprehension as to future
developments is still unallayed. Sc
cret meetings of different classes i'm
opposition to the existing order of
things were held in various places dur
ing the afternoon and evening, but the
divergent elements which were sudden
" brought together by the tragic
events of last Sunday are advancing on
divergent plans, and no common
ground of action has yet been found
Il, the meantime the police are active
~ searching out the leaders. Three
Wen known Russian authors were ar
rested today and the prisons are filled
with agitators, revOlutiOnists and stu
Ont orators.
Waiting For Moscow.
Such measures may result in bomb
throwing and 1errOriZe the people. but
the concensuS of opinion is that the
future actions of agitatOrs depend upon
what occurs in MOSCOW and other large
cities of Russia. where the workmen
are beginning to strike. over 100 900
men are out in the old capital Of the
empire tonight. A telephone message
from MOSCOW TO the Associated Press
been no disorder there as yet There
wiz be big demonstration in Moscow
tomorrow, and il is feared that it will
BE- accompanied by bloodshed.
The situation confronting the mill
tary authorities at Moscow is much
n'cre serious than that in St. Peters
burg. Out of over one million in
habitants of Moscow over two-thirds
are workmen, including an exceedingly
rough and turbulent ~element. The
troops there are fewer, and the city
does not lend itself. like St. PETERSBURG
10 natural barriers to prevent the con-
Sregation of men. The center of the /
town has no bridges and no canals, and
hills and narrow streets make il diff |
cult for troops TO act Only the gates |
town which surrounds the Kremlin !
could afford the military natural |
rlaces to bar demonstrators.
Strikers Marching.
At kOvno and Wilma. where strikers |
also have been begun the workmen !
ire following the st. Petersburg plan /
y marching about the city and in /
iucing or forcing other worlxmen to /
cave their employment.
The windows and doors of practic- /
Ally every shop and residence i'm st. !
Petersburg are boarded up, and at !
the streets, as on Monday [
:ight. are completely deserted except |
or troops.
During the day there was a great |
Top Of sensational rumors, including |
stories of strikers marching on Kol- I
sino TO seize the small arms factory /
iere and of the assassina ton of Cen
raj Fulton, the chief of police of st.
'etersburg, all of which on investiga-
ion have turned out TO be false. The
have again been warned |
% remain indoors.
Gopon in Hiding.
II is not known definitely whether