The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-29
condItions Caanot Last.
oUAKINe WITH FEAR.
People of ST. Petersburg Expect Hor-
rors of French Revolution.

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St. Petersburg. Oct. %. I1:2O a. ma
/ condition bordering upon panic pre-
walls here today. Business is com
/ pletely suspended. Soldiers are every
/ where i'm the streets and bloodshed on
! a large scale is feared The govern
ment is trying To appease the infiamed
+ populace. but the TeVOlUtiOnaries seem
determined Co force an armed conflict.
Telegraphic communication with
/ Moscow is now Interrupted. The cable
/ service Is stili operating, although the
( pOstOhiCc is closed and the only papers
90 appear this morning were the Of
| fetal Messenger and the army organs !
I which printed directions for the mill
] tarV. The former contained letter
/ from General Tropoff, who is in COM
mand OF the st Petersburg garrison.
and addressed 10 the provincial gov
ernors instruCting them 10 allow pub
{ lie gatherings for the discussion OF
political questions and tOInterpret the
law literally under Count Whites d.
rectiOn Tie government realizes that
repression hy arms i'm the Jremend-
Ously excited state of the country
would be fatal and meetings are al
lowed as safety valves. Further meet
ings al The university here have been
utDhihited but three buildings have
f--0u ST Us i,.e COZ I'6rfnss III oVi
Petersburg and General Trepon has I'M
structed the governors TO select build
ings in an the cities.
Alarm at Embassies.
Much alarm is shown at some of the
embassies for the safety of foreign sub
iects and the situation is being grave
Is discussed. Beyond preliminary ar
raugemeUts for the dispatch of embas-
So mails by rail, however, no steps
have vet been taken
TelegIaphiC communication with the
interior is open, but the dispatches re-
ceiyed are mea Gre.
Communication with some places is
entirely Interrupted
From all over. the empire the story
is the same-work Interrupted. no
newspapers printed, schools closed and
the business life of the people sus-
pended. The cry of the masses is al /
ways the same-political liberty. The
military everywhere are in possession;
the inhabitants are terror-stricken;
many cities are I'M darkness.
Town of Reval on Fire.
At Reval a mob began work last
night. The rioters sacked the shops
and this morning the city is on fire.
The theatre and spirit shops are burn
iug.
Kharkoh is under martial law.
The most startling news. however. /
comes from Moscow, where all the
political parties have joined i'm a reso-
luton 10 sci up a provisional govern
ment Details are lacking and the eX-
act progress of this attempt at fOment-
ing insurrection is not known.
An independent Investigation made
by the Associated Press. shows that
the report that the Finnish railroad
has stopped running is incorrect. Trains
left St Petersburg this morning.
As the dav advanced the military
patrols are multiplied. but no violence
was reported.
Strikers Have Funds.
The strikers evidently have some
funds but whence they have been de-
rived is a mystery. According to ru-
mors the Moscow millionaire merchants
have been supporting the constitution
ahsts and have made large Contribu-
tions 10 continue the strike under the
belief that the government viii be
forced 10 surrender
a meeting Of strikers called 10 take
place IN the assize court at noon to
dag turned out TO be a fizzlS. The po-
lice succeeded I'm preventing all except
these adjourned until Z o'clock this
evening The strikers broke a num-
Der o. store windows.
Implicitly obeyed.
The strike committee which is di-
recting the movement here is we'll or
ganized and is sitting constantly. It's
directions are Obeyed unheSitatingly by
workers. One of the members today
advocated attacking the arsenal, but
his comrades opposed violence.
The committee consists of represent !
tatives of the Social Democrats. the
two factions of which have settled their
differences and are working in har-
mOny Outsiders are not admitted 20
the sessions of the committee. which.
up to the present time have been held
In the archaeological institute, the di-
rector of which has received warning
from General Trepon not TO permit
them any longer.
Safe From Uprising.
A prominent member OF the commit
tee Informed the Associated Press to-
day that there was little probability of
an armed uprising in ST Petersburg.
He said
we have arms but not enough 10
give any hope of success so long as the
army is loyal There are perhaps six
or eight thousand rifles i'm st. Peters
burg as well as revolvers.'
The report that a provisional gov
eminent has been established in ST.
Petersburg are untrue.
The strikers sent a deputation TO the
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