The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
St Petersburg Was in q Panic
 Yesterday
FEW TRAINS ARE MOVED
General Trepoff Says He Is Fully Able to Cope With the Situation--Min- isters Hold Lengthy
 Meetings.

St. Petersburg, October 26.-St. Peters burg was in d panic today, but to large extent apparently without reason. The most alarming rumors were in eircula- tion and the shopkeepers, except a few. closed their stores, while peaceful-mind- ed inhabitants kept within doors. Anx- iety was evidenced in the whole atmos- phere of the city, but so far nothing has occurred to justify these fears. There were no disorders
 l General Trepoff, who has been placed in command of the St. Petersburg garri- son and given an additional division of endorsements, declared that he is am- ply able to maintain order. and the po- lice are allowing the strikes to vent their enthusiasm so as to avoid conflict General Trepoff instructed the police not to interfere with the parades so long as they were orderly but he gave notice tonight that he was prepared to cope firmly with any disorder. He had printed in all the evening papers a notification that the troops would tomorrow be or dered to use ball cartridges without any preliminary firing of blanks in case there should be any outbreak.
 Move a Few Trains.
 
 By the greatest exertions the govern ment today succeeded in moving trains manned by military operatives on a few railroads. Traffic was resumed irregu- Iarly on the Moscow and St. Petersburg railroad and lines from Moscow to Brest and Kazan. The first efforts were d- reeted to the moving of cattle trains so as to meet the pinch of approaching famine in the two capitals and one train load of cattle arrived at St. Petersburg and an. other at Moscow. Peasants are also driving cattle on the hoof into Moscow. A scanty supply of milk, butter and eggs is arriving in St. Petersburg over the Finland railroad the employees of winch refuse to strike.
 | [, The situation. however, cannot be re- garded much improved The strikers today voted to continue the strike. The most encouraging feature of the situation Is the absence of any widespread disorder.
 Students Barricade Themselves,
 picturesaue details have been received of the uprising at Kharkoff, where students and strikers took possession of the local ity in the center of the city containing inc university the cathedral and other build ings, threw up barrieades. constructed a
 
 government but cool heads on either side effected an arrangement which made 1t necessary for troops to storm the reFolu- tionary citadel, the defendants of which marched out without full honors of war.
 Minor tumults are reported from other cities but the strikers are adhering to their determination to make protest In orderly fashion in order 10 show them selves to be fit for self-government. The strike has proved most effective in forc- ing the government 10 speedy action on measures which have been slumbering in commission for many weeks. Wednesday night the ministers after five hours ses- sion finished the final draft of q law creating a responsible council of minis- ters and today completed the revision or the statute granting freedom of assem- bly,, both of which will be taken to Em- peror Nicholas tomorrow For signature. Tonight the ministers held another ses- slon meeting formally as the Solsky eom- mission but in reality as NJ. Wittes cab- met. to discuss the election regulations of the douma It mainly concerned tho elections in Siberia.
 It Is reported that M Witte simultan- eously with the promuigation of the state will define his policy and ask the nation [ to give a fair trial to the new govern mental system and resist the efforts or revoIutionaries to throw the entire coun- try into state of anarchy
 Source of Funds Is a Mystery. , The source of the funds which are ap- parently at the command of the revolu- tionsts Is a mystery.
 In Moscow the revolutionary committee is paving strikers 15 cents daily, and : has invested large sums in arms and am- munItion The rifles and cartridges taken in Winland and Poland were part of those purchased by the committee. It Is con- lecture that financial aid Is being rec ceived from socialists and revolutionfsts abroad and that some of 1t may come from America in response to an appeal recently published in New York newspa- pers on behalf of the Jewish societies
 The tactics of the revolutionists in St. Petersburg are apparently to create a reign of terror. Warnings have been sent to merchants on the Nevasky. Mnorskaia. Ascension and other fashionable thorough fares to close in order to avoid con- fusion there Word has been passed among servants mysteriously that a mob was preparing to sack the residences of the better classes.
 Apprehension apparently prevails in irn- p1tial circles II Is reported that the ini- perial yacht. Polar Star. Is lying off Cron- stadt constantly under steam. and that the smaller yacht Strella Is held in walt ing at the wharf at Peterhof for emer- gency use