Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-16
BITTER COLD
PRESERVES ORDER
Forced Russian Strikers to Re-
main in Doors and Prevent.
ed BI0odshed.
PANICkY FEELING RENEWED.
Foreign Residents In st. Petersburg
Are Becoming More and More
Alarmed.

st. Petersburg Nov l6. 1881 a. NJ
A fierce northeast blizzard and snow
which blew down on St Petersburg to-
night prevented bloodshed in the Rus
sian capital The bitter cold by fore
Ing the strikers to remain indoors, did
more TO preserve order than all the
Cossack cavalry patrolling the streets
Heavy military reserves are stationed
in all industrial districts. but up to
midnight there was no rioting. There
were rumors of collisions in the differ
ent parts of the city, but on investiga.
ton they turned out TO be false,
The Social Democrats had an I'M
presslve response on the part of all
organizations OF workmen to their sum-
mons for a general political strike to
| demonstrate their solidarity with the
| struggle of their Polish comrades for
autonomy and to protest against the
| execution Of the mutinous sailors at
| Cronstadt. The men walked out OF all
| the big mills and factories, and the
| employees OF the Baltic and warsaw
! railroads, the printers and other classes
Of laborers struck but the shops IN the
| center Of the city We're not closed
| Troops took charge Of the electric hght
stations which We're operated by SAIL
ors, so that the city was not placed in
darkness tonight.
No dispatches have arrived from the
interior. however, to show that the
workmen In other cities have responded
10 the demand for co operation. and
dssension has broken out among the
leaders, some of whom believe the
strike to be hasty and ill-adyised and
who say that If ii does not succeed the
| result will be loss Of prestige ~ meet
| ings tonight this faction urged the
| leaders to announce tomorrow that the
strike was only intended as demon-
stration. but the radicals. whose aim
is to keep up the revolutionary agta-
tion at all hazards, refused 20 listen 70
such counSes.
They insisted that II was vitality
necessary for the success OF their pro-
paganda among the army and the navy
that they should get credit for SAVING
the lives OF the mutineers. ana that II
they could force the government 20 re-
code from It's position regarding POLLARD
they would have IL by the throat AT
strike headquarters tonight reports
were being received and the leaders re-
fused 10 admit that the question 81
abandoning the strike had yet Deer
raised.
The situation has caused a renewal OF
the panicky feeling among the inhapl
| tants, whose nerves were already shat
tered BY the events Of the last fort
night. and hundreds of persons who ha(
ilst returned are again leaVins Cor FIN
land. The foreign residents are becom
ing more and more alarmed. and MANY
of them are hastily preparing to e
abroad for the winter
In case the Finnish Socialists SHOULD
ioln their Russian comrades and tie VI
the Finnish railroad, the only egreSi
would be by water, and the free2 ~
of the Gulf Of Finland a fortnight henc'
would close the last exit. The foreisl
embassies share the public alarm, am
the British embassy is advising the I'M
mediate removal of women ana emu
dren,
All sorts. Of wild rumors about inter
ference bv the foreign powers are u
circulation, and the Bourse Gazett
prints a report that all the great pow
ers have Joined in a notification to Rus
sia that they intend to Interfere an
preyent anarchy. This Is as false a
mo story circulated that Mr.. Eddy, IN
American charge d'affaires, has teie
eraphed for warship, and that IN
, cruiser Minneapolis was now proceed
ing hither. The American embass
? has not asked for a warship. ana ma
rot been advised by the state depart
ment that one Is coming.
Count Witte and his cabinet were !
session throughout the afternoon an
evening discussing the situation ana
> number of prominent Liberals wer
called In for consultation. Grand Duk
Nicholas was present part OF the tm'
The possibility that the governmel
might be compelled, If the sltuatlo
grew worse, TO declare martial law J
, 81 Petersburg was considered. but Q
, far as can be learned no dehnlte az
: cielon I'm this matter was reached.
While the League of Leagues Is dls
nosad TO back up the strike, the WORK
, mon are undoubtedly alternating niue
! nnhlic sympathy by their recklessles
Many Liberals openly declare that IN
strike Is a tactical blunder Whlch ny.
prove disastrous. but their teilpeId'
: counsel Is rejected,
In government circles II Is recognize
that the situation in Poland requires
si,iiif,,I hand at the helm Gov. Gel
ScnIon probably will be replaced ny
nan of Count Whites choice. The nan
~ Cen Mensky Is mentioned IN IN
I Connection, but II Is doubtful II he WI
accent the Office under present como
tons, 49, ,,.,,, W.T.,
Ia III 10 have reiterated his assurance
,hot the Jewish question VIII pe reiell
"a 70 the DONNA for settlement an
e Sa is also said to have declared th'
D .ho krneror's VIII for the reallzalo
= ~ the reforms announced In the man
Y cas,n NJ oct 30 Is infieyible.