The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-11-02
Between Russian Troops and Revolu.
tIonIsts al ST. Petersburg.
THE STRIKERS ARE DETERMINED.
Many Shops Closed and Food Has
Mounted to Famine Prices - Mon
ster Meeting Held at University by
Strikers.

st. Petersburg, Oct. 30. - The last
link of the railroads binding the CAPT
tai with the outer world was broken
late at night when the Finland rail
road suspended service between ST..
Petersburg and the Finnish border.
Telegraphic communication Is still
open but there is still possibility
that the cable operators may be COM
PEELED to join general strike Of tele-
graphers Up to the present there Is
a total absence Of disorder
st. Petersburg4It is reported that
many persons were injured during
the dispersal of a meeting at Novoch-
erkass, the capital Of the province of
the Don Cossacks.
st. Petersburg. - That the present
situation cannot end without blood
shed is the conviction prevailing in
the higher government circles, which
from moment to moment are expect
ing conflict between the troops and
the revolutionists in st. Petersburg
and news Of trouble in the provinces,
especially at Kharkoff. The govern
or of Kieff has been instructed to take
all necessary measures to restore Or
der, which the local government and
the commander of the troops are I'M
able to maintain. One of the most
prominent members Of the council re-
ceived the Associated Press repre-
sentative and said:
"The situation is grievous and a
painful one, and see no way out of
it except by the employment Of armed
force. Please do not misunderstood
me- look upon the prospect with
tears, but 1t Is becoming more and
more evident that the troops will be
compelled to fire. can see no 9TH
err possible outcome. The revolution
lists and terrorists are absolutely bent
on forcing conflict upon us, and
nothing we can do will satisfy. The
extension of the suffrage and the right
Of assembly will be nothing to them.
They are determined to have blood
shed, and we cannot avoid the issue
It is a frightful disease from which
Russia is suffering, and, sad and pain
full as 1t is, the government must act
with force"
The minister said that the law Gre
ating a responsible cabinet will prob
ably be promulgated and Count
Whites nomination as premier an
nounced. Under the statute the
premier may or may not hold special
portfolio. White spent almost the en-
tire day with the emperor at Peter
holt, and he has not confided to his
colleagues whether he intends to take
the ministry of the interior or the
ministry of finance, or no portfolio at
all. The whole of the ministerial body
Is also in ignorance as to whether
they will retain their places under the
new leader.
A remarkable feature of all the
speeches was the spirit o. complete
confidence that the success of the
movement was at hand, and the mani
festation as the minister quoted In the
first part of this dispatch, was to force
an armed conflict upon the govern.
ment. The meetings continued far
into the night. In the city, in spite
of the absence of disorders, there Is
condition of actual panic. Half of
the population is compelled to rely on
candles or kerosene lamps for light,
while the street lamps In large part
Of the city have been extinguished.
The streets practically are deserted
except for the squads of infantry and
cavalry, which are everywhere.
The shops began to close in the af-
ternoon in the Morskala, Nevsky and
other central streets. Many of the in
habitants shut themselves in their
houses, scarcely venturing out to
Z make necessary purchases of food,
which has mounted to famine prices.
The scene inside the university
beggars description. In the great open
air court, with no light except a few
Pickering candles on a hastily con-
structed tribune, from 1900 to 5000
workmen, students and professional
men stood wedged together in the cold
and wet snowfall, listening to revo-
lutionary harangues. Another great
meeting was held In the central hall
Of the university and scores of similar
meetings of the separate trades and
professions were held In the other
rooms Of the building. Halls were set
aside for teachers, physicians, bank
clerks, journalists, printers, pharma-
cists, women, engineers, lawyers, tail
ors and persons Of other callings and
trades, and room was even set aside
for non-command officers of the army,
but only half dozen OF these were
present.
Troops Occupy Houses.
\ Berlin, Oct. S1.-A dispatch to the
Lokal Anzelger, from Warsaw, says