Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-26
Cars Ministers Spent Entire
Day in Trying 10 Find Some
Way Out Of the Crisis.
RAILROAD STRIKE COMPLETE.
Postal Authorities Refuse to Accep
Mail and International CorrespOn.
denee is at a StandstIll.

st. Petersburg, oct 26, 4 a. m.--Con.
fronted by a situation more crucial
than any since the beginning OF the
political and social upheaval Of Russia,
and which, at the time this dispatch is
Med shows no signs Of ameloraton,
the emperors ministers, under the
leadership Of Count White. spent al
most all Of yesterday in conference in
the nope OF finding some way out Of the
crisis INTO Which the revolutlonists and
Socialists have east the country.
The general strike on the railroads Is
complete except in few border pro-
Vinces, and St. Petersburg, Moscow and
other large cities are almost as closely
beleaguered as il they were Invested by
besleginB armies. At the same time
the Industrial strike has assumed
large dimensions and the turbulent ele-
ments in several localities are offering
open resistance to the troops.
The ministers who had been I'm ses-
sion during the day resumed their
meeting after a short interval for din
ner and continued their deliberations
until long after midnight The result
OF these deliberations is not known.
The ministers were summoned 20
meet, not as the committee Of ministers,
of which Count Witte Is president, but
as the council OF ministers Of which
Count Solslty Is president, and the Sc
lection Of Count Witte to preside. which
was done by direction Of the emperor,
shows that ministerial cabinet is ac-
tually though not formally, an accom-
plished fact.
1t Is understood that an edict for
mdly establishing a ministerial cabl-
net which will bear the old name OF
"sovyet" or council, will be published
in the Official Messenger Saturday
next together with an imperial rescrlpt
addressed personally 70 Count Witte,
eutrusting him with the slmultane-
ously created position Of premier There
appears 10 be some question as TO
whether the count will take the port
folio Of finance or that Of the MIN
istry Of the interior
The Finland railroads to Helsingfors
and the steamers constitute ST. Peters,
burg's only means of communication
with the outer world this morning, The
postal authorities are now refusing 90
accept ordinary mail and international
correspondence Is at a standsull The
strike Is complete In the great factory
region on both banks of the Neva,
above the city, and in several other
industrial quarters Forty thousand
men are out, but they are conducting
themselves IN q most orderly manner
The store Clerks union tonight pro-
claimed two weeks sympathetic
strike for political rights. but It is pro-
bable that it viii be only partially OBJ
served
Prudent Inhabitants are laying In
stocks OF provisions 50 as to prepare
for emergencies. As a consequence, the
prices Of provisions have risen sharply.
Large meetings, mainly OF workmen,
were held last night In the uniyer-
sity and the higher schools, at which
the sentiment was unanimous for con-
tinumg the strike on the railroads 10
the bitter end The proceedings at
several of the meetings We're Of a
strong revolutionary character the
orators calling OH their auditors to STAY
all "chlnoyniks' and the police, and TO
meet the troops With armed force.
These speeches were received with en-
thusl8stic cheers. The police were
pOwerless 20 interfere, the precincts OF
the university being forbidden ground
to them under an imperial ukuse
4 now sensational drama by Maxim
Cork. entitled the Children OF the
sun" dealing with revolution In Rus
sla, which four months ago would prob
ably have landed it, author IN prison,
was presented here for the first time
last night, and seats for il were sold
out several weeks IN advance, The
play satirlzes the Russian higher class
es and for the first time scene is
allowed 10 be presented on the Russian
stage In which the people rise IN revolt
against the directors who are endeavor-
iug to save them from cholera
g.. .ltg thn mud
brutality Of the Russian Moujlt when
once aroused. The play although iine-
Is presented. 10 brutal and hideously
realistic I'm treatment The audience
madly Rpplauded every allusion Of a
political character Maxim Gorlty was
not present Ills health has again coli
lapsed under the frying climate Of ST.
Petersburg and ne has been forced TO
leave suddenly for the Crlmea in order