The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-01-27
GOVERNMENTS PLAN
FOR BREAKING STRIKE

of acting Chief of Police Roudefefr
The dispatch to Ambassador Hardlnge
makes no mention of Roudeneff's s offer
tc meet captain Grove.
QUIET AT ST. PETERSBURG.
st. Petersburg. January 25., 6:1S p. m
Quiet continues in st. Petersburg.
Evidence accumulaIes that the strikers
are supplied with money to meet their
present needs All sorts of stories are
af1oat as to the size and origin of the
fund. Money is undoubtedly being sup
piled by the Liberals. It is said thai
they nave fund of s2,G00,000, some Oh
which was supplied by German social
lists, but there is no way Of verifying
the stories 1t is seriously believed III
some quarters that money is being FUR
nished from Japanese-Britlsh sources
to bring on a revolution or such internai
complications as will compel the gov
eminent to make peace.
Some foreign correspondents who
have been indulging in the widest ex-
aggeration Of the situation in antlcl-
pa ton of arrest are trying to arrange
for the embassies of their respective
countries to make prompt representa-
tions in their behalf.
The strikers seem still to be without
definite plans for the future. 1t IS
said that a demonstration has beeH
decided upon for tomorrow on the
occasion Of the funerals Of several OF
the more prominent victims, but this Is
denied. For the moment the strikers
! appear to be content to remain quiet.
All the outgoing trains are filled with
people going abroad mostly foreigners.
The stories of the illness of the en-
! peror and the empress are officially de-
MED The correspondent of the Assocl-
ated Press today conversed with MEM
) her Of the court who saw the emperor
| walking in the garden at Tsarskoe Selo
! this morning.
! BURIAL OF THE DEAD.
! ST. Petersburg, January 25.--The
| night was quiet, although a few shots
we're heard in the Vassili Ostroff quart
| er. Troops paraded the streets al
night long, stopping and interrogatlns
! people Bodies Of workmen continued
to march through the principal thor
oughfares until midnight The shops
are still closed today. Bodies of troops
remain in several streets, though on tho
whole the city has quiet aspect.
With the exception Of the 'Of1icia
/ Messenger and the Russki 1nvalld, nc
newspapers have appeared.
The workmen at the Nevsky yards
| presented themselves there today IN or
| der to receive the balance or thef
| wages. The demeanor of the strikers
was quiet.
The funerals of many victims G.
| SUNDAYS tragedy were held today. Pit
iful sights were witnessed. In seVera
| cases a man and wife carried betWee'
| them a wooden box containing chic
| killed. Some of the collins were borne
! on common carts, the mourners follow
ing on foot according to the Russian
| custom It was noticeable that in many
| cases. the usual priest and ikon at tne
head of the procession were absent
| No demonstration occurred, but Work
men and others stood uncovered II
streets as the little groups passed witt
the dead. In the Volkof cemetery be
yond the Uarva gates, 167 bodies Were
lowered to their last resting place.
PETITION FOR FREEDOM OF THE
PRESS.
st. Petersburg, January 25.-A depu
tation from the st. Petersburg pres
I E"
Mirsky during the day and presente;
/ a petition formulated at a conferenc'
of editors NJ. Souvorin, ST., (edlt9
/ of the Novoe Vremya) said that TN
| only means of restoring upblic conn
, dence was to grant freedom Of tn
press to summon congress of Zem
stvos He declared that if the pres
had been free none Of the recent de
plorlble events would have happened
The minister replied that this peti
ton would be considered. but that III
must confer with Governor Genera
Trepoff.
Two tobacco factories resumed "or'
today.
GORKY ARRESTED AT RIGA.
ST. Petersburg. January 26.-4:45 a. m
4 The Associated Press has been pri
: vately advised that Maxim Gorky, tn
author and reform party leader. ha
been arrested at Riga whittier he ta'
been summoned by the illness of hi
wife.