New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-28
RUSSIA FEARS CIVIL WAR.


an ooa ,ersons passed off without a conflict
,r.. .-oo,s stationed around the building were
,,.,tbaravn. but in the court, the City Bourse
and other nearby buildings half dozen COM
x.t.r If cossacks and strong forces OF IN
.,,.rx and dragons were in readiness to sally
forth if necessary.
Rig meetings were also held at the institutes
OF Technology and Art and at two eheAiieeii"s
schools. The students at neither of these meet
,,os fook prominent part in the Deliberations
welding the hospitality Of the college buildings
u,,hout attempting cloak the meetings VII"
,ba ruise of student assemblies. with the hope
az avoiding further meetings at the university
General Trepof later placed halls IN three UNI
-. erts of the CITY at the disposition OF the
,,a,nIe for meetings thereby practically conceu-
ing the demands OF the agitators OF the rlsh' u
assembly.
Within the university walls IN the eIee'
or court with no light except that from le"
Pickering candles on hasuly coll'I'
tribune thousands of workmen. students anu
professional men stood wedged together IN the
cold and wet snowfall, listening to reFoIuIioii'S
,araneues Another great meeting was helu "
the Central hall of the university, and scores -
smaller meetings of the separate llaues oN
professions were held in the other rooms VI ti-e
building Halls were set asloe loI
hs;o,.ns hank clerks journalists, printers
chinovniks pharmacists, women, engineers 10
vers tailors and persons of other caiiihss anu
trades and a room even set aside for non
commissioned officers of the army puI oiS --'--
- dozen of these were present
7, all the sections a strong minority ulseu
! .a..e-,a.ism but these were carried away by
and resolutions Tor d
General strike In every branch of social ACTIVITY
=. edon,ed with cheers. Even the chinovnlhs
.. +be government service, whose meeting was
,.ree,v attended were possessed OF the Same
.~ni,i- and passed resolutions to stop all "ofA
IN the government departments to-noffo"'
This probably will include the government 'eie,
graph agency and may put the Telegraph anu
cable service out of commission
ano,her resolution which was generaliy
.dopted notified to the authorities rial INC
Ass,ze Court buildings in Litania-st must 10
opened for e. meeting Of all classes at mum ~
morrow. Measures will be adopted against any
person who is reported not adhering 10 'iie
eraI strike.
remarkable feature Of all the speecles was
.he spirit Of complete confidence that the sue
., the roovenoeut was at hand, and the
manifest intention as the Minister quoted III
yhe opening part OF this dispatch SAID 10 LoFce
M, armed conflict on the government Inc
meetings continued far into the night
In the city, in spite Of the absence OF ois-
orders there is q condition of actual panic
Half of the population is compelled TO rely Oh
candles or kerosene lamps for light, whlie Ihe
. street lamps in a large part of the city nave
been extinguished.
The streets practically are deserted except
for the squads of infantry and cavalry, which
everywhere.
The shops began to close in the afternoon in
even the Morskaia Nevsky and other central
streets Many of the inhabitants shut them
selves in their houses. scarcely venturing out
to make necessary purchases of food Famine
prices prevail.