The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-20
KEEP CLOSE TO
PALACE WALLS
No Place in Russia Safe For the
Romanoffs.
REIGN OF TERROR EXISTS
ASSASSINS SEEM TO LURK ON
EVERY HAND.

NT- PETERSBURG. Feb 20, 1880 A.
NIT has now been definitely de-
cided that the remains OF Grand
Duge Sergius viii not be brought 10 St
Petersburg for the present. but viii be
placed in a temporary receiving vault
OF the clOister of the Chauff monastery
TO await the completion OF alterations
now in progress in the ROmanOff mau-
solem in the fortress of SITS Peter and
Paul. On account of lack of space i'm
the maUSoleum it was decided last year
henceforth to bury only rulers Of the
dynasty in the old mausoleum. and a
new sepulcher in the new wing Of the
cathedral is now being built for other
members OF the imperial family.
Danger in the Trip.
This. however. is not the only reason
for the decision not 10 bring the remains
to the capital Even Governor Gen
eral Trepoff has recognized the fact
that no precautions can furnish an alb
SOlute guarantee Of immunity against
an act of terrorism. and at a great
state funeral. where ancient custom re-
Quires that the emperor and all of the
RomanOff family assemble and follow
the coffin on foot n single bomb might
wipe out the dynasty. Regard for the
personal safety Of the sovereign also
has leo to the decision that the en-
DeTOr shall not go to Moscow 10 at
tend the funeral 1t is possible that no
members of the imperial family viii be
present except those who are now
within the walls OF the Kremlin-
Two Grand Dukes Will Attend.
Grand Dukes Constantine and Paul
probably viii represent the emperor at
the service. Constantine is personally
popular. never having participated in
the politics of the court. preferring to
devote himself to the sciences and
arts and TO his work at the head OF the
military academy. He went to Moscow
Immediately on receipt of the news of
the assassination Of Grand Duke Ser
gius.
So grave is the danger OF a repeti-
ton of the Moscow tragedy that sew
eral OF the grand dukes have not
stirred out Of their palaces since the
murder, and instead Of going to Tsar-
skoe-SeIo to attend the requiem there.
they have participated in special serv-
ices held in the chapels of their own
palaces s. This was the case as regards
Grand Dukes Vladimir and Alexis. a
special requiem also was held in the
Winter palace, that Governor TrepOff
might attend.
Trepoff Condemned.
General Trepoff is said to be under
sentence by the fighting organization
of the social revOiutionists, and so far
as can be ascertained has not left his
quarters since the assassination Of
i Grand Duke SergiuS.
Dispatches from the interior say
that requiems for the grand duke have
been held throughout Russia
The public is greatly concerned over
the developments of the immediate fu-
ture. According TO reports many cities
and towns are in condition Of po-
litical ferment, and several officials
have been assassinated in southern
! Russia. According to a telephone mes
the afraid to appear on the streets in
their uniforms
Strike Situation Worse.
In addition the strike situation has
gain grown menacing. especially in
the matter of the railroads. three of
hich entering Moscow are almost en-
tireIy tied up In St Petersburg the
strike has assumed the form Of
| lockout. the PUtilOff Iron works. the
| Franco Russian works. the Russo
American Rubber works and a few
! smaller concerns having discharged all
I their employees with the notice that the
works will be shut down indefinitely.
! Consequently there are many alarming
reports afloat as 20 what the men will
/ do.
! With 10000 or 40. 900 men out of work
| for an indefinite period. even no
I more join the ranks or the idle, riot
1 ing and collisions with the police are
| feared From the attitude of the men
many masters are convinced that they
| have receivd financial assistance from
! some source.
Government Embarrassed.
The closing of the Franco-Russian
/ and the Putiloff works is a serious
| embarrassment to the government, as
/ the former is engaged exclusively on
! navy work and the latter in manu-
/ featuring guns and munitions of war
| for the army. over 25.0O0.0 900 DrOjec-
/ tiles and shrapnel are being prepared
| at the Putiloff works, and the govern
1 ment has been compelled within the
| lest ten days to place orders In France
and Germany for $125, 900 900 worth Of
! munitions. AS the government owns
! Nevsky works the minister of finance
! has been able to hold the men only
by cOnceding everything they have de-
manded. including the eight-hour day
| The employers, IN a letter TO Finance
| Minister Kokevsoff, squarely disclaim
! al responsibility for settling the labor
/ trouble, declaring that the strike is not
! of economic origin and that the nature
/ Of the mems grievances can only be
, adjusted by political reforms They
claim that the condition of industry in
/ Russia renders yielding to the demands
of the men utterly impossible.
Two Papers Extinauished.
The suspension for three months of
the newspapers Our Life and Our Days,
| following a second warning, is prob
ably equivalent to the final extinction
Of the offending journals, The decree
CT suspension assigns a dangerous
tendency to the publications and speci-
fies several articles upon popular man
ifestations; but the owners Of the pa
pers believe that the true reason is
| that no expression Of sorrow for the
murder of Grand Duke Sergius was
printed in their MOSCOW dispatches and
I mat there was no word of editorial
comment. Perhaps the best explana-
ton is the fact that both papers, which
circulate largely among the workmen,
have printed articles bitterly opposed
TO the government.