The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20
Those Under Ban of the Ter rOrists Are Keeping Close
 to Cover
EMPEROR NICHOLAS WILL
 NOT JOURNEY ID MOSCOW
Several of Grand Dukes Have Not Stirred Out of Their Palaces Since the Murder-Strike
 Situation Worse.

St. Petersburg, February 19. 12:30 a. n.- It has now been definitely decided that the remains of Grand Duke sergius will not be brought to St. Petersburg for the present. but will be placed in tempo rary receiving vault of the cloister or Chaudoff monastery, to await the com pletion of the alterations now in progress in the Romanoff mausoleum in the ca- thedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, Where the permanent interment will occur among the tombs of his ancestors.
 On account of lack of space in the mausoleum, 1t was decided last year henceforth to bury only rulers of the dynasty in the old mausoleum, and a new seoulchre in the new wing of the cathedral is now being built for other members of the imperial family. This however, is not the only reason for the decision not to bring the remains to the capital now. Even Governor General Trepoff has recognized the fact that no precautions can furnish an absolute guarantee of immunity against an act of terrorism; and at a great state fun- eral, where ancient custom requires that the Emperor and all of the Romanoff family assemble, and follow the coffin on foot, a single bomb might wipe out the dynasty.
 Emoeror Will Not Attend.
 Regard for the personal safety of the sovereign also has led to the decision that the Emperor shall not go to Mos COW to attend the funeral of his uncle. It is possible that no members of the imperial family will be present on that occasion, except those who are now with in the walls of the Kremlin. Grand Dukes Constantine a..d Paul will prob ably represent the Emperor at the ser vice. Constantine is personally popular, never having participated in the poli- tics 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 immed- lately on receipt of the news of the as- sassination of Grand Duke Sergus. So grave is the danger ot a repetition of the Moscow tragedy that several of the Grand Dukes have not stirred out of their palaces since the murder, and in-
 
 tend the requiem there, they have par ticipated in special services held in the chapels of their own palaces This was the case as regards the Grand Duke Vladimir and Alexis. A special requiem was also held in the winter palace that Governor General Trepoff might attend General Trepoff is known to be under sen- tenee by the fighting organization of the social revolutionists, and so far as can be ascertained has not left his quarters in the palace since the assassination of Grand Duke Sergius.
 Requiems Throughout Russia.
 Dispatches from the interior say that reouiems for the Grand Duke have been held throughout Russia. The public is greatly concerned over the developments of the immediate future. Other terrorist crimes are generally anticipated. Accord ing to reports many cities and towns are in a condition of political ferment and several officials have been assassnated in Southern Russia
 According to a telephone message from Moscow, the students there are afraid to appear on the streets in their uniforms In addition, the strike situation has again grown menacing, especially In the matter of the railroads. Three of those entering Moscow are almost completely tied up. In St. Petersburg the strike mas assumed the form of lockout, the Putloff Iron works. the Franco Rus- sian works the Russo-American Rubber works and a few smaller concerns, hav- inc discharged all their employees with the notice that the works will shut down indefinitely Consequently there are many alarming reports afioat as to what the men will do. With 30.00O or 40,OCO men out of work for an indefinite period, even if no more join the ranks or the idle, rioting and collisions with the po- lice are feared. Frcm the attitude or the men the masters are convinced that they have received financial assistance from some source.
 | The closing of the Franco Russian and 1 the Putiloff works is a serious embarrass- ment to the government, as the former ] is engaged exclusively on heavy work, | and the latter In manufacturing guns and munitions for the army. Over 2,0OO,oOO projectiles and shrapnel are being pre- | pared at the Putiloff works, and the government has been compelled within 1 the last ten days to place orders in France and Germany for s125,O00,000 worth of mu- nitions At the government-owned Nevsky l works the minister of finance has been | able to hold the men only by conceding everything they have demanded. includ- | ing the eight-hour day.
 Employers Explain.
 The employers in a letter to Finance | Minister Kokevsoff, squarely disclaim all responsibility for settling the labor fer
 ment, declaring that the strike is not of
 economic origin, and that the nature of | the mems grievances can only be ad- | justed by political reforms. They claim | that the condition of industry In Rus | sia renders yielding to the demands of | the men utterly impossible.
 | d. fnr | newpapers, Our life and Our Days, fol lowing a second warning. Is probably
 equivalent to the final extinction of the | offendng journals The decree of sus- | pension assigns a dangerous tendency 1 to the pull Hcations, and specifes several
 articles upon popular repres<atation. pu' | the owners of the papers believe that the | true reason is that no expression of sor- row for the murder of Grand Duke Eergius was printed in their Moscow dis