Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-11
Nicholas Assures Son of
TOIstOi Meeting Will
Be Called.
STRIKE IS Renewed
Men Who Had Resumed Work
Out at St. Petersburg and
Situation is Acute.

ST. Petersburg. Feb. 1.-THE czar
Thursday gave an audience to Count
Tolstoi's son. Count Leo Deonovitch.
sober (people's assembly which had
been drafted by his father. The czar
said:
Il have been working two months
on such scheme. / can tell you that
the peoples assembly will be announc-
ed next week"
This will be the first zemsky sober
since the time of Catherine II. 1t is
improbable that the czar will person
ally open the assembly, he being too
nervous.
Quiet Day AT Capital.
st. Petersburg. Feb. 1.-THE dav
passed quietly without any collisions
between troops and strikers though a
number of arrests were made after
the big meeting at Moscow gate this
morning. The police and Cossacks did
not interfere with the assembly itself.
at which was only the reading of pa
pers and desultory discussion but they
followed the men when the meeting
broke up and prevented them from
from marching in large bodies to init
mate workmen.
Military Everywhere.
\ long drive through the disturbed
parts of the city showed the presence
of cavalry, infantry and police every
where. In the industrial quarters
most establishments closed AT p. m.
for the regular Saturday half holiday,
releasing practically all the industrial
population of St. Petersburg and max
ing it very difficult to verify the hosts
Of rumOrs. But it is evident there
had been no general strike as was
feared. The strikers apparently have
no plans for demonstrations but it is
impossible to predict what may de-
velop.
strike Extends.
St. Petersburg. Feb. 1.-THE strike
extended today TO Lesslers. Ticlmans
and a number of other works The
men remain quiet and determined. A
large number of troops are posted
about Whore and Newsky headquar-
teTs.
Idle at Warsaw.
Warsaw, Feb 11.-Work has again
been suspended in all factories here.
Danger of Starvation.
Batoum. Caucasia, Feb 1.-THE
question of provisioning Batoum is be
coming acute owing to the continuance
Of the strike. No supplies are arriv-
inging as railroad traffic is suspend
ed. The strikers murdered an engi-
neer who attempted to continue work.
OHIcInI Number of Slain.
LODI. Feb. 1.-THE governor in an
interview with the Associated Press
today said:
My official reports from Sosnovice
show 80 persons were killed and sc
wounded. IS being seriously hurt in
the conflict at the Katherinen iron
works Thursday The trouble began
when a large body Of striking miners
tried TO force the furnace men OF the
iron works to put out the fires and
join the strike"
quiet Now Restored.
The governor added that no other
shooting had been reported and quiet
has been restored in the citl. There
are $4,000 men on strike IN the Sos
novice district
did Not search Residence.
St Petersburg. Feb. l1.-There is
not the slightest truth in the report
that the first act of the new minister
of the interior NJ Bouligan. on arriv-
ing in 81. Petersburg on Friday was
to have the residence Of VI. Witte.
president Of the committee OF minis
tiers. searched by the police who re
moved mass of documents for exam
inatiOn.