The San Francisco call., 1905-01-25

and the quay where the embassies are
located, is in darkness tonight, and
there has been a resumption of the
panicky feeling of yesterday. Never
theless the authorities express increas-
ing confidence that the backbone of the
strike is broken and say that all the
prominent agitators and many extreme
Liberals have been arrested. Father
! Gopon has disappeared and is said to
be in Moscow directing the strike
there.
For the moment the men here are
without a plan of action and are SEEM
ingly commencing to realize that with
out arms it is folly to resist the
/ troops. If the strikers are paralyZed
there is general fear that the revolu-
| tionists and terroriSts, who are COM
ing to the front, will begin a reign Of
bomb throwing, and that the political
| exies association, known as the III
| legal Red Cross" will make large con-
! tributions.
There is no truth in the report cir
| culating that strikers 10000 strong are
marching upon Kolpine, twenty miles
from st. Petersburg, for the purpose
OF seizing the small arms factory there.
T. An official account OF yesterdays
| events is as folloWS:
During Monday there were no collisions be-
tween the rioters and the troops. Detach-
| ments of soldiers had need to use their
| arms as the crowds dispersed when the
troops appeared. In the course of the day an
| attempt made to attack Gostinny Dvor
| market but II reoused
Workmen at the electric stations joined the
strike in the evening. Then some groups TAX
| ing advantage of the darkness, began to break
| windows in the shops, but order was every
| where quickly restored
| No person was killed or wounded Mon
| day The exact number killed on Sunday was
| 96; injured 333, of whom So were treated at
the ambulance stations
| FOREIGNERS ARE FLEEING.
The terror of the people has been
somewhat relieved. but the dread OF
the next few days continues. Many
| foreigners are leaving Russia. The
foreign embassies are not manifesting
alarm. They are expressing confidence
| that the Government will be able to
handle the situation, and that there is
nothing now warranting apprehension
for the lives or safety Of their fellow
countrymen. The authorities insist
that the danger is exaggerated, con-
tinuing to scout the idea of revolu-
ton and maintaining the ability of the
Government to meet all emergencies
Early this morning press corre-
spondent drove up the Nevsky Pros
pect and found that the damage done
during the night to the store fronts
was greater than was apparent last
night. A large number of business
premises were wrecked, the mob hav-
ing devoted itself principally to con-
fectioners and pastry cooks.
Enormous crowds of strikers ano
many sightseers, encouraged by the
mild weather, were promenading the
sidewalks this morning and the street
cars were again in operation.
The correspondent noticed several
men distributing proclamations. The
: people were formerly shy of accepting
such documents; now they are eagerly
taking them and have nicknameo
them '1astochke" (swallows), an allu-
sion to the spring which has become a
synonym of evolution. The CORE
spondent secured a number of copies
All are signed by THE Russian Socia
Democrat Labor Party" One procla'
nation, dated January %, reads:
Comrades-so long as autocracy exists nc
improvement in our condition is possible
therefore, continue to inscribe. on our ban
| ners the following demands:
THE immediate cessation OF the
1.-The summoning of a constitutional assem-
bly, of representatives of the people elected b,
universal and equal suffrage and by direct
secret ballot.
.'The inviolability of the person and domi
cie.
meetings strikes and political associations"
.LONG LIVE THE REVOLUTIONS
A second proclamation, dated Janu.
ary %, says:
The proletarial of all countries are united
Citizens you yesterday witnessed the bestis
cruelty of the autocracy. You saw blood flow
ing ir the streets. You hundreds slaugh
| tered defenders of the cause of labor. Yot
saw the death and heard the groans of thu
wounded women and defenseless children. TIL,
J blood and brains of workingmen were spat
tered around where their heads had been laid
who directed the soldiers to aim their rife
| and
ers?
IT was the Emperor, the Grand Dukes, th
Minister'S the generals. the mobiles of the court
They are the murderers. Slay them!
TO arms, comrades!
depots and at the gunsmiths'. Lay low tn
, prison walls. Liberate the defenders of free
stations and all the Government and stat
+. buildings
Government and must have cur own govern
) Long live the revolution.
Long live the constituent assembly of tn
. representatives of the people!
A third proclamat ton appeals to tn
i people not to attempt to injure pri
r vate property.
2 General Prince Vasilchikoff, com
! mander of the guards, has not yet an
nounced the stringent rules usual,
accompanying a state of siege, sue
as forbidding persons to leave thei
houses after 10 o'clock at night with
out special passes and the extinction
of ali lights in private quarters afte
that hour. The authorities evidentl,
| are still confident that they have tn
situation well in hand.
There is no confirmation of the re
! port that the Emperor and Empires
and their children are going to Co
penhagen, or, on the other hand, tha
the Emperor has decided to appoin
, mixed commission of officials, EN-
ployers and workingmen to conside
the strikers demands, notably th
question of eight hours work per day
and to make an investigation of tn,
shooting of the strikers.
PREMATURE REJOICING.
All sorts of rumors are circulating
in both official circles and among tn,
workingmen. A curious report spreat
among the men last night was tina
the Emperor had given in and tha
three white flags had been PLACED
over the Winter Palace, signifyins
that he had consented to reduce the
maximum legal hours of work from
eleven to eight. According to this leg.
end. the Emperor would have dis
i played red flag If he had decided tc
4 refuse the strikers request. Many