The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-06
IN A STATE
 OF SUSPENSE St. Petersburg Garrison
 Reln.Orced. PLOT TO RAID TREASURY
Gov.rIm ,ni Narrow y Frus-
 rales chm: of .tvDb:rs.
Synpathy With the Poorly Paid Teie- graph and Telephene Operators fu Fast Turning Into IndiYua-
 ton Againut Strikers

St. Petersburg. Dec. 4.-tvia Eydtk- uhnen, East frussia, Dec o.)-AI- thouxn there appears 70 Ds no iouhua- tioa TOT tn. prevt iing fears tnAt an outbreak is inimine ,t. the popuideioii continues .n state ot anxious sue- pense.
 The garrison has now been reinforce cd by fourty-twv battalions of fnfan- try. fiffeen sqladrons of cavalry ana twelve machine gun batter!es- The city Is divided into four d.St-icts under General Osaroff. Duoepski. Sterma and 1rodski respectively.
 The government, it IS reported ,rar- rowly frustrated q rlot whereby thousand armed men had arranged to raid the state treasury. One Of the conspirators it Is said betrayed his tel lows whereupon the eaders. Knowing that their attack could be repulsed by the troops with great slaughter. aban- doned it. The existence of this con spiracy led to q report that martial law would be proclaimed tomorrow (Tuesday) but this Is authoritativeiy denied
 Danger of Financial Crisis.
 The extension of the strike of the telegraphers to the postal system Is complete and the paralysis of business is ..,i,s i1erea'tnssthe danger of:a financial
 Tine strike of the Moscow teleuhone operators who cut the wires and tore up the poles has severed the last means of comm unicatlon with the ancient cap itai.
 The present conditions are unbeara- ble. Sympathy with the poorly paid post and telegraph employees is now turning into indignation against the strikers and the public ia supporting a ferrotds ble movement which has been started bv all classes to throw off the ycte of the revolutionaries.
 The government is undoubtedlv en- courag;ne .the orEatlxatior of the forces The Law and order party took the lead which is 5now being fol- lowed by the "socieV of Strike
 stand of Fatrer Gapen.
 But the mcst significant movement has been started under the leadership of Father Gapon the Former idol of the w,rkmen who since his residences abroad has become convinced that Rus ssa is not prepared for a republic and isSappealing to his old comradessto cut hose from the -revolut'onarv agitatcrs. The latter charge that Father Gapon has been bought and that he is a trait- or the cause of the people. Father Gapon however, Is sincere and his in- huNnce is une ,ubtedly great.
 This being a holiday, Father Gapon attended meetihes of clever of the or- ganiZationS which he controlled before January 22 tRed Sunday at which his words were cheered to the echo.
 At these meetings the Socialist ora tors vera howted down and In some cases forcibiv elected. If this move ment should crow and sn effective split among the sworkmen be thereby creat- ed. 1t will nrove of immeasrrabIe ser vice to the Government in tiding things over untilthe meeting of the pouma.
 Ready fer Uriver$al Suffrage.
 M. Petrun%ev'tch and M Kokoshkine, nemb IS of th.r delegation of the Zemstvo congress- informed the Asso- ciated Press today that they were ready 10 acrent universal suffrage di- rect in the cities and indirect in the country districts. tr..
 The Socialist worknen delegates have decided to remain spectators of the strUTgle untu the unexpected hau- pens. One of the leaders explained to the Assoc lated Press that the organfza- ton was husbanding all its efforts and strensth for a final struggle which he excected would take pface about the first of the year and that in the mean time it was bending all its energies to presd its pI pIopaganda among the army throus nout the empire He said that a general congress Of socialists af- fIlIated with the revolutionary organi. cations could be called in December when he declared they would be ready to set up provisional government if the test should come.