Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-26
PROCLAMATION AT MOSCOW.
Prefect Notifies Workmen Of Protec
ton Against Agitators.

MOSCOW January 26.--The streets this
morning are quiet. The newspapers, with
the exception of three, have reappeared.
A proclamation of the prefect of Mos
COW has been posted at the street corners
as follows:
Under the influence of the threats of
evil-disposed persons a strike has broken
out. 1 therefore deem 1t my duty to notify
the working population that energetic
measures have been taken for their pro-
lection against agitators. Workmen wish
ing to resume their occupations can do so
without danger.
Work has been suspended at several of
the small railroad shops. The water
works, electric light works and gas works
are guarded by troops and police. An at
tempt of a large body of strikers to inter-
fere with the employees of the gas works
was frustrated. ,s-si
Festival Marked by Quiet.
The festival yesterday of Tatfana, pa
troness of Moscow which it was feared
would be marked by disturbances and pos
sibly bloodshed passed in compare tive
quiet, although the whole city was in a
state of alarm. The strike did not become
general. but continued to spread gradually
throughout the day. The official estima te
at midnight was that 40,090 men were out.
The authorities had brought in reinforce
ments of Cossacks and Dragons from
Vladimir and Tver, disposing them so as
to prevent a union of the Moscow strikers
with the strikers from various outlying dis
tricts, but strict orders We're given to avoid
spilling blood except in cases of extreme
necessity. .---.
A correspondent of the Associated Press,
after carefully verifying the rumors of in
Vulnerable collisions, is able to confirm the
statement that the only incident occurred
on Pianitskaya street, beyond the Moscow
river, where Cossacks charged but did not
fire a crowd q Z
After o'clock last night the streets wore
almost deserted, the people remaining in
doors. The aspect of the city was strange
and weird the lamps glimmerinp throupb
the fog revealing only host of idle dros
kys, the garments of the drivers of the
sleighs and the horses covered with hoar
frost.
The University Banquet.
The banquet in celebration of the 10th
anniversary of the foundation of the Uni
Versity of Moscow, the first in Russia,
which had frequently been inhibited, was
held last night at the Hermitage. the au-
thorities thus displaying complete con-
fidence in their ability to maintain order.
The assembly consisted of professors and
students including many girl students.
The usual revolutionary speeches were
made, in course of which those presept
mounted the tables and drank to the .'St
Petersburg martyrs. The assemble pc
quietly dispersed, being discouraged from
demonstrating by strong force of gen
darmerie.
The British colony here is manifestine
some uneasiness on account of the posting
of the telegram saying that the British are
furnishing money to the strikers in the in
terest of Japan. but the cool-headed do not
manifest any alarm. The telegram appears
according TO the Listock, to have emanated
from an agency recently founded in Paris
by the Latin-Cetic-Slav League, which also
declares that the British are responsible
for the German coal strike in order To
prevent the coaling of the vessels of the
Russian second Pacific squadron.
Kremlin Visitors Closely Scrutinized.
y curtain of fog hung over the city this
morning and the countless domes and
minarets of Moscow are dulled by hoar
frost and hardly distinguished bic in the
gloom. The enormous pile of the Krem-
lin is dimly silhouetted against the suns
duh red orb The streets are again almost
deserted. All those who enter the Krem-
I'm are subjected to scrutiny by host of
ponce but there are not many troops in
SIDE the walls, the natural strength of
Whlch are sufficient to insure the safety
OF the sacred treasures within. valued at
countess millions Grand Duke Sergius,
the former governor general of Moscow.