Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-27
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RESUMES NORMAL ASPECT.
Soldiers Removed from Center OF City
of St. Petersburg.

st. Petersburg, Jan. 21.-2 A. NJ
Although the strikers in ReVal. LlDau'
Kieff, Odessa and a few smaller places
are extending, the situation Is nowhere
acute An increasing number OF work
men are out in Moscow, but there is no
general tie-up or disorder there. Inc
whereab bouts of Father Gopon sun re-
mains mystery. although 1t is peiieVed
the priest is in Moscow. The RUSSIAN
capital presents almost normal "P-
pearance and the authorities are con-
hdent that the backbone OF the Strlhe
has been broken. Some factories ana
mills already have resumed ana gen
eral resumption of operations Is eA
pected. Monday. The authorizes eX-
pect that the failure of the strike mere
will have Il discouraging effect upon tiie
workbench in other cities to when the
troubles have been spreading ana De
lieve that there is no longer danger OF
a complete suspension OF All the iiiuu"
trial concerns of RUSSIA.
Minister of the Interior Sviatopolk-
Nirskv has promised Il delegation OF
editors who called upon him that he
W i'll investigate the matter of the ar
rest OF q DulflpeT VI pioiii'Niie W.
who ere now confined in the st. Peter
and St. Paul fortress and secure their
release as soon as possible.
St Petersburg. Jan. 26.-The aspect of
the CITY is almost normal Thursday
morning, and the feeling is decidedly
calmer Several newspapers nave ap
peared.
nh fpl1nWno the DrOc-
lama ton of Wednesday night. are doing
everything possible to quiet public alarm
They Withdrew the troops from the streets
during the night and not single soldier
was i'm sight in the center of the city,
Thursday morning. In accordance with
the promise to protect all workmen VIII"
would return to work, however. patrols
still encircled the big industrial estab-
lishmcnts Moreover. in order to restore
confidence in the situation 10y direction
of the police the owners OF stores took
down the boards which they had nailed
over their windows and doors in anticipa-
ton of riotous attacks. Gov. Gen. Trepon
guaranteeing them against pillage
The full effect of the Treroff-k okosoft
proclamation has not Vet developed, al
though early reports indicate that some
of the men returned to work, Thursday
morning. Several of the smaller est;b-
lishments are reported to have resumed
business short handed.
Knowledge OF the existence of the proc
lamation. however. WAS not general among
the workmei until they read it on the
bulletin boards, where many of them am
grily turned away muttering refusals to
listen to the governments promises. 9th
ers appeared to hesitate regarding what
course to pursue.
The workmen appear to lack leadership.
IT, as the authorizes believe, the ma Ii
ty of the workmen resume work, the
strike movement will be broken and their
only thing feared is a recrudcsccnce of
bomb throwing. The government is also
encouraged by the comparative quiet at
Moscow and they hope no serious trouble
will occur there.
10 P Mat most of the mills and
factories where the men appeared for
wori. the employers decided not To re-
sumo till Monday This is the case with
the Russian Westinghouse Co.
A later dispatch from st. Petersburg.
time 9.26 T. NJ. to a news agency reports
that Pahl's factory and a large cotton
mill lave been set on fire and are burning
flercely.
With troops patrOllinS the streets of
st. Petersburg, Moscow, Libau, Odessa,
Wieff and other industrial centers of
Russia, there were, yesterday, no seri-
Gus collisions with strikers. In Mos
COW some of the employers are evinc-
ing a Willingness to make some con-
CeSsiOnS to their WOrkmen, but there
has been no general agreement on that
point. In St. Petersburg the return
of workmen has enabled several fac
tories to resume operations and the
authorities hope to witness "A general
resumption of business there on Mon
day. The minister of the interior has
promised to consider the cases of the
prominent writer's who were sent to
the St. Peter and st. Paul fortress for
their activity in the political and econ
omic agitation. and he has given Il
qualified promise that they shall be
released.