Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-21
GOVERNMENT WARNS PEOPLE.
Despite Measures Taken for Safety
Inhabitants Are In a State
Bordering on Terror.
FATHER GOPON ISSUES A DICTUH.
Says Meeting Shall Take Place on
Palace Square II it Results Ia
A Massacre Of Men,

ST. Petersburg, Jan, 2l.-St Peters
burg this morning presents the appear
ance Of beleagured city The MILL
tary are In complete possession This
streets are lined with troops galloping
sections OF cavalry are seen everyi
whore, gendarmes are concealed IN all
the court yards and the closed fac
tories and mills are surrounded by corr
dons Of police and Cossacks.
PEOPLE WARNED.
ON every bulletin board is posted the
governments proclamation warning
the people against assembling. Despite
the energetic measures taken to insure
the safety OF the city the Inhabitants
are IN a state bordering on terror. The
widest rumors regarding the inten-
tons Of the mob are afoat and many
small retailers did not open their shops
this morning, An edict has gone forth
that no shop must open tomorrow
when the great assembage on the pail
ace square is scheduled to take place.
Although the authorities seemingly are
determined TO prevent Il, preparations
for the gigantic demonstration are
proceeding the men declaring that
they are ready 20 de IN their tracks
The plan 60 the authorities is TO pres
vent the workmen tomorrow from en-
tering the city proper The Industrial
section bevond the Neva, Moscow and
Ncysky gate win be cut off and all
hrtGwau will IA ottopHnd gnNaru1
terles OF artillery have been brought
into the city
AGITATION CONTINUES.
The strikers are continuing their aei-
tatiOn with undated activity,
Throughout the morning they have
been parading the main streets In the
center Of the city and closing every
industrial establishment.
The agitation hitherto has been car
rled ON with remarkable absence Of
actual violence, the committee Of the
union having issued instructions thai
everything be done as quietly as pos
sihle, and that no personal violence be
offered the police, street traffic in the
leading thoroughfares Is hardly inter
frred with, the demonstrations filling
the streets politely making way for
passing sledges. a list Of the IA works
closed as the result Of yesterdays CO.
ercive measures shows that every in
dustry IL Involved, including railway
construction and electrical engineering
In view Of the probable failure OF the
electric supply for stores and offices,
householders are laying I'M large stocks
Of candles. The public Is nervous and
excited and the opinion Is freely ok
pressed that the government WIN be
forced 20 concede the demands OF the
men.
FATHER GOPONs DICTuM.
Father Gopon who WAS reported to
have been kidnapped during the night,
is understood 20 be at large this morn
ing going from place 20 place orEnnl5-
INK and directing everything. His dc
tum rs that the meeting shall take place
on the palace square, no matter II II
results IN e massacre OF the men. lie
says they must be resolved TO do or die,
II Ia noteworthy that the leaders are
going back 10 the French revolution
Tor their parallels. The deputation sent
90 Tsargkoe- Sclo was the march Of the
mob TO Versailles The assembling
planned for tomorrow Is likcned TO the
march of the multitude wearing red
cans Of liberty TO tho Tuilleuos 10
present their demands 20 Louis WI.
AUTHORITIES RELY OK TROOPS.
While thore Is much talk that the
troops may be oycrawcd by the mob,
tho authorities do not manifest the
slightest apprehension ON this score.
The Cossacks ana the guard regiments.
they declare, can b. relied upon. Two
regiments OF infantry have also been
q. l. ~ tea
the authorities are extremely nervous,
realizing that blood once spilled In the
present temper Of the eXciteA NJ spur
M on by Socialist agitatoIs. it Is I'M
possible to predict the end. The em-
pcrOr'g advisers. however. declare he
must put down the agitation with firm
hand and that II he yields, as Louis
XVI at Versailles, all may be lost, Tho
present resolution OF the government
e. not 10 give away
While many drunken rows have oc-
CURED and a number o. men have been
injured no serious collisions have been
reported IN 10 this morning. An enor-
nous number az arrests OF known rev.
olu t,onarles took place during the night.
An attempt VII, be made 20 close all
the bakers IN order t0 threaten the
city with famine The workmen are al
SO reported 10 have decided TO cut the
telephone and telegraph wires, and cut
off st. Petersburg 8ltogcth from COM
municatbn with the outside world
SITUATION CRITICAL.
Altogether the situation II most crit
ical Father GopOu, when Rpprised
that the government proposed 70 pre-
vent the demonstration tomorrow, is
sued instructions 20 the men that they
must 20 to the palace square with their
wives and children. but the men must
be armed" he is reported 20 have said.
I'VE must first show we are peaceful
We have appealed in vain 10 the en-
plcyers and 10 the bureaucracy Our
last hope Is tho emperor himself II he
refuses To- see us and orders them 70
ulsuerse u.s. then we must nght."
Father Gopon has had guard Of +00
sworn Yorkmen formed TO protect the