The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1905-11-02
Streets OF ST. Petersburg Filled
With Troops aud Reinforce
mentS Are Pouring In.
Tst GOVERNMENT is POWERIESS.
Calm Observers Seem Seriously TO
Believe the Prsssut Regime Is
Toiteriug 10 Its Fall.
Gar. Surrounded BY Imperial Family.
RsusIns Shut Up At Peterhof.
Rssitztlns 4. To What
Course To Pursue.

s. Petersburg. Oct. 6.-Confronte,l
Aya sf1aton more crucial than any
since tho beginning OF the political
snf alr.a' uph--aval OF Russia and
yhlh o., the time this dispatch IS
tet .llas no SAns Of amclorati0u.
De rn.neror's ministers. under the
leadership q Count Witte. spent al
uso,, all ~ Wednesday In conference
u ihe bopc Of finding some way out II
re crisis into which the revoiut ion-
Isl ana thc socialists have cast the
country
Tho g, ,aeral strike on the railroads
E complete except IN a few border
prorncc- and St Petersburg Moscow
al o-l.r iar-e c.ues are almost as
c-a,c.r e'eaguercd as n they were
iu,catel by besicgng armies a. the
Ere Iue the Industrial strike has as.
Eslet 1rEr dimensions and tho tug
bllsl. elements ln several localities
a. o1crng open resi starre to the
tnlags
st perrsburE. oct 27.-Geu Trc
pof. aao has heen placed "a command
O ,ar .t Petersburg garrison and civ.
g. al additional division OF rclnforce-
Eras t. lrcd that he ie amply able
Z ur f.a.n order and the police are
alas ar -Ae strikers 80 vent their On.
Ieaasil ro as 90 avoid ooanict
s. Fe.rrsaurg. oct rs That thc
rrsasl, s.tlatlou can NOT end without
l.p.istni il the conviction prcpanue
il ut higher government circles
r1-cf 'nm moment 20 moment ar.
taQe..-s conflict between tho
irooas ad The reVoiulonis,s in st.
Po.er>YlrF and rews OF trouble in the
Yrorness especially Kharton which
has been declared in state % var
s. l..rrS5urg. OF 81. Willie tac
a. lotsei quietly. without bioodshoI
g. -Ae ,l4ssinn capital. and while thc
ely 10 ou'varSy calm. the days ea.
'r.opl.elfs all indicate that crisis
u imminent Athough thc streets ar.
tIioi a.n troops and roluforcemeuts
t5t nor pouring In from Finland. the
e'ternu sis seems utterly powerless
u oole a1th The situation and many
o-ln observers seem seriously to De-
4''t rf ths present regime is totter-
tg ,o ls fau
llfrsncos have developed between
Oo1nt Witie And Cen Treqon ami
ra-e Oh, precious moments pas~ ID
e14arIr surrounded by tho Imperial
ii''.'t. 0mslns shut up a. F,terhrf.
s'rn.-rt slN hesltaLng as to what
ooar-s tl pursuo.
a ueei.ns Of the Municipal league
fa' Ae-i A. which a deputauon of so
n'aio'ts o. the strikers committee
a'ioarof Ia an impass.oned speecn
'.e leader of the dcpntation Pre- enteI
tne i'.oF'ng demands Of the workmea
80 a'Hafcd organization.
f'-st-A constitution and political
s'eaaa-rhe1 the city fursisa fool
T. 'ae soriunen.
lAr'- rha; the CITY refuse furhe-
'-'7-ios 20 the troops and the police
f"-'ia That the tnrops De removed
iloM i1e water works or otherwise
u'e strikers would cut the water SUD-
BY
- A-AAA unity NN the NENALN
uol from arrest.
i-e foreign emhaHszies have discuss
- 1le situation. but have as Yet ta-
NJ ID .,sps regarding the safety Of
-''-sa re~'denLs. A. precaution the
.-ie department at Washington has
pe~n requested 10 confer authority for
- casrter OF a vessel and to hoist
he American faS as a refuge
tof Americans
'ae situation can not well be exag-
ts'@,e- With the present indecisiou
ne emperor the government has
Ase'leF = hssd nor policy TO meet the
'@4 and things seem TO be drifting
Yards anarchy. The revolutlonists
4Vi-y declare that the government
.--s ceased TO exist and that nothing
- as 60 his majesty except 20 alb
e.'~'e With q firm hand at the helm
= rational policy. however. all
s@i quickly be changed.
TIE pIIESInA EsanEnA1