The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-16
 SNOW SAVES
 MANY LIVES Blizzard Prevents Blood
 shed in Russia. STRIKERS KEPT IN DOORS COsSackS Patrol Streets of St.
 Petersburg. Foreign Residents are Alarmed and Fear Escape from Capital of the
 Empire wnl be Cut.
STRIKERS KEPT IN DOORS

| l northeast blizzard and snow which blew | down on St. Petersburg tonight pre- vented bloodshed in the Russian capi- | tai
 l The bitter cold. by keeping the strikers indoors, did more to prevent
 disorders than did the Cossacks who
 were patrolling the streets.
 Heavy military reserves are stationed in all the districts. but up to midnight there was no rioting. Thtere were rumors Of collisions in various parts of
 the city. but on investigation they turned out to be false.
 The Socfal-Democrats had an impress siye response on the part of all organi- zatf0ns of worlrmen to their solidarity in the struggle with their Polish comrades for autonomy and to protest against the execution of the mutinous sailors at Cronstadt.
 The men walked out of all the big mills and factories and the employees Of the Baltic and Warsaw Railroads. the printers and other classes of laborers struck, but the shops in the center of the city were not closed. Troops took charge of the electric light station. which were operated by saii- ors. so that the city was not placed in darkness tonight.
 No News from Interior.
 ANU AGHttstAC0 hskNS eAAbNrA thOin AAC interior. however, to show that the workmen in other cities are responding to the demand for cooperation and dis- sension has broken out among the dead CTS. some of whom believe the strike to be hasty and i'll advised and who say that if 1t does not succeed the re- suit will be loss of prestige. At meet ings tonight this faction urged the leaders to announce tomorrow that the strike was only intended as demonstra- ton, but ths radicals. whose aim Is to keep up the revolutionary agitation at all hazards. refuse to listen to such counsefs.
 They insisted that 1t was vitaffy necessary for the success of their pro- paganda among the army and the navy that they should get credit for saving the lives of the nlutineers and that if they could force the government to re- cede from it's position regarding Poland. they would have 1t by the
 At strike headquarters the reports were being circulated, but the leaders refused to admit that the question of abandoning the strike has not yet been raised. of the panicky feeling among the in habitants whose nerves were already shattered by the events of the last fortnight and hundreds of persons who had just returned. are again leav- | ing for Finland
 Foreign Residents Alarmed.
 The foreign residents are becoming more and more alarmed and many of them are hastily preparing to go abroad for the winter. In case the Finnish Socialists should join their Russian comrades and tie up the Fin nish Railroad. the only egress would be by water and the freezing of the Gulf of Finland a fortnight hence. would close the last exit The foreign enlbas- sies share the public alarm and the British embassy Is advising the imme- diate removal of women and children.
 There are all sorts of wild rumors about interference by the foreign pow CTS in circulation and The Bourse Ga zette prints a report that all the great powers have joined in a notification to l Russia that they intend to interfere to | prevent anarchy. This is as false as the story circulated that MT. Eddy, the | American charge d'affairss, has tele- | graphed for a warship and the cruiser | was now proceeding hither. | The American Embassy has not asked | for warship and has not been advised | by the State Department that one is | coming.
 wifte's Cabinet in Session.
 Count Witte and his cabinet were in | session throughout the afternoon and | evening discussing the situation and a | number of prominent Liberals were | called in for consultation. Grand Duke | Nicholas was present part of the time | The possibility that the Government might be compelled. if the situation grew worse, to declare martial law in St. Petersburg. was considered, but as far as has been learned no definite de- cision in this matter was reached.
 While the League of Leagues is dis posed to back up the strike, the work men are undoubtedly alternating much public sympathy by their recklessness, Many Liberals openly declare that the strike is a tactical bIunder which may prove disastrous, but their temperate counsel IS rejected.
 M Hessen. editor of The prayo. and one of the staunchest of the Liberals and who was one of the famous deIega- ton that tried to prevent bloodshed January 22 and later was arrested and lodged in the St. Peter and St. Paul Fortress, while clinging as stoutly as ever to his advocacy of constitutional ism. believes the present salvation of Russia can be worked out through the Emperor's manifesto of October 90. when the Douma meets, but openly ex- presses the fear that the strike may ruin all by strengthening the reaction ary forces. M. Hessen said to the As- sociated Press:
 May Ruin Movement.
 'I am convinced that a prolonEation of the strike will ruin the emancipation 1 movement as 1t is sure to drive into the ranks of the reactionaries a large sec { tion of society that is now with us. but the sympathy of which will be ' aIienated. I fear we are being hurried along into anarchy. The struggle at present should be directed toward the { organization of parties and programs of opposition. Once we are united the must yield to our de- nands."
 Tn Government circles it is recognized { hat the situation in Poland required d | ,killful hand at the helm. Governor ( General Scalon will probably be re- I ,laced by a man of Count Witte's ,boice. The name of General Menske is f mentioned in this connection, but 1t is { if he will accept the office un- ] Ter present conditions. f
 In response to inquiries Count Witte \ s said to have reiterated his assur- ( nces that the Jewish question will he < eferred to the Douma for settlement nd he fs also said to have daoIawol | i