Show I ST 81 PETERSBURG IS HESS IN 1 of Electric Light Plants Obey the Call for fora a General Strike I TRAINS ARE STILL RUNNING DESPERATE bE STRUGGLE WILL BE BEGIN BEGIN BEGIN GIN MONDAY 4 4 t 6 4 4 St Petersburg Aug 4 a m 4 4 The electric light service was mt re restored restored 4 4 stored early this morning by sailors 4 4 of the technical corps 4 m HM H 4 t MM t M tt MSt t St Petersburg Aug 4 a m mSt St Petersburg Is In darkness tonight The of the electric lighting li plants I always the earliest barometric record of ofA A political conditions ceased work during the afternoon In obedience to the call for forr r ft 1 general strike This call already has been obeyed by b 2000 factory hands In the capital It will be Impossible however to predict the success of this universal political strike until Monday as the work workmen workmen workmen men in St Petersburg and the provinces have two holidays s Saturday which is the fete day of the dowager empress and a great religious feast and their regular holiday of Sunday Sunda r Railroad Men Hesitate The only other available index to the situation are the railroads r Up to 3 2 3 this morning the railroad men have not heeded the call for a general strike except in the case of an insignificant InsignIficant insignificant cant bobtail line running to and other short resorts In the vicinity of St S1 Petersburg The men of this road barricaded the line with the result that they had an important collision with Cos Cossacks sacks Backs last night In the meantime the fate of the cabinet sways in the balance and Russia Is la upon the verge of disorders which may lead either to the reign of the military or the proletariat It can be stated definitely that the steps toward a dictatorship may be taken Sunday Sunda or Monday by the nomination n of Grand Duke Nicholas to the chief com corn command mand mandof at all the troops In Russia This would virtually place him in control of all the disturbed districts of the empire where martial law has been proclaimed Portends Much Evil This matter was a of earnest discussion die during the Interview between U e emp ro and Premier yester yesterday yesterdaY day d fi frn whIch the premier returned in ina a greatly vexed ed state of mint The rev revolutions revolutions at Sveaborg rg and the th mutiny on board the cruiser Pam a I gave the tone to the conversation between his majesty and the premier pr mI mITh These Th se events although they have all ended oded fortunately fortunat l apparently have left lefta a impression mpr upon the mind of the The Associated Press has been informed from a high fligh source that the nomination of Grand Duke Nicholas to the post of ot commander In chief If made will vilI be announced as for the purpose of harmonizing the activity of all troops without reference to political affairs hut Premier is 15 scarcely dis nosed to regard the in this ligh light lightLess Less Chance for Riots One element of possible disorder for to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow morrow has been removed by the thc decision of the widow of M I Herzenstein the ex deputy who was murdered murder d at to inter her husband at and to omit holding the services here cud Id at a t Moscow The prefect of police of St Petersburg today appealed to Mme Ime Herzenstein to toan cancel an eel the th procession here saying sa it probably would result in great disorder which he was vas as resolved to suppress at whatever cost After consultation with the Constitutional Democratic committee Mme Herzenstein agreed to this The pickets of cavalry and infantry were the most conspicuous features on the streets of St S1 Petersburg last night Bus Business BusIness iness mess houses generally have boarded up their windows as us they did In the days s of the great October strike Practically all aU of the street cars in the city have stopped running and the cab drivers are threat throat threatening threatening ening to cease work today toda Troops Being Massed A r ibi b bho he Associated Press from says say that heavy reinforcements are being poured in ther there evidently in fear of an attack upon the government large and mid small arms factory located in that suburb The Th long distance telephone station was occupied last night nl ht by b half a company of Infantry In order to prevent the antic anticipated anticipated anticIpated attempt of the revolutionists to sever rover telephonic communication between here and Moscow IQ cow and amI the last train In from Moscow brought railroad officials who hal had 1 collected the funds on hand at atthe atthe atthe the various arlous Intermediate stations to pre pro prevent prevent vent their seizure in case of a strike Death for Ringleaders It was announced at the admiralty last night that the drumhead proceedings at probably would be suspended with the execution of or seven ringleaders of the mutiny who were con condemned condemned to death Thursday The other mutineers will be subjected to trial by bythe b bythe the regular r which will be convened ned after the customary delays dela s sIt It has now been ascertained that the thet death t ath list on board the cruiser covia included Captain two lieu lieutenants lieutenants lieutenants tenants the chief engineer and the jun junior junIor br engineer the surgeon a midshipman and the chief petty officer Captain of the second class clas was mortally wounded A private and two lieutenants were slightly wounded About fifty sail salI sailors ors rs were killed or wounded The three petty pett officers who organized the loyal lo al sailors to retake possession of the ship have hae been singled out for impe imperial imperial rial commendation The mutineers will willbe willbe be at Reval Real Ringleaders Arrested St S1 Petersburg Aug 4 A local news newspaper newspaper newsPaPer paper publishes a n dispatch this morning from dated yesterday say saying sayIng sayIng ing that a force of police and two squad squadrons jons rons ons of f dragoons entered the town at 3 that morning and arrested the F ringleaders of the strike while they the were 1 f in bed When the workmen discovered this they the gathered to the number of x and attempted to free their comrades A collision with the troops ensued during which a number of men were wounded Many Man of the agitators were arrested Incipient Mutiny Aug 3 1117 p m mAn An in incipient incIpient incipient mutiny broke out today on board the Russian cruiser Bogatyr It was im immediately immedIately mediately put down with the arrest of tOO 00 sailors v Keeping It Secret Warsaw Aug 3 A portion of the troops In the Summer near I here mutinied yesterday esterday and are re In n open if there revolt i today toda The rhe artillerymen artmer men have havet driven their officers out ut of or their u r ron t I Continued on on page p g 2 4 t ST PETERSBURG IS S IN DARKNESS SS 1 Continued from page 1 A squadron of ot Cossacks sent t to overpower the th mutineers were received with grapeshot Details are lacking a as extraordinary precautions are being toeing taken take taketo to prevent the facts becoming public |