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Show PLEADING FOR WORK. j Strikers Hard Pressed for Money to Buy Food. '' ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 25. The ' lack o money and food is already op- ; eratlng against a continuance of tho j strike. Weeping women are returning j to their garret factories, pleading to be allowed to resume work, but the mana- gers are afraid to open In conseauenca i of threats of strikers to sack their es- ; tabllshments. Vn ofllclal note this morning an- i nounces that Emperor Nicholas has ox- , pressed his thanks to Gen. Trepoff, the I new Governor-General of St. Afters-burs, Afters-burs, for his distinguished and zealous Horaces as Chief of Police of Moscow. The only decision of the Government thus far Is to preserve order at. an CO,'The Government Is living over a volcano vol-cano and can do nothing else said a high ofTlclal this morning. "i.cry other consideration must glve(i way to the question of public order. r-vta advices from all the big cities and towns of Russia Indicate Lat there is excitement everywhere. , TJv rod flag demonstrations at Helslngf , Fin and last night' were disquieting, but there Is no evidence ye of a general movement. move-ment. The appointment of Senator Under Un-der as Secretary of State for Finland just at this time Is considered to be an unfortunate blunder and Is likely to provo exceedingly distasteful to the Finns. Although a Finn himself, Senator Sen-ator Under Is exceedingly unpopular, owing to his support of the policy 01 the Busslficatlon of the towns of the Baltic provinces. , ., Troops are marching through the streets of Riga. Rcval, but the eyes of all Russia arc today fixed on Moscow. The appearance of St Petersburg Is more normal, but no more men have returned re-turned to work. The funerals of many victims of Sunday's Sun-day's tragedy were held thl3 morning. Pitiful sights were witnessed. In sev- pral cases a man and wife carried between be-tween them a wooden box containing a child killed. Some of the coillns were borne In common carriers' sleighs, the mourners following on foot; according to the Russian custom. It was noticeable notice-able In many cases the usual priest and Ikon ahead of the procession were absent. ab-sent. No demonstration occurred, but workmen and others stood uncovered in the streets as the little groups passed with the dead. ' In the Volkoff cemetery, beyond the Narva gates, 1C7 bodies were lowered to their last resting-place. |