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Show BLOOD TO FLOW 'mt PETERSBURG; . TROOPS CALLED OUT IN READINESS v-. v-. TO PUT DOWN THREATENED UPRISING - . . . . . . SBssSSMSBHsaSBMSSMSSSSBSIMSSSSSSSSSSSSS Workmen to Hold a Monster Demonstration on Sunday; Are Urged by a Priest to Come FullyArmed. " BULLETIN. BT. PETERSBURG, Jan. 1, 6 p. m. The situation has much im-proved. im-proved. There have been no disturbances of importance during the day, and the authorities believe they have thw situation well in hand. sV ' - 1 v BULLETIN. 1 BT. PETERSBURG, Jan. 21, 4:28 p. m. All the cavalry regiments have been called on from the barracks in the surrounding districts, and ore concentrated in St. Petersburg. They will form an extended cordon to ' prevent demonstrators from approaching the palace. ' . BULLETIN. ST. .PETERSBURG, Jan. 21. St. Petersburg this morning presents the appearance of a beleaguered city. The( military are in complete possession. pos-session. . The streets are lined with troops, galloping; sections of cavalry are -seen everywhere, gendarmes Are concealed in all the courtyards, and the factories and mills are surrounded by cordons of police and Cossacks. On every bulletin board is posted the Government's proclamation warning warn-ing 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 wildest rumors regarding the intentions of the mob are,, v . afloat, 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 assemblage on the palace square is scheduled to take place. Although the authorities seemingly are determined to prevent it, preparations prep-arations for the gigantic demonstration are proceeding, the men declaring that they are ready to die in their tracks. The plan of the authorities is to prevent the workmen f rtfm entering the city proper. The industrial section beyond the Neva, Moscow and -Nevsky gate will be cut off, and all bridges will be guarded. Several batteries of artillery have been brought into the city. - mous number of arrests of known revolutionaries revo-lutionaries took place during the night. Famine Is Threatened. An attempt will be made to close all the bakers in order to threaten the city with famine. The workmen are also reported re-ported to have decided to cut the telephone tele-phone and telegraph wires and cut off St. Petersburg altogether from communication commu-nication with the Outside world. Men Must Be Armed. ' Altogether the situation is most critical. . Father Gopon, when apprised that the Government proposed to prevent pre-vent the demonstration tomorrow, issued is-sued instructions to the men that they must go to the palace square with their wives and children, "but the men must be- armed," he in reported to have said. "We must first show we are peaceful. We have appealed in vain to the employers em-ployers and to the bureaucracy. Our last -hope is the Emperor himself. If he refuses to see us and orders them to disperse us then we must fight." Will Protect Emperor. Father Gopon has had a guard of 400 sworn workmen formed to protect the Emperor from harm If he will come to the palace square tomorrow. Soldiers May Not Fire. Among the rumors afloat is one to the effect that the 'famous Preprlojensky guarding regiment has declared It would refuse to fire on the mob, but this, like many other sensational reports re-ports pertaining to widespread disaffection disaf-fection in the army, is not confirmed. 8T. PETERSBURG, Jan. 21. The strikers are continuing their agitation with unabated . activity. Throughout the morning they have been parading the main streets in the center of the - city and closing every industrial establishment. estab-lishment. The agitation hitherto has been carried car-ried on with remarkable absence of actual ac-tual violence, the committee of the union having issued instructions that everything be done as quietly as possible possi-ble and that no personal violence be offered of-fered the police. Street traffic in the leading thoroughfares is hardly inter-- inter-- fered 'with, the demonstrators filling the streets politely making way for passing sledges. ' "Every Industry Involved. A list of the 174 works closed as the result of yesterday's coercive measures shows that every Industry is Involved, - including railway construction and electrical engineering. In view of the probable failure of the electric supply Jor stores and offices, householders are Haying In large stocks of candles.. The pubhc is nervous and excited and the opinion is freely expressed that the Government will be forced to concede the demands of the men. ' . ."Win Do or "Die. Father Gopon, who was reported to have been kidnaped during the night, is understood to be at large this morning, morn-ing, going from place to place organizing organiz-ing and directing everything. His dictum dic-tum is that the meeting shall take place on the palace square, no matter If It results in a massacre of the men. He says they must be resolved to do or die. like French Revolution. It Is noteworthy that the leaders are going back to the French revolution for their parallels. The deputation sent to Tsarkoe-Selo was the march of the mob to Versailles. The assemblage planned for tomorrow is likened to the march of the multitude wearing red caps of liberty to the Tullleries to present pre-sent their demands to Louis XVI. Authorities Are Hervous. While their Is much talk that the troops may be overawed by the mob, the authorities do not manifest the slightest apprehension on this score. The Cossacks and the guard regiments, they declare, can be relied upon. Two regiments of Infantry have also been . brought here from Riga. Nevertheless, ' the authorities are extremely nervous, - realizing that blood once spilled in the present temper of tne excited men, spurred' on by Socialist agitators, it is Impossible to predict the end. All Kay Be Lost. The Emperor's advisers, however, declare de-clare he must tfut down the agitation " with a Arm hand, and that if he yields, as Louis XVI. at .Versailles, all may be lost The present resolution of the Government Gov-ernment Is not to give way. Many Arrests Made. While many drunken rows have occurred oc-curred and a number of men have been fntured, no serious collisions have been v reported up to this morning. An enor- |