| Show B room FROM ONE ODE END EBB OF TO THE OTHER emperors Empe rora supporters searching Search lna for way out of crisis into which revolutionists have haive catt cast their country st pett pet asburg confronted by a situation more cr lical than any since tho the beginning of the political and BO caal upheaval of russia and which shows no signs of amelioration tho the emperors ministers under the leadership or of count natte Vl tte spent almost all of wednesday in conference la in the tha hope of finding some way out of the tha crisis into which the revolution let and the socialists have cast the tha coun try the general strike on the railroads Is complete except in a few border provinces and st petersburg MOB cow and other large cities or aro almost as closely beleaguered beleaguer ed as it they mere ere invested by besieging armies at the same bamo time the industrial strike has assumed large dimensions and the tur bulent element clement in several localities art are offering open resistance to the troop ers the postal authorities are now re fusing to accept ordinary mall mail and la in tern correspondence Is at a standstill the strike Is complete in the great factory region on both banks of the neva above the city and la in sev bev eral other industrial quarters forty thousand men are out but they are ar conducting themselves in a most moist orderly manner the store clerk r union has proclaimed a two weaks sympathetic strike for political rights but it Is probable that it will be only partials part Parti lall all observed prudent inhabit ants anta are laying in stocks of so as to prepare for emergencies As a consequence the prices of provisions provision have risen sharply largo large meetings m milney finly of workmen were hold held wednesday night la in tho the university and the higher schools at which the sentiment was un aninious for continuing the strike on the rail roads to the bitter end the proceed ings at several of the meetings were of a strongly revolutionary character the orators calling on their auditors to slay all and the police and to meet the troops with armed force those these speeches echea were rece received led with enthusiastic cheers the police were powerless powe ilesa iless to interfere the precincts ot of the university being forbid den ground to thorn them under an im imperial pe riad ukase |
