RUSSIAN CRUELTY.
PUNISHMENT OF STRIKERS. FIFTY MEN SCOURGED AND STARVED. ALL COMMIT SUICIDE IN DESPAIR. Despatches from Russia say that the strike in Russia is in truth a revolt, and is treated as such by the authorities. Facts have come to light which show the terrible punishment dealt out to striking working men. A falling off in trade called the proprietors of certain large mills to discharge a number of men. When this became known a crowd of semisavage working men gathered about the mills and destroyed valuable property. The police dispersed them. During the night 50 of the ringleaders were spirited away. The men then prayed for mercy. It is learned that the fifty men were taken to the salt mines at Cracow, where they were scourged, starved, and treated so barbarously that they sought death as a release. The whole fifty committed suicide.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 460, 5 April 1890, Page 5
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145RUSSIAN CRUELTY. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 460, 5 April 1890, Page 5
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