THE RUSSIAN UPHEAVAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7726, 31 January 1905, Page 3

THE RUSSIAN UPHEAVAL.

200,000 ON STRIKE. Conference of Manufacturers. St. PETERSBURG, Jan. 29. There are a hundred thousand on strike in Warsaw, and a further hundred thousand in Lodz, where the strike is general. The police stopped a socialist meeting, killing and wounding many. The strike in Warsaw was unexpected. The manufacturers had made substantial concessions, such as shorter hours and higher wages, but a few of the agitators induced a group of workmen to compel their comrades to strike. A conference of manufacturers at Kovno, tiro (Governor presiding, decided to increase wages after resumption of work, and establish a committee of employers and employed to consider means of improving workmen's surroundings. A GRAVE OUTRAGE. A BRITISH CONSUL AND PROCONSUL ATTACKED. RUSSIAN HUSSARS RUN AMOK. AN IMMEDIATE EXPLANATION DEMANDED BY BRITISH AMBASSADOR. (Received Jan. 30, 10.55 p.m.) ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 30. A grave outrage ihas occurred at' Warsaw, a Hussar haVing tried to ride down Captain Murray, tho British Consul. The attack was made in tWe street, and the ConI sul escaped only through his assaitI ant's horse' slipping. In another | part ofl the city two Hussars atjtacked Mr MacKemut, British ProConsul, in tho street,, inflicting rc>verc sword wounds on his face. Tho only explanation of these occurrences is that the officers, and the regiments were drunk, and that tho men ran amok. Sir Charles Hardinge, the British J Amba'isador at St. Petersburg, has .asked the Government for an iuuiic- , diato explanation and protection for both the Consul and pro-Consul at Warsaw. THOUSANDS OF ARRESTS. A HIGH OFFICIAL ASSASSIN. ATEI). HIS MURDERER ESCAPES. (Received Jan. 30, 10.45 p.m.) St. PETERSBURG, Jan. 30. Thousands of arrests have been made in connection with the recent incendiary riots at Sevastopol. Prince Jourials (?) a high police official, has been assassinated while passing through a street in Jiatoum, the great port of Transcaucasia in the Black Sea. His murderer has so far escaped arrest. WiNTER PALACE SHOOTING INCIDENT, ST. PETERSBURG STRIKERS TO RESUME WORK. , MOSCOW ALSO QUIET. ' (Received Jan. 30., 11.39 p.m.) ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 30. A commission, which has been inquiring into the recent incident wherein grapes-hot entered the windows of tho Winter Palace considers it probable that a charge h a d inadvertently 'ixen allowed to remain' in the gun since a previous firing practice. The situation at St. Petersburg is ] now almost normal). The strikers l state that they will resume work to- c day. This is partly the result of ' the Czar's promise to inquire into grievances, and partly because General Trcpofl's wholesale arrests deprived workmen of all intellectual leadership. Moscow is also quiet, though the ' strikes are rapidly increasing. _ c BARRISTERS APPEAL TO THE CZAR. '' (Received Jan. 30, 11.39 p.m.) St. PETERSBURG, Jan. 30. The barristers' of St. Petersburg' f have appealed to the Czar to convene a popular assembly. ~ ] SCHOOLBOYS MERCILESSLY FLOGGED . BY COSSACKS. (Received Jan. 30, 11.39 p.m.) St. PETERSBURG, Jan. 30. At SaratolT schoolboys were mercilessly flogged by Cossacks for re- I fusing to attend the Gymnasium (High School) under the present i circumstances. MEETING AT WELLINGTON. EXPRESSES SYMPATHY WITH STRIKERS. WELLINGTON, Jan. 30. About ITiO peoph)attended a public meeting in Newtown Park yesterday to protest against the 'recent outrages i» Russia. The Hon. T. W. Hislop presided. The Rev. P. W. Fairclough' moved the first resolution :—''That this meeting expresses | its sympathy with the Russian people in their struggle for civil and ' political freedom. This was carried unanimously, as was the following , resolution, moved by Mr John Hutcheson :—"This meeting recognises that it is the inalienallfe right of every pcpple to place their grievances before those in authoritv over them, and views with horror the treatment meted out to the Russian people who meet in exercise of their constitutional rights to petition the Czar." It was moved bv Mr Andrew Collins :—"That this meet- ! ing pledges itself to co-operate in aiding the Russian people in attaining their social and political rights."- i