THE RUSSIAN STRIKES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7729, 3 February 1905, Page 2

THE RUSSIAN STRIKES.

Disorder Spreading Outside of 4 Moscoir. M i _ ..... \ st. PETEHHUURU,. rtib. I. 'J'hi' strike disorders ar« sprendiag in the industrial districts ouUklo Moscow, though the e\l.v is quieting. 40 PRINCE MIRSKi WIS. THE GRAND DIKE VLADIMMI'S ACCOUNT. St. PETERKHI IM.J, Feb. 3. Prince Mirskis (Minister of the Interior) i-eslgnatiou has bwn accepted. I The Grand Duke Vladimir aMrraa that the instant that he heard that orders had been given to (Ire on tho 22nd, he ordered |»aciflc measures to bo taken, but that the senior nfflci'i' had replied that ho was unable toguuranU-e the safety of tile palluco without force.

The Orund Duke Vladimir has «a. ' sured an American newspajier correspondent that « the mob on Uw 22nd had been allowed to reach tfe* Winter Palace they would have tacked it, and tho city would have jbban delivered over to anarchy, bloodshed, and flames. Tho Oovornmaot only did its duty. It wasabVurd to assert that Oorky would be hanged. Ho also declared that the disorder* In Warsaw, Kieß, and eisewnere am . industrial and not revolutionary. It M a constitution were granted anarcte would result, and would be follow*) by the disintegration of the eatiyir*. rhe autocracy / would grant iZeasary reforms to the pouaantrjTbv * giving means 0 f presenting. tfcjr 1 needs and grievance* direcPtO U» M Sovereign. r r fl

M. de WinEifEAIS OUT.

It has tsmispired that M. do Wit to made i personal represeouttom to the Czar, blaming the army, u* church, and the OovermWt far striking aggrieved workmen wit'iwi giving them a hearing, Urn, commuting an inexpiable crime.

A ROYAL DOUHOT

(Received Feb. 2. 9.58 p.«.> St. PETERSBURG, Feb 2 The C*ar and Caarina and tbe Dowagbr Empress have given General Trend* 50,000 roubles to assStthi families of men killed or wounded during tho recent rioting.

THE CZAR ADDRESSES IfiMMlB

A HOMILY ON I'ATHIOTIC I»l*T¥.

(Ueceivod Fob. 2, 10.89 p.n».) st. petehsucrg, m. a. The Czar summoned to the Hum. mor I'alaoo thirty-four workmen representing, the largest St. Petershung Inctoriesi. and directed theui to communicate his words to their comrades. Ha then said : -The late lamentable incidents, with their deplorable and inevitable consequences, and all the other, disorder occurred because workmen were divided by truitors and enemies of the Fatherland. When thej urged you to address a petition to we in regard to your needs, they induced you to revolt Jugainst .mo and the Government, forcing you to abandon honest toil, since all true Huasjsm ought to labour unceasingly to conquer our obstinate enemy. Strikes and revolutionary demonstrations always lead the crowd to commit disorders which always oblige the authorities to employ troops, causing much suffering among innocent people."

"I know that a workman's lite it not easy, and that many tbimra need organisation and iuijjroveiaSt" but have patience. You must be ♦ just to your masters and consider " the conditions of the Industries. To come to mo as a rebel mob to declare your wants is a crime. I will t<(ko measures to see that evory. thing possible is done to improve the workmen's Jot and to secure aa I examination of their demand! ■ through legal channels. law convinced of the honest sentiments of the workmen, and their devotion to myself, and 1 pardon their transgression. Heturn to your comrades, tarry out your allotted tasks. May Clod assist you."- *

After dining, the workmen's doputatjon drank the Csar's health wrUl cheers.

MANUFACTURERS COHCILIATOI!, STitIKES IN SIU^UA, (Received Feb. 2, 11.37 p.iu > Si. I'KTKHSHL'HG, Feb, JJ. The manufacturers of St. J"eter*burg are meeting the demands of the (ftrikers in u conciliatory spirit, agreeing' not/ to penalise their tarter*, and to sutynit their demand* U» tho Minister of Finance with a view to legislation. But their prorata** include no immediate practical concessions. The strikes are extending Into Siberia, it bving reported from Irkutsk that 400 railway employees at Krasnoyarsk nation have ceased work. ,