Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-02-02
CAR MAKES APPEAL
Strikers Throughout Rhaala Urged
TO Return 70 Work
PROMISES SHORTER HOURS OELADOR
he Declares That Sin This Dark
Houry EviI-DisDosed Persons
Used workmen rs Their Tools
TO Harnss the Government.

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st. Petersburg, Jan. 26.-The follow
ing proclamation, issued by Gov. Gen
Trepoff and Minister Of Finance Kok
oyseff, was posted in the streets to
day: "Workmen should assist thu
government In its tranQuilizing tasl
in behalf OF the betterment OF theil
condition. This they can accomplish
only by holding themselves aloof from
fomenters Of disturbance who ere alieI
to the workmens true interest and t.
the country's welfare Let them re
turn TO their ordinary labor, which u
as needful for the country as for them
selves; for without 1t they, their wives
and children must suffer distress, ant
returning to work let the people b.
ASSURED that their needs are as neal
the emperor's heart as those Of all hii
majesty's true subjects; that only re-
Gently, of bis own free will, the en-
peror commanded that the question OF
workingmen's insurance be taken up
with the object Of securing them
against dlsablement or sickness; that
this measure does not exhaust his
majesty's anxiety for the well-being OF
the working classes, for at the sans
time the emperor sent an order in
structing the ministry Of finance to
draft law shortening the hours OF
labor and for the elaboration OF such
measures as will legalize workmen's
discussions Of their needs"
The proclamation, which 1t is an
nounced was issued by the emperor's
order in Its preamble, recounts the
origin Of the recent events and de-
clares that evil-disposed persons used
the workmeI as their tools, leading
them astray by false and impossible
promises. 1t says: 1.-THE result OF
this criminal agitation has been
breaches Of the peace involving the
inevitable intervention OF armed
forces. These evil-wlshers have not
been restrained even by the difficult
ties In which the fatherland Is in
volved, in a time of trying war, whilst
the workmen, their blind tools, have
disregarded the fact that demands
were being made In their name which
had nothing In common with their
needs, besides forgetting that the gov
eminent always has shown and ever
shows itself considerable Of their needs
and Is now ready to listen attentively
to their Just desires and satisfy them
wherever possible"
strikers Have $4,000, 900 Fund.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 26.-Quiet con~
tinues in st. Petersburg. Evidence ac-
cumulated that the strikers are sup
piled with money TO meet their pres
ent needs. . All sorts of stories are
afioat as to the size and origin Of the
fund. Money is undoubtedly being
supplied by the liberals. 1t is said that
they have fund Of 100000, some OF
which was supplied by German social
lists, but there is no way Of verifying
the stories. It is seriously believed
In some quarters that money is being
furnished from Japanese British
sources 10 bring on revolution or
auch internal complications as will
compel the government to make peace.
Serious Clash Mt Ixelsingfors.
Helsinrfors Finland. Jan. 2e.-Al-
tbongh the crowds on the streets were
smaller Iast night there was severe
sghtinp Cossacks and police firing
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