The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-01-27
DEMANDS OF THE PEOPLE.
Petition Proposed for the Emperor by
The Strikers.

The oCFiksTS.
ST Petcrsbure Jan 23.-The following is
the text Of the strikers petition TO the
emperor
Sire: We workmen, inhabitants of St
Petersburg. of all classes our wives. chill
dren and INDECENT parents, come to You. YOU
are poor prosecuted, burdencd with labor
beyond our sttength We are insulted.
ought 10 bear their cruel fate In silence.
We have suffered, but we alc being
plunged deepr in the miro and deprived OF
titution and injustice we are pcrshing.
We have no strength loft. Sire, we have
arrived at the extreme ends Of endurance;
We have reached the terrible moment
when deatn is TO he preferred to a coz
tinuaticn OF our intolcrable su!ier.ngs. w.
have left our work and informed our em-
ployers chat we Will not resume until our
demands are conceded We have not asked
mu,n We have asked but for means OF
livelihood with which life is . burden and
labor continual torture.
Our firat request is that our masters
should inx,esJisate our case Ihey have We
put forward ouH claim, i Icing held that
such right is not recc%nized by law
Tyranny of the Bureaucracy
After referring to the eiehti-h9hr DAY
and other points in their case the petition
ers continue:
Any one of us who dared raise his voice
in the interests OF the people of the work.
ing classes has been thrown into prison or
transported. klndneSS ana good ltellnS
nave been treated Il crime. The bu-
reaucracy has brought the country TO the
verge Of ruin by shameful way. 1t is
IN the heavy burdens imposed: we do not not
know for whom, or why this money IS
wrung from an lnpoyerished people and
We do not know how ii is expended
This stat Of things. contrary to divine
Law. renders life impossihle
1t were better that we should all per-
ish We workers and all Russia: Then
good luck to capitalists and exploters and
poor corrupt officials. robbers OF the Rus
Assembled before the palace We plead
our salvation Hensc not thine aid ana
raise Thy people from their tomb Give
them means OF woll5ing out thcir own Ces-
tiny, rescue them from intolerable office
dom. Throw down HE wall hat separates.
Fi.e this people n order that they may
tale tho country with thee Create for
my people the happiness wrenched from
~ leaving US nothing but sorrow and
humiliation.
We pray Your majestY sraciouslv to re
eelNe our demands, which arc inspired by
q desire for your maeestvs and our well
fare nd the consciousness OF the neces-
sitN OF escape from an ntoerabc stua-
tion. Russia Is too great and her needs
are 100 varied and numerous for officers
Must Have Representation.
National representation is Indispensable,
as only the people themselves know the
country : r@al needs.
Refuse NOT thy aid but order a con
vocation OF renfosentatives OF an classes.
ineudine workmen Let an be free and
equal in the elections ard TO this end
Sem2iS by general secret ballot That -
our chief demand, in which all else CEN
tiers. 1t Is the sole balm for our wounds
Death
4 single measure however. will no, heal
az our wounds Therefore We acquaint
You frankly and openly on behalf of tha
whole Of the Russian wording classes. as
to q lather, with our further demands