Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02
MET LITTLE FATHER
Emperor Talks to Russian
Workmen Face to Face.
BAYONETS FOR ALL RlOTOUS MOBS
Gar VIII Investigate All Wrongs.
and Everything Possible VIII
De Done 10 Imprsve Peo-
pies Condition.

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al assurances of his intention TO amcli
crate the conditions and remove the
causes, insofar as they are economic
which led TO the recent strike, were
delivered by Emperor Nicholas to 8
delegation of workingmen representing
all the leading factories of St. Peters
burg, including representatives of thir
ty-two of the largest Industrial estab
lishments and the Baltic and Franco
Russian shipyards, the Putiloff IroI
works and the Russo-American Rubber
works, who at his invitation j~ourneyet
to Tsarskoe Selo and were received IL
audience in the hall of the Alexander
palace, where he has his winter resi-
dence.
The emperor entered the hall. accom-
panied by Grand Duke George Mix.
~hailovitch, General Hesse, the minister
of the imperial court and the com
mandant of the palace.
The workmen bowed deeply to his
majesty, who said:
Good day, my children"
Inv Nolhuncu Teplieu.
I'VE wish your majesty good health "
The emperor then said:
II have summoned You in order that
you may hear my words from myself
and communicate them to your com
panions. The recent lamentabIe events
with such sad but inevitable results
have occurred because you allowed
yourselves to be led astray by traitors
and enemies to orr country.
when they induced you to address
a petition to me on your needs they
desired to see you revolt against me
and my government. They forced you
to leave your honest work at a period
when all Russian workmen should be
laboring increasingly in order that we
might vanquish obstinate enemy,
Strikes and disgraceful demonstrations
led the crowds to disorders which
obliged and always will oblige the au.
thorities to call out troops. AS a re
suit innocent people We're victims.
Il know that the lot of the workman
is not easy. Many things require i'm.
provement, but have patience.
You will understand that it is neces-
sary to be just toward your employers
and to consider the condition Of our
industries. But to come to me as a re-
bellious mob in order to declare your
wants is q crime.
I'm my solicitude for the wor.. Q
classes / will take measures which will
assure that everything possible will be
done to improve their lot and secure an
Investigation Of their demands through
legal channels. l am convinced of the
honesty of the workmen and their de-
votion to myself, and | pardon their
t~ransgression.
Return to your work with your COM
rades and carry out the tasks allotted
to you.
May God assist you"
a dispatch from Odessa says that
Chief of Police Galovine was shot near
the police station in the center of the
city and was wounded in the right
shoulder. The wound is not danger
ous.
Like a wave caused by the falling of
a stone the strike movement, however,
spreading ove the great sea of Rus
sian industrial life, and, while st. Pc
tersburg and Moscow. where the trou-
bles began, are now placid. the work
men Of Poland and other provinces are
not yet calm, and the ripple has
to far off lrkutsk and other ST.
towns.
The current gossip to the effect that
NJ. Bouligan, former governor of Mos
cvw, will succeed Prince S%viatopolk-
in the ministry of the interior
3 another straw tending to confirm the
'urmise that Grand Duke Sergius is the
influence in the grand duca,
action.
It was rumored at Warsaw last night
-xat thousands of workmen in the ex-
coal districts of Dombrova.
near the frontier, will strike today.
This would be extremely serious, as
mines would Immediately be food
III if the pumping ceased.