Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-21
UNHAPPY RUSSIA. St. Petersburg h Turmoil of Popular Uprising. RIOTOUS MOB ON NFvA'S BANK Workmen Issue a Petition to the
 Emperor.
 WERE NOT ALLOWED TO PRESENT IT
WERE NOT ALLOWED TO PRESENT 1T
Text Sets Forth That Life of Work men Under Present Conditions Has Become IutolerabIe-Says, eve Are Poor, Persecuted, Burdened With Labor Beyond Endurance; Limit Has Been Reached; Death Is Pref erable."

ST PETERSBURG. Jan. 21.--A great popular uprising. started by strikers from the iron and steel works. govern ment shpyards and other industries. has taken place on the right bank of the river Neva. in this city, beginning near the Baltic works. It spread throughout yassili Ostroff ,Basil is- landl. where the markets for purveyors of household supplies are situated.
 Shoppers fed before the mob. and the marketmen attempted to close their stalls before the storm broke. but some of them were not quick enough to save their property.
 The crowd. composed of strikers. is being hourly augmented.
 X detachment of the Moscow guards regiment was called ont owing to the threatening attitude of 100 strikers at Shapchars tobacco factory. The cm- ployees of the factory decided to join in the strike movement. The factory is closed.
 Troops are held in readiness at vari- ous points for any emergencies.
 All the government works. notably the cartridge factories and later the entire state industrial colony on Vas siIi Ostroff, ceased work, and in the afternoon markets and shops were closed .-..
 A fight occurred when some of the men employed in a rubber factory at tempted to enter it to resume work. The strikers attacked them at the gates and prevented them.
 Strikers broke into several factories, including the government printing works of the Academy of Science. sit uated on vassili Ostroff. They forced the employees of the works to join them. The management. acting upon the advice of the police, allowed them to quit in order to avoid further dis turbance. A crowd of 1000 persons remained outside the works.
 The men employed in large spin ping mill at Sangalli-Kolinkin ceased work this morning and joined the strik- CTS.
 The hope of settling the strike. which already embraced 100000 workmen from the government yards and fac tories and other great industries. vir. tually vanished when it was announced that the minister of the interior and the minister of finance both declined to receive deputation from the strik- ing operatives.
 All the bakers and all the printers have struck work. The printers noti- fed the managers of the newspapers that they would not report for work until theiE demands were granted
 AltogetheS 174 works in St. Peters burg are closed through the strike. The management of the Putiloh Iron works. where the trouble began. have posted notice ordering the employees to receive the pay due them today and resume work. This is an uItimatuni. and there is apprehension of conflict Military patrols around the works have been re-enforced. No newspapers are expected to appear today. majority Of the printers in the city having joined fin the strike. and great anxiety is felt reeardine the attitude of the railway and telegraph servants. whose defee- fion would disorganize the whole eosin- try. The civil employers at the arsenal and government printing works have struck.
 The following is the text in part oi the strikere' petition fc the rzar:
 We. workmeu. inhabitants of st Petersburg of all classes our wives cbiDarvn and iDdieent parents cone ft ycu. our eovereisn. sskine for prctec tisa. we are poer. persernted- burden d rith lstsr -beysnd cur strength