The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-02
.pEPuTATloN or THIRTY-FouR
CALLS ON CAR NICHOLAS
AT TsARskoE sELo.
EMPEROR URGES MEN TO BE PATIENT
EVERY ONE SHOULD LABOR UN
cEAslNGLY TO vANoulsH
OBSTINATE ENEMY.

st. Petersburg, Feb. Emperor
Nicholas during the afternoon re.
ceived at Tsarskoe Selo depNtation
of thirtyfour Workingmen, represents
ing the employees of the factories and
workshops of st. Petersburg. The dep
utation was accompanied by Minister
of Finance Kokovsoff and Governor
General Trepoff and proceeded by the
Imperial railroad to Tsarskoe Selo,
where carriages were awaiting them
and they were driven to a point near
the Admiral pavilion. On arriving
there the workmen were admitted to
one OF the halls of the palace The
emperor entered the hall accompanied
by Grand Duke George Mikhailevitch,
General Hesse, the minister of the i'm
perial court and the commandant OF
the palace. The workmen bowed deep
ly to the emperor, who said:
Good day, my children
The Workmen replied:
"We wish your majesty good
health
The emperor then said:
Il have summoned you in order that
you may hear my words from myself
and communicate them to your com
panions. The recent lamentable events
with such sad but inevitable results
have occurred because you allowed
yourselves to be led astray by traitors
ami enemies to our country. When
they induced you to address a petition
to me on your needs they desired to
see you revolt against me and my gov
ernment. They forced you to leave
your honest work at period when all
Russian workmen should be laboring
increasingly in order that we might
Vanquish our obstinate enemy.
Many Innocent People Suffer.
STRIKES and disgraceful demonstra.
tions led the crowds to disorders which
obliged and always will oblige the au.
thorities to call out troops. AS a re.
suit innocent people were victims.
know that the lot of the workmen is
not easy. Many things require i'm.
provement, but have patience. You
will understand that it is necessary to
be just toward your employers and to
consider the condition of our indus.
tries.
But to come to me as a rebelliouS
mob in order to declare your wants is
a crime. In my solicitude Of the work
ing classes will take measures which
will assure that everything possible
will be done to improve their lot and
secure an investigation of their de-
mands through legal channels | am
convinced of the honesty of the work
men and their devotion to myself and
I pardon their transgression. Return
to your work with your comrades and
carry out the tasks allotted to you.
May God assist you.''
At the conclusion of his speech the
emperor told the members of the dep
utation to communicate his words to
their comrades and said he would sup
ply them with printed copies of his ad-
dress.
after leaving the palace the depu.
tation proceeded to neighboring
church, where they prayed and after
kissing ikons placed lighted candles
before the shrines Subsequently they
were given dinner in a building which
formerly was the high school of Tsar-
skoe sSelc.
One Of the members of the deputa
tion proposed the health of the EN-.
peror, which was drunk with cheers
AT 4:30 the delegates drove to the
imperial pavilion, whence they took a
train for St. Petersburg.