The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-03

Ahe Loss OF ihie II >hlb W HhN' h'''
Appalling. aud That tn" Worst Has
Not Iesn Told vladimir Plotting to'
Throne, aud subjects Protest Against
Oppression.
The demonstrations and riots, prin'
cipally by the working people and theiT
sympathizers, started in st. Petersburg
on Sunday. the 22d, spread to many oil
the Industrial centers of the Russian
empire. The loss Of life. caused by the
soldiers firing into the ranks of the
strikers, has been appalling II IS said
that the worst has not been made pup
lie. the government, 1t seems, having
allowed the people to assemble in great
mass and ordering them shot down,
the object being to imp '1ss upon the
people the power and strength of the
ruling classes
The czar fled from tn" Winter Pal
ace IN St Petersburg, seeking refuge
In another palace, and there were even
rumors that he would senE an asylum
In Copenhagen. There ave VAGUE in.
situations that Grand Duke Vladimir,
commander Of the troops at St Peters
turg. has been plotting to secure the
throne Of Russia, and that the wantOn
daughter OF the workmrn. who were
erdeavorIng to petition the ear to
right their wrongs, was Tor the pur-
pose of demonstrating to the ruling
classes that he Is the man to save Rus
5ia In her hour of peril. The car Us
said to be notably weak and unilt
mentally and physically to rul" such
a large and turbulent pNpulal or rs.
pecially at the time when thcg begin
tl realize that other nations .n.uN
liberty. and workingWon ur nu,
ground down under an iron h.'. anil
then butchcred because lb.y dlr. p"
titiun for a redress Of q air wuu.#.
Grand Duke Vladimir. il g. charged,
prevented the ear from m,a'ln" the
delegation Of wor,.Hgmru "a ST. r.
tersturE last Sunday 1t vas Vladimir
who ordered the troops tu fire, causing
the deaths and woundng Of thou ands
OF workmen
His object, assisted by the other
grand dukes. IS to iomcnt disoord ho-
tween the people and the ear. and
when the time is ripe, if it ever hc-
comes ripe he viii turn TO the army
and say TO it:
See what a wcakling occupies the
Russian throne. See how H. trnmblcs
ocforc the voice OF the people. Dcpose
him and place me in his stead, and
yOu and ! will save Russia"
Grand Duke Vladimir, who before
the birth of the czarcyitch, was sccouu
In succession TO the throne. row secs
his dreams Of lcgitimalcly obtaining
power dispcllcd by a Tiny baby. He
has been driven TO desperation. and
be- Is now sci2iur the opportunity 20
make hmeclf ear
Vladimir contention was combat.
tod by tn car na, who knows the in
side situation and who Is doing cy-
srylhinE to save the throne for her
haby. She begged and implorcd The
car TO meet the workingmen but
vladimirNs influence outweigh"d hers.
and the c2ar at the last moment de-
clined TO confer with the strikers.
The war with Japan, which has cost
the lives of SO many of Russia's
, youngest and best men. and added
grievous taxation. has not been popu-
tar. The common people are realizing
that the war was brought on by the
ruling classes, and That the common
people must bear the burden IN
money and blood.
They know Of no other way, they
have no other way, to express their
disapmoval of the war, and OF their
miserable conditions IN which they
find themselves, than to strike anu
riot.
At the end of the first week OF
strike and riot and bloodshed, the
world Is told
St. Petersburg is in . state of siege
with knou;-armed Cossacks riding
about the streets lashing wantonly
Each soldier has received thirty
rounds Of hall CARTRIDGES and the or.
dor fror, Trepor is to fire on the
slightest proyocation.
uox,,, Corki the novcIist and lead
or -, ,hc ,s.sontrv has been arrested
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