Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-01-26
RUSSIAN STRIKERS
ISSUE MANIFESTOS
Clamor For Free Government
and Dethronement of Gear.
srRIKE sPREADs IN lie EMPIRH

oho 0OAAA OACAh0hS Va OAcAs
STRIKE SPREADS IN THE EMPIRE
Ancient Nation Throbs with Excite
ment and Fear Of Bloody Revolu
tiOn--All Business Practically sus
pended in st. Petersburg.
ST Petersburg, Jan. 24.-2;25 p. m
St Petersburg wears a martial as
pect today Everywhere troops have
been drawn into court yards Only
pickets are left outside. and small
squads OF Cossaeks are patrolling the
streets. The stores along the prineh
pal thoroughfares are mostly closed
and barricaded.
The correspondent Of the Associat
"a Press noticed several men distrib
nting proclamations. The people for
merly were shy OF accepting such doc
hnents; now they are eagerly accept
ing them and have nick-named them
riastotohke' (swallows), an allusioH
70 the spring which has become syn.
onym of evolution. The correspon,
Sent secured a number Of copies. They
are all signed by tn eRussian So
cial-Demoeratie Labor Party"
The proclamation dated Jan. %,
reads;
"COmrades So long as autocraoy
eaists no improvement in our condt
lion is possible. Therefore we con.
tinue TO inscrlbe on our banners the
following demands:
The cessation OF the war,
'The summoning OF a constitutional
assembly OF representatives Of the peO
pie. universal suffrage and direct. Sc
cTet ballot,
The removal Of class and race
privileges and restrictions.
The invlolability OF the person and
aocile.
Freedom OF conscience, speech and
the press; meetings. strikes and polit
icai associations.
A second proclamation, dated Jan.
%, says;
The protelariat Of all countries are
uRitcd.
Citizens, sou have Witnessed the
bestial cruelty Of the autocFatlc gov
eminent You saw blood lowing 10
the streets, You saw hundreds slaugh
eored defendants OF the cause OF Ia.
BOZ. You saw death and heard groans
81 the wounded womon and defense.
less childrenl The blood and brains
of workingmen we're spattered around
where their heads had been laid. Who
SiFected the soldiers to aim their rifles
ard ere bullets az the breasts OF the
laboreri lt was the emperor. or the
Grand dukes, the ministers, the gen
erals, the mobiles Of the court.
They are the murderers! STAY
them.
ITO arms. eomradesi Seize the ar
sonals and the arms AZ the depotG
and at the guusmiths Lay low The
prison walls. Ldberaie the dcfen.
4ers OF freedom. demolish the police
AID gcndarmes stations. and the eoy
eminent and state bu..d.ags We
mist throw down The emperor and
~ government and must have our
own government
Long I've che revoiui0ai
Long live the constituent assem-
ely Of che representative % the peo
PIE"
A third proclamation appeals % the
people not 10 attempi % inlure prvas
properly
TIE widest Fuuiors are in cirCuia.
I'm A moo g reported to Be march.
iug on the TsaEzkoescio 90 zee ths
emperor a. the muiii,ufo oarched 20
Versailles 10 ask KinE Louis XVI 81.
France. Tor bread Ia iTss. but ft
ltory g. uftely aithQaf fo1ufaiion On
certain quarters. where ne woes oi
Russia are aiuayr iaid 90 thc sp1r %
Groaf Britain. the fcciiHr aairlt a.
Hrfiiah has become lutezse Be- bcinr
charges th1i ne rga are furnish
laE uausy % bHas about q rtvoia
tas