Revolution in Russia

REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA. There is a great industrial strike going on in Russia. The strikers were determined to present their grievances to the Czar,, on Friday, January 20, and wished to petition him for permission to give a grand demonstration on Saturday, at Winter Palace square. The strike leaders were warned that such demonstration could not take place, and that the Emperor would not be there to receive their petition. The workmen, however, were convinced that he would be there to listen to their grievances. Whereupon they tried to see him but failed, and Father Gopon, a priest, sent it to Minister Mirsky, who sent it to the Czar. Gopon, for leading the strikers against the government, was excommunicated from the church on Sunday, and the Emperor answered the petition and the petitioners,100,000 strong,when they tried to assemble, with a solid array of troops,with rifle, bayonet and sabre. When Gopon,. in his golden vestment holding aloft the cross, marched through the narrow gate at the head of eight thousand workmen, there was a volley of fire from the soldiers, and in the turmoil which ensued, many people were killed and wounded. Panic, terror, and anarchy ensued. Martial law prevails, and a revolution seemsimminent.