POLISH PEASANTRY DISTURBANCE.
RESORTING TO VIOLENCE. ALARMING DEVELOPMENTS FEARED. ST. PETERSBURG, 28th Fob. Tho Polish pcasnntry, excited by Socialists, nro joining tho atriko movement, demanding 50 per rent, riso in wages, and tho right to retain their own language. Ono hundred and thirty villages in tho districts of Sicdlico, Pruszkoff, Lou re?,, and Plotzk lmvo refused to roceivo official proclamallons' in tho Russian lnngnnge. Tho inhabitants of fifty villagos are rosorting to violence, and aro burning tho Government alcohol shops. The authorities aro apparently helpless. / Alarming developments aro feared. DOMESTIC SERVANTS ON STRIKE. A NUMBER ARRESTED. (Received March I, 8.30 a.m.) ST. PETERSBURG, 28th Fob, Tho domestic maid-sorvants at Kioff havo struck. Tho Cossacks nave arrested many of tho strikers.
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Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 50, 1 March 1905, Page 5
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120POLISH PEASANTRY DISTURBANCE. Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 50, 1 March 1905, Page 5
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