Show ACROSS THE SEA russian strikers want assistance APPEALING TO AMERICA how the despotic government deals with the obstreperous laborers landun july 28 special the executive committee of the russian free press fund is mailing today to trades federations and independent organizations in the united states an appeal for funds for the support of the forty five d factory operatives who I 1 since the second week in june jane have bate been on strike at fit petersburg the astrike all the factories of the capital and comprises skilled and un nn exiled men and women in the textile tobacco sugar mew metal and other trades the appeal davs io in part haying having hardly been bean organized at all 1 the men have no strike funds funda whatever and the strike would probably never have existed but bat for support of the skilled craftsmen of the I 1 large arge iron and mechanical works of tha cattal capital who had previously decided to continue working in order to be able to support the factory strikers attlio although ugh quite prepared to strike themselves the main der demands nanda of the str strikers ikera are as follows 1 reduction of houis of lebar leb ar from fourteen end twelve to twelve and ten and a half 2 increase of wages 3 fortnightly payment of wages several employers are to meet the reasonable demands of the workers but the go government has unconditionally forbidden them doin this for fear that the strikers should feel themselves victorious the strikers are ordered to return dimmed immediately ais tely to work or to be banished to their respective spec tive native places as criminals the local means obtainable for the support ot of this tha strike are altogether cien under the cl of all publicity being denied to the strikers by the police polica the pre as being forbidden to say anything about the strike donations and and subscriptions considered apolitical crime as indeed the strike itself |