people, they had been sent here to be taken into
American homes.

The procession of mourners marching with
black-draped flags after the news of the Bialy-
stok massacre, the mass-meetings called to give
expression to sorrow at the failure of Father

Gapon's attempt to obtain a hearing for the
workingmen on that "Bloody Sunday" ¹ when,
it will be remembered, the priest led hosts of
men, women, and children carrying icons and
the Emperor's picture to his palace, only to be
fired upon by his order, are some of the events
that keep the Russian revolutionary movement
a stirring propaganda in our quarter of New
York, at least.

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