River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-10
RIOT AND BLOODSHED.
Constantinople the Scene of Many
Wild Deeds.
The Armenians and Turkish Police Have
Fierce Observation-Disclosures of
christians Penned Up. and
Many Others Killed.


Many Others Killed.
WASHINGTON, Oct. Secretary Oh
ney late Wednesday afternoon re-
ceived the following dispatch from
Minister Terrell:
"CoNsTANTINoPLE Oct 2-Monday several
hundred Armenians marched on the porte
professedly to ask redress for grievances. The
patriarch tried to prevent it, A conflict
Cured between the Armentans and
.he police Probably about sixty Turks
and Armenians we're killed. and among others
Turkish major Many were wounded The
Armenians carried pistols. Tuesday several
more were killed. Tuesday night there were
eighty killed Several hundred have been I'M
prisoned The porte had notice OF the demon
stration. which 1t said. was organized by
leaders of the HunchagIst revolutionists,
whom they nave captured Much terror ex--
lists. think the porte will be able TO restrain
fanaticsm
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Oct. 4.-Five hun
dred arrests have been made ir con-
nection with the recent rioting of Ar
menians here. The government is
greatly alarmed, and the garrison is
kept under arms. During the rioting
Monday and Tuesday nearly 200 per-
sons were killed.
Vic IA VA
this city has been brewing for long
time past, the bitter feeling against the
authorities growing stronger as week
after week passes without the adop-
tion by the Turkish government OF
the scheme for reform in Armenia pro-
posed by the representatives of the
powers The long-smoldering flames
of discomfort, carefully famed by the
Armenian agitators, have at last
broken out.
LONDON, Oct. 5.-The Constantinople
correspondent of the Standard, under
date of Wednesday, telegraphs to his
paper: The Armenian patriarch
was on Tuesday invited TO attend the
porte. but he declined because
none of his followers were allowed to
accompany him. lie remained at the
patriarchate shut up with several hun
bred armed Armenians.
Reviewing the incident it appears
that the police generally were not sup
piled with ball cartridges. They were
instructed to use the flats of their
swords and the butts of their
rifles. Such provocation as they
gave in the first instance was verbal.
The Armenians fired first. With the
exception of the massacre of the pris-
ers the most violence was committed
by. the Softas and the lowest
class of Moslems, none of whom
however, appear to have been arrest
ed or otherwise checked.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Oct THE result
of the conference held by the foreign
diplomats here to consider the situa-
ton arising from the rioting on Mon
day and TuesC ay, was that the Drago-
mans of the several embassies
and legations were directed to
protest to the foreign minister against
the excuses of the police and equally
against the barbarity of the Mussul-
man mob in regard to the arrested
and wounded Armenians, several
of whom were beaten to death
with bludgeons, while others were
cruelty mutilated. The Drago-
mans We're also directed TO call
the portes serious attention to the
whole affair and to beg the foreign
minister to see that measures were
adopted to prevent foreigners from
suffering and to restore order.
Hon. A. w. Terrell. the minister of
the United States, made a special re-
quest that measures be adopted for the
safety of the American missionaries in
the Koumkapou quart His repre-
sensations had the desired effect.
The city is quiet. 1t is evident that
the government has taken every pre-
caution to prevent any further dis
order, and to quell any rioting should
it occur IN spite of the measures
adopted to prevent it. One of the pre-
cautions taken was the posting of
guards around the Turkish quarters to
prevent the inhabitants from leaving
them in order to go to those parts of
the city occupied by Armeniuns.
Late Friday afternoon the police
were withdrawn from the patriarchate
and other churches and kahns in
which Armenians had taken refuge,
and all those who had sought safety
in these structures were invited to re-
turn peaceably to their homes. Some
took advantage of the invitation, but
others, fearing treachery, determined
to remain where they were until such
time as the popular excitement had
further abated.
The Sofas were guilty of great ex-
cesses on Tuesday, and especially dur
ing the raid on the Armenian quarter,
which they made at night. At Too
kurtchesme, near STEAMBOAT, the stu
dents and populace broke into an
Armenian building, killed fifteen per-
sons and wounded thirty-tive others.
In addition, il is said that they con-
veyed the wounded to the shore and
threw them into the sea.
lit is learned from reliable source
that more than 1000 Armenians have
been arrested and cast into prison on
the charge of having been actively
concerned in the rioting or having in
stigated the trouble.
During the rioting on Tuesday
crowds of Mohammedans took advan-
tage of the great excitement to loot
many Armenian shops and offices.
Their spoil is reported to have been
unifa valua BILE