The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-05
A FRlENDLESS RULER.


| The ulOrnlng OF I.csuAy, tile Stn OF Oe-
! touer. accompanied ny The president OF
| the municipality, 10 the marhet square
| and there, "a one OF the pr.hGipal Stores
/ assembled a large nulnuer of mtrchan.s'
Doth Mussulmans and Christians, select-
| I'd from the members or the trades Union,
| he publicly exhorted thcm not TO cause
/ trouble and to cease the tumultuous e~-
element of the population, ,.
| ever. that shots were heard IN the oirev,
| ton of the Shark square. II was men
! confusion II was iInpo sso.e TO deterhihc
N which de the braw began IN truth;
| II seemed as though. ne more Temporal
| troops. the agents or the police ald me
seaptis underworld to suppress the riot
The greater became the audacity OF the
Armenians., They hred at random on
I The vaf, learning Of the troubles, pro
| ceeded at once to the scene. Notwltn-
tinued, directed against the officers OF
| The regular army alNl Of the seaptis VINO,
| stationed before the shops, eNhoried the
rioters 10 drop their arms and ace them
| tees. who " ould know how to defend them.
| Indeed, they did not even respect the n'r,,
several shots. At the sight Of one soldier
| and Of two or three Mussu,mans wcundeS
ana Two others, who were in,ready S ofa q;
the Greeks who had joined them, tne
hrawl reached its climax, The corpses
.:ing In the street and In the shops were
wounded were conveyed 10 their respec-
| tive homes or to the hosp tails.
| After Tie riot was put down the Arlnen-
linns who had rtmalnud shut up in the
| uVuscs and stores we're deprived of their
arms until the calm should be entirely
! restored they wore lodged in the cdi1ces
of the municipal and Military authori-
ties. These Individuals and families who
were deprived CT means of support were
cared for in some Mussulinan houses ana
M the catholic school. and received bread
and whatever was necessary for them
! When order was finally restored the OLD
l'Hcnders aud the others regaincd their
The Ottoman subjects and the strangers
Who had rght protection at the rest
dtnces Of the foreign COrsuls at the mo
! meut of riot were conveyed under escort
to tucu homes ana fer the puruose OF
protecting al from attack. the American
consulites the school and other re
AEiuus estahlshments, rs wen s the res
licences az foreigners while the trouble
!a-lti, soldiers were stationed Al various
Certain, families were lodged for .rro'ce-
tiuB In the houses Of prominent Mussul-
man citizens ard whenever the ss9r,i.s
and TROOPS failed It was the Mussulman
one Christian leading men who took tAeir
In Their work of restoring order a CON
uttee was formed under the presidency
az the receiver general q the NilaN-i
composed OF prominent citizens Mrssul-
nan. Orthodox and Catholic. Its mis-
sion was to reassure the twid. provide
for the wounded cause goods 10 he re
I
| the riots. either on the ma rKct squire or
In the hoGsCs. prevent all attacks on the
tho town. find the objects which miGHt
have Teen lost ard should n learn Of any
proposed attack on Mnssplnan or Chris
horing iiiagss ~ jnfnrri tbo oont},,.
ties thereof and concert with the troo0s
and tho corps OF seants 10 take the necee-
earY precautions. The resources OF this
, latter body M, hcins sufficient 2c0 more
; selptis Wet enrolled Professionally In n
word All that forethought dictated vas
done with view Of meeting every possible
emergency.
, After tho comnlete suppression OF the
troubles an elaborate inquest was held
TO discover the authors Of the first sho's
II WAS discovered that. on the morning Of
October s. the day of the riot, several
stuutin1ple by the Austrian steamer. An
unusual assembling of Armen-ans having
, taken place near the wharf public curl
oslty was excited. Among the le:iers dis
tributed was one addressed to a certain
Chvarch OF Gninditn. who lived at the
: ! HAN Immediately opposite the town hall
! | which Is situated on Charki square.
! This letter contained details OF trouble
Mt Const1ntinope ana another apnO tlcOd
= ne death Of tho brother q the petson &c
: | whom Il was addressed; This person. The
moment he had read the contents Of the
| letter presented himself at the window
. ! of his room and commenced 10 tire wildly
p on all the passars by, cont suliug that It
y | wns thus and under such tirsuma. nnCes
mat his brother was killed. Immediately
!
y from the stores OF DardoHtn. opposite the
Han and under the town hail. These
e shots were followed by others ircl by the
Armenians assembled at the landing Ii
was thus that the crowd Witch found H.
SELF In the square and the adjoining streets
& was obliged to respond
The fact that some Of those who fired
= during the riots from the windows OF
$ Armenian houses were inhabitants OF
= noishborlng villages who had ccme tc
town that morning and that the first shot.
/. were fred hy them and that simultane-
n oulsy with the commencement OF the riots
d, the shops and hazaars had been c'ose
- that the Armenians had knowledge them.
e selves OF all these facts, and finally that
: the officers of the army and seaptis anO
II eShortcd them 10 submission and the lay
q ing down of their arms was greeted 10y
e shots and also all That has been stated
$ above proves concluslNeiy that the riot.
/. ers had decided TO cause n great slaugh.
n ter throughout the country.
IL 1t IS worthy OF remark, however. thai
y The above mentioned ChVarch OF Erzind,
n inn, from whose room the FIRST shot wa,
: fired, outstanding that he was proved
Il TO be AFFILIATED with the revolutionary
y committee and WAS also proved guilty oI
a several crimes. nrontcd hv the amnesty
/, rraclously accorded by his imperial ma
Re jestN the sultan, "a did also the Dirad
d our.ans who We're among the most sus