Evening star., 1895-10-25
Said to Have Attacked Four Turkish
Villages.
REPORTS OF FIERCE FIGHTING
Arrival of the MarbIehead at Mer-
sina, Asia Minor
CONSTANTINOPLE RIOTS

the missionaries of that district.
Fierce disturbances accompanied by seri-
Gus bloodshed, are reported to have taken
place at Erzingjan Sixty Armenians are
said to have been killed.
The Turkish government has sent a cir
cular note to the representatives of the
powers announcing that the outbreak was
provoked by the ArmenIans.
According to advices received the Ar
menians of the district of Marash have
attacked the inhabitants of four Turkish
villages.
STORY OF THE RIOTS.
Massacre of the Helpless Armenians
i'm Turkey.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, October ga letter re-
ceived today from Constantinople by
member of the Armenian National Union
of this city from a young lady who was an
eyewitness of the recent riots and members
of whose family were among the victims
says:
"On the Monday of the Holy Cross inn
rediately after the church service, some
fifty young men from fourteen to twenty
years of age, proceeded to the Babi Ali
Sublime porte) to present a petition to the
grand vizier. They had no evil intentions
whatever About half of this number had
weapons at ALL But they were ill-treated
by the police, who beat and slapped the pc
| titioners on their faces. One of the young
men fired at the major. who fell dead from
| of the majors men fell dead, too. At this
| point the cavalry were summoned to the
scene Of conflict.
| They patrolled the streets. and riding up
and down, they trampled many under the
| feet of their horses. Those who escaped
! death this way were beaten to death with
the swords of the soldiers. Hardly from ten
| to fifteen we've left alive from this group
! This was the first conflict.
| The Galata bridge was closed to all
Christians and Armenians, only Mohamme-
over to Stamboul. All armed with swords
| tataghans). The Mohammedan residents
| helped the massacre by throwing domestic
utensils. namely. Kettles, lamps. plates,
ycurg men in front of Turkish Kruaks. In
| half an hour all the Softas Moohagirs (im-
| migrants) and LaZes were let loose, with
their wives. from the Mohammedan
| mosques. Some had their bludgeons, others
their knives, others stones. After making
| the streets clear of Armenian men and wo-
men they attacked those Khans in which
| ArmeniaEs were living.
| They forced the doors open and killed
every one they found. Few escaped death.
| Many Armenians that We're found in the
streets were butchered. The torpses of the
| dead were carried Off in the night in dirt
| Wagons and dumped into the sea. Out of
zoo residents of Tchatal Khan. $50 were
found killed, and the remaining fifty were
wounded. No one is to be found from the
Anielieh class Chose who are dependent
upon daily labor work..
The houses across the Church of Kara
gomeroog were attacked and Misak, the
brother of Rev. khoren of Kadig Pasha
his (messk) mother-in-law and his wife
were cruelty butchered. The body of Mi
sak's pregnant wife was mutilated, and the
body of her child lay by her side The
fourteen-year-od daughter of Misak. seeing
the horrible end of her parents. had cried
that she was a Mohammedan, and had es
capped torture. She has been taken away
Many are of this class. All the Armenians
have great apprehension for their lives
Some say We will be killed tonight 9th
ers, Tomorrow
"In the Kassim Pasha quarter many
were taken unawares and killed while a
meal asleep. The weapons used by tht
Turks were stones and bludgeons Most o.
this havoc of Stamboul was wrought by
the Bashi-bazooks. those who are not ir
active military service. and the Tesshaneh
lees criminals who have been condemned
to hard labor in the imperial arsenaD."