Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-09-02
BLOODY RIOT.
A Large Body Of Men. Armed With Re-
volvers, Invade the Ottoman Bank,
Killing "a Number of Gendarmcs ON Guard
The Riot became GENERAL shops
Sacked and Bszars snvadcd-Sev-
eral People Killed and Wounded.

CoNsrANTINOPLE, Aug. 2s - Mods
were in possession of a large part OF
Constantinople Wednesday night
Early in the afternoon body OF men,
armed with revolvers and bombs, in
vaded the Ottoman bank, killing
number of gcndarmes on guard The
employees of the bank fled to the quar-
tiers occupied by the tobacco syndi-
cate. which has control ~ the collec-
ton of the taxes on tobacco through.
out the empire.
The invaders mounted the roof of the
building, and from the open windows
fired at the police in the street below.
The police returned the fusillade and
several persons were killed and wound
ed. Then the riot became general
Shops were ransacked and baZars in
vaded and the widest excitement pre-
vailed throughout certain quarters of
Constantinople.
later report says that there is no
doubt the movement was revolutionary
in plan and scope; that it had its
origin ut secret meetings of Armenians.
About 80 of the rioters were still in
possession of the Ottaman bank at q
late hour Wednesday evening, despite
all the efforts of the government forces
TO remove them.
Riots continue and the mobs are con-
stantly increasing in the Galata quar-
ter.
a bomb exploded in Constantinople.
near the Galata cereal (guardhousc).
Many soldiers were killed and wound
ed.
Her majesty's ship Dryad at once left
Therapia. where she was anchored.
and proceeded to this city. 1t is also
expected that the French and Italian
guardships will reach Constantinople
early in the morning
PARIS, Aug. 2s-The directors of the
Ottoman bank, in Galata. the business
center of Constantinople, have wired
the manager of the banks Paris office
that the disturbances which occurred
the-e Wednesday evening. when the
bank was attacked and seized by an
armed band of rioters. are ended, and
that everything is well with the bank
and quiet in the city, thanks to the en-
ergetic intervention of the sultan.
CoNsrANTINoPLE, Aug. 2S.-Riotinp
of desultory character was renewed
in the city Thursday morning. but was
soon speedily suppressed by the police.
Nothing was taken by the rioters from
the banks which they attacked Wed.
nesday.
The party of men who, Wednesday,
forced their way into the Ottoman
bank, killing the gendarmes who were
on guard at the entrance to the build
ing, surrendered Thursday morning,
and were arrested and lodged in prison.
No Europeans were injured during the
firing which took place between the
scizers of the bank and the police. or
in the outbreaks which occurred in
various parts of Galetea
BERLIN, Aug 2S.-The Vossische Zei-
lungs correspondent in Constantino-
pie represents the outbreak Wednes-
day afternoon as general massacre,
and says many hundreds of corpseS are
lying in the streets, and Turkish
mob attacked the houses of Armenian
inhabitants. The Porte's official ac.
count of the affair alleges that
after the capture of the Ottoman bank.
the Armenians showered BON lbs
into the streets from roofs
and windows of the bank
and other buildings, killing a
great many passers-by. Among the
persons who were thus killed were
-four ladies.