The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-29


eik" Ste"mer'-" were Pursued by Mos /
lem Fanatics and students in Boats. .
Tie Govcrp,rert Nav i,. oyort,,rrod.
CONsTANTtNOPLE, Aug 29.-When the /.
Armeniaus sail'l che Ottoman bank ON
"Wednesday last Mr.. Edgar Vincent and /
some OF the other directors escaped to the |
roof and when the troops arrived the /
latter fired haphaaarl at everybody ap-
IelrIng at the windows, thus several .
clerks who wore trying to- escape worc
killed Gni'n this hghting was proceed !
ing hundreds of ATur,ulmaus. armed with .
cudrulg and led ll~ She Softas. gathered in
groups Overvun the quarter and killed or
assaulted all the Arlnniuus they met
Tho scene resamblal tla riots of SBpten-
ber. l5.J
Several shops i'm the Galata were plum
deIed rnd panic sprond over the whole
city, especially In tho Perm quarter, whore
two bombs were Jlruyu into the midst of
q group ui.5Jldiors, several of whom were
wounded. Tho people generally were
afraid TO venture into the street, the of
tlcials Of the British postolllco were vir-
tually prisoners until night and the mail
was not dispatched. The British charge
d'affaires, Mr.. Michael Herbert, tole-
graphed to TewfX pasha, the Turkish
minister for foreign affairs, urging the
prompt restoration Of order
It also appears that whilo the Ottoman
bank was being attacked circulars were
being delivered at the ditferont embassies,
signed by the Armenian revolutionary
committee, declaring that they intended
to seize the bank and hold it for two days.
during which they wanted the powers to
actively intervene in tho settlement of the
Armenian question and adding that if tho
authorities tried to recapture tho bank
they would blow it up with all it's securi-
ties.
Mr.. Vincent went to the Yildiz kiosk
| Thursday to see the sultan and while he
was there a message was received from
| the reyOlutionists saying that they were
| willing to surrender on condition that
| they We're allowed to leave the country.
| Mr.. Vincent, accordingly, returned to the
! bank and parleyed with the leaders of the
| Armenians through the windows. The
| Amenians had revolvers in their hands
and told him they held two of the direc-
tors and number of employees of the
bank as hostages, and that they had
seized the bank in order to demonstrate,
not against the Turks nor the bank, but
against the powers which had abandoned
the Armenians, They added that they had
selected the Ottoman bank because it was
the most suitable place, and expressed
their willingness to surrender provided
they were allowed to retain their revol-
vers while yielding up the bombs in their
| possession and receiving safe conducts out
of the country. These terms We're agreed
| upon and the Armenians surrendered
and were conveyed on board Mr.. Vincent's
yacht Gulnare.
The Gulnare was guarded all night by
the British guardship lmogene and two
Turkish gunboats. Up to o'clock it was
still impossible to give the exact number
of victims of the rioting. In the street be-
tween Dolmabagtche and Tophanos it re-
sembled field Of battle Fifty bodies were
counted there
The houses of the Armenians in various
quarters have been pillaged, and Galata
and Pera arc occupied by the military.
Cavalry patrols are to be seen in all the
streets, the shopsare closed and few peo-
pie venture out OF their houses,
In addition there are rumors of disturb
ances at houmkapon. The Armenians
are greatly alarmed and the outbreak Of
the reyolutlonists is generally condemned
as criminal madness, Butt authorities
are censured for permitting the Mussul-
mans to Interfere and attack Innocent
persons, and the police and troops are
blamed for being passive onlookers at
these outrages. Today, however, several
groups of Turks were disarmed
LONDON, Aug. ga dispatch to The
Daily News from Constantinople says that
on Thursday it was estimated that from
5000 to 1000 persons had been killed in
the riots in the different portions of the
city. All Europeans on route for this city
troops occupying the public places, the
wharves and bridges L he whole thing
could be stopped in an hour If the govern
| ment desired, but the members of the mob