Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-10
RIOTS IN BOMBAY.
Several Persons Reported to Have
Been Killed. .Hindoas and Mohame.
dams Against Europeans.

London. March Especial dis
patches from Bombay say the riot
broke out at noon among the low caste
Hindoos and Mohammedans against
the Europeans. 1t had its origin in an
attack upon a plague search party
Two soldiers, as these dispatches were
sent, had already been killed and the
police also fired on the mob, killing
six persons and wounding many 9TH
ers
Other special dispatches from Bonn
bay say that plague inspector and
three men of the Shropshire regiment
were stoned TO death.
A still later dispatch from Bombay
says the mob attacked the hospital,
burned the Offices and stores and saw
agely assaulted the doctors, killing one
OF them Detachments OF the police
OF the Shropshire regiment ana of ar
tillery were hurried to the scene, a
volley was fired into the mob and sew
en- persons were killed. Before this,
the dispatch adds, two soldiers OF the
Shropshire regiment and one artillery
man were stoned to death. The rot
is described as causing tremendous
sensation. All the available troops
and artillery have been called out
and business is suspended.
Later-The trouble arose through
a plague party inquiring into the cause
of the sickness of a Mohammedan wo-
man An enormous crowd of Castemen
gathered and stoned ana nobbed the
party, which retired for an escort of
armed police and then returned and
re-demanded the surrender of the pa
tient, which was refused. A Parsee
magistrate, who eXhorted thesp opulace
not to resist the police, was himself
struck, whereupon he ordered the po-
lice to charge They did so and four
Mohammedans were killed and several
were wounded.
The disturbance spread with alarm
ing rapidity until the whole quarter
around the Bhendi Bazaar presented a
spectacle similar to that of the riots
OF 1898 The Mohammedans who We're
Joined by the Hindoos, assaulted every
European, or Eurasian they met, and
a hysterical mob attacked the Euro
pean dwellings in the suburb or By
caulla. The residents barricaded
themselves in their houses and fired
blank cartridges from their windows,
which drove the rioters off.
In the meantime troops were hur-
ried to the scene and a battery of ar
tillery is now patrolling the Bhendi
Bazaar.
The outbreak was specially directed
against Christians. 1t is reported that
two European soldiers were nearly
killed, but it is difficult, owing to the
excitement, TO obtain correct details.
Bombay March 9.-The excitement
has partially subsidized this evening,
but the situation is still regarded as
serious. Cavalry has been ordered
from Poonah to assist in patrolling the
streets and the volunteers have been
called out. The city is in the hands
of the military.
The two members of the Shropshire
regiment who We're killed were walk
ink unarmed. The mob battered in
their skulls.
Many European officers and many
policemen were severely handled and
seriously injured. In several instances
Europeans who We're traversng the
native section of the town alone were
beaten or stabbed. Some were dan
gerously injured.
In various parts of the city plague
ambulances were seized and burned.
Attempts were made to burn the hos
pitfalls.