The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-26
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REVOLUTIONISTS GIVE BATTLE TO
TRUKISH SOLDIERS.
AN APPEAL TO RUSSIA
WILL BE MADE BY MACEDONIAN
FUGITIVES IN BULGARIA..

KrushevO "A Heap of Ruins-TOwn
Rendered UninhabitabIe by Num-
Der of Unburied COrpses-In-
surgents Killed Ten Christians
Relieving Them InfOrmers-Turks,
Before BOmbardment, Asked That
Women and Children Leave Town
but Insurgents Refused the Re-
quest.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. 25.-A revolu-
tionary band has appeared at the viii
lage of Tcherkeskoi, between Adriano-
pie and Constantinople, within six
hours of the Sultan's capital. The in
surgents and Turks fought, and after
wards the Circassian inhabitants OF
the place pillaged and destroyed three
Bulgarian villages in the neighborhood,
killing all the men, women and chill
dren, except a few, who escaped to
the mountains.
The Macedonian fugitives in Bulgaria
are preparing to send a deputation to
st. Petersburg to inform the Gar of
the pitiable condition Of Macedonia,
and to beg for his intervention. The
Bulgarian Archbishop of Varna has
promised to head the deputation, which
is now awaiting the permission of the
Holy Synod to enter Russia, such per-
mission being necessary when a for
eign prelate desires to visit the Rus
sian empire.
KruRheVO in Rufna
Monastir, European Turkey. Aug.
24.-The once beautiful city of Krus-
hevo is a heap of ruins. The women
and children are homeless, exposed to
the weather, and famine. The town is
rendered uninhabitable by the odor
of corpses, which are being gnawed by
dogs and pigs, the Turkish authorities
refusing to allow them to be rescued
under the pretext, that an inquest will
be held.
On Aug. 2, the day of the Bulgarian
attack on Krushevo a band of 800
insurgents, headed by Petroff, enter
ed the town, discharging their rifles.
The terrified inhabitants remained in
doors. The band first burned the resi-
dence of the Mudir and massacred the
garrison of Turkish soldiers and the
Ol1lCldlS u Tile lONIl, Dul the lIlNdQGTS
spared the Turkish harems.
Compelled Contributions.
On the following morning the Kom-
itajis established a provisional govern
ment and established police and mu-
nicipality. They killed ten Christians
who they believed had betrayed the
plans of the committee. The notables
of the town were compelled to con-
tribute $4,000 to the revolutionary
fund.
The Turks, informed Of the capture
of the town, sent from Perlepe three
squadrons of cavalry which were at
tackled en- route and compelled to re-
tire with a loss Of 100 killed.
On Aug. Ii the Turks concentrated
seven battalions and one battery on
Krushevo. They made an offer to the
Komitajis to allow the women and
children to leave the town. This pro-
posal was declined and the lombard
ment began. The Komitajis quickly
abandoned the town and escaped to
the neghboring forest where pursuit
was impossible.
The Turks entered the town and
guided by Turkish villagers from the
neighborhood, attacked the houses of
the Greek notables and ordered the in
mates to be searched and stripped.
They seized the money and Jewels
and ravished the women, those who re-
sisted being Immediately killed. A
Greek priest, who sought to protect his
daughter, was killed. The girls ear
rings were torn out and her hand was
chopped off to secure a bracelet.
When the houses had been pillaged
the Turkish peasants loaded their
horses with whatever the soldiers left
and the residences were burned. The
sack of Krushevo lasted three days,
during which time the women and chill
dren remained without food and shell
ter, and at the mercy of the soldiers and
the Bashi- Bazouks.