Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-18
FIGHT RACED FOR SIX HOURS.
Turks Lost Two Hundred and Ten
Killed and Wounded, But That of
Insurgents is Not Given.
THE PEOPLE OF CONSThNTIN0PLE
Kept in Profound Ignorance of Naval
Demonstration by Russia, Whose
Squadron viii Arrive Today

Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug, lS.-A fierce bat
tie is reported. to have occurred In the
neighborhood Of Monastir, Three
Turkish battalions attacked 1000 IN
surgents and after the fight had ragged
for six hours the Turks were repulsed
with the loss of 30 killed and wound
cd. The insurgeut loss is not given
EXPECTING RUSSIAN FLEET
Constantnople. Aug lS,-The Rus
sian squadron Of warshlps which left
sebastopol yesterday Is expected to ar
rive of the Turkish coast this after
noon. to support the demands made on
Turkey by Russia, In connection win
the assassination Aug Z Of NJ, Rost-
kovoski the Russian consul at Monas-
tir. The fact that Russia Is about to
make a naval demonstration N Turk
ish waters has been kept n profound
secret here. the public being entirely
ignorant OF the Russian movement
The notification received lIere OF the
sailing Of the squadron VAS an UNI
welcome surprise to the Turkish gov
eminent witch had pretended to be-
lIeVe that the RostkovOski incident had
been closed with the punishment of the
guilty parties
FIGHTING CONTINUES.
The most recent advices received here
from Monas,ir were forwarded sunday
night and announced that the lighting
between the insurgents and Turkish
troops In the vicinity Of krusheyo con-
timed, and that many refugees from
neighborin. villages had congregated
at Monastir Several villages inhabited
by Greeks 1t was added. had been set
on fire by the Insurgents.
According to adyices received at one
OF the foreign embassies at Constants
NOBLE no less than 500 Mussulmans have
been massacrel throughout the dis
trict Of Monashr nv insurgents, whose
movements continue 70 gain ground,
Enmcr Rushdi Pasha. who Is nOminally
IN command Of the Turkish troops oper-
ating IN the Monastr district. is sen-
ously hampercd m his efforts to sup
press the resurrection by the fact that
the instructions he receives from here
are constantly changing, and that when
a movement IS undertaken a counter
order from the palace alters the whole
situation The Turkish commissariat
department Is I'm MIetched condition.
The troops at MOnastir, for instance,
have not been served with rations of
meat Tor six weeks
INSURGENTS ACTIVE.
The msurgent bands in the villyet
OF Adrianopole are also active. one
band recently captured a detachment OF
90 Turkish soldiers near HaskUi, close
10 the bulgarian frontier
Twenty fonr hattali0ns of reserves in
the Wldyct Of Anatolia have been sum-
noned 10 the colors,
The repeated attacks made by The
Insurgents on the railroads and the IN
adequate protection afforded b. the
Turkish authorities have compelled the
i0ilroal officials to orGer, in spite Of
the protests Of the military command
ers. suspension of traffic on the Sa-
lCnica, Mouastr and Uskub lines.
Dispatches received here from Bel
grade. scryla, say that the TurlJsl,
minister there mas secured the detention
"a . fhAHAAN VI az il0 hAiN NAlAlAANiNiAiNi
destined for Bulgaria The forWardeI
Of the war munitions was sentenced "a
pay q fine OF $4,000 for the Illegal eX.
portation OF munitions of war.
KILLED THE CHRISTIANS.
Sofa, Aug. lS-Reports received here
from Constantinople and believed 20 b,
authentic confirm the previous state
ments TO the effect thai .rhen the Turks
re-captured Krushevo they slaughtered
the entire Christian population without
exception and It is pointed out thai
among those killed were the employees o.
the government tobacco establishments
which were under European control, a,
the proceeds from these establishment,
were assigned TO the service OF IN,
Turkish debt.
A SUGGESTION FROM VIENNA.
Vienna, Aug. lS-A curious sugges
tlon has been made in some politica
circles to the effect that the Russian
squadron bound for Turkish waters Il
not Intended so much as a menace I,
Turkey as TO protect the sultan in IN,
event of n serious outbreak at the VII
diz palace resulting from the dissatis
faction OF the Albanians and Of the
Arabian-syrian clique.