Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1903-09-30
ANTI.SEMlTE RIOT AT G0MEL.
The Police aid rliIitrry Openly Sided
With the Murderers.

The Associated Press correspondent
has made m Investigation on the spot
of the "Pogrom." as the Russians de-
scribed the anti-Semite riots. which oc-
Cured here September IL. and were re-
newed for several days The riots were
smaller. but perhaps more remarkable
than those which took place at Kis-
ohincff. because the police and military
openly sided with the plunderers and
murdoreis, the "Posromshiks." as the
Russians called them. The troops. sup
ported Ivy many educated and well-to-
| do Christians. formed n movable
shield behind which the "PogromshilSs"
ruthlcssly demolished the jewish
homes and saops ana cruelty club0cd
| SrCh Jews rs fell into their hands.
/ lc!su'ciy proceeding from street to
street and district to district as they
did So
The commerce ard industry OF Go
| mel. which is cons dCrable. is largely
in the hands OF the jewish poui1tiun.
numbering eG.0GG Few uf tho reside p 10
are wealthy. hut none are paurers. The
! jewish artisans incline 20 socialism.
The trouble hCgon September II. a
|
John the Bap;ist in wranglc in tie
fruit and fish markets between Mouiiks
| trcasan:sl ana Jews. The wranglo end
ec III free iight in which many were
! wounded. one Moujik suCcurbing To
! his injuries
The Moujike demanded vengeance
and employed the ro.luwir. days IN in
flaming the anti-Scmite apitat'ons the
leaders being an officer named Pens y
and rich merchant named Petr1 che1i-
ko. Everybody knew tha, a "No-ron"
would occur on Monday ana the .lc'ri
appealed for protection to CHE Of
Police Ravasky. who summoned an II
fantry regiment from It's summer CT
c2Glpment. Thus there were lGoG sol
d'crS in the town. At luncheon hour
or Monday the anti-Scmit railway
workmca to the number of some hun
dreds began an organized aitrc, on the
Jewish houses in ScamOv ;aya street.
sacking them aad demoliSn;nS or SOIL
Ing the bulky articles by so1kiuc them
with kerosene. Police Chief RavGSEy
had placed police and troons on the
Zamovaya, but they aCtei rs though
they were intended to protect the
Pogromshiks' from interfere nee.
Jews who tried Ia cross their lines To
rescue their co-religionists were b-u-
tally cluhhcd with the soldiers guns.
bayonettcd or arrested. Meanwhile. re-
cruits 70: the "Pogromshiks" poured
steadily over the bridge leading froa,
the railway workshops hystanler
begged the commander to send troops
t. guard the exit from the bridge. TIE
officer replied threatening the man
with arrest. and saying: I'VE know
what we have to do"
The plunc":orS now proceeded from
street TO street. the t.oors and police
fo"owing them. ana cutting OF access
10 the devastated Jewish houses They
subsequently visited the jewish quar-
ter called "Amcrica." the Kcnnaya
square. the upper end Of Roum1nizou-
vSkaya street. the principal thorough-
fare Of the town, and the district cai!ed
"CaucaSius."
Altogether nearly 400 houses and
! srops were wholly or partially wreck
ed. the windows smashed the blinds
and frames being splintcrcd and every
scrap OF furniture anu effects. even the
Samovars. sewing machines. mirrors
| and lamps destroyed or stolen. The
Jews who did not take refuge with
! compassionate Christians or conceal
! themselves in cellars. were severely
! beaten and in many cases dangerously
! wounded. Some young Jews eNaSpcr-
afed by the action of the police an
troops armed thmeselveS with any
available weapons and tried to force
Their way to the threatened houses.