New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-25
SCENES IN MON4STTR.
a Horrible Situation Outlined by
Special Correspondent.
Nonastir. NaN


81 when visited him yesterday. newspaper
correspondent appearing on the scene just at the
moment when his MussulTnan population nao
required to their oldtime holiday pastnle' '"N
siaughtering % Christians vas not "ei0oi'e
guest He vss reluctant 10 give me AIRY news.
remarking that all was serene but after nad
sad that ] had heard horrible tales and had
repeated some # them. ne thought 1t eesf 80
give me the version of tn affairs of the ias'
few days which he had beer attempting 10 IN
duce the oonsuls here 20 believe. He SAID that
,he outbreak on st. Georges Day, May H. was
begun by members of the committee shooting at
soldiers and that the troops had replied aho
killed eleven. When 1 pressed for information
on some points the Vail lost his temper. ana
the draEornan Of the Austrian Consul Wh" was
acting for American interests. and had accom-
panied me on this visit. whispered 10 me 'hA'
# would be better TO cut my interview short
7 have managed to-day TO investigate in de
tail the story of the whole trouble on the eroutiu
Acting upon runorS received the Vail sent OUT
word 10 his troops-and the news spread 10 the
hashibazouks-that the Bulgarian hands Fou'o
attempt the same work here on St George
Day which had been done in Salo1'iea last week
All the MussuInlan population prepared for that
day and ceased from WORK Of course s"iile-
thing had to happen. In the morning q Bulgarian
rnilknan not knowing the mood in which the
Mucsulrnans were. dema nded of one Of his TURK
ish Clients payment due for many MORNINGS
milk The Turk told him to go about his business
The rniIkrnan insisted upon having payment, and
several Turks Joined the delinquent debtor, aho
began beating the milknlan and upsetung
the cans slung the sides of his donkey
Zaptjes. running up, arrested the Bulgarian eEd
beat him into jail. About noon 4 similar row
toof place in front Of coffee house kept by
rS,,r-- arhap hrIt-P
egg trader. seventy years old. and the Turk the
proprietor of the rendezvous for coffee drinkers
The Turk drew his revolver and shot the Bull
sarian down. All the inhabitants then broke
forth and started down to the bazaars. or mar
ket places beating and shooting Christians
AS they proceeded the crowd grew The VAN
got word of what going on, and sent all the
reserve force in the barracks here to head OH
the mob. The soldiers in the main body did not
themselves shoot any Christians. but the local
zapttes in many places aided the bashbazouks-
Not e hundred yards from the Valfs place one
xari5e shot three mea whom he took for Chris
uans. as he stood at his post Two were Greeks
and one Turk This was the only Turk killed
When the mob got down into the Hebrew
quarter the Jews IN order to be the side or
the strong for their protection, Joined forces
with the bashibazouks In q cowardly way they
caught ali the children and old people whom
they could find, beat them and threw stones at
them. One Christian boy. fifteen years old, was
knocked senseless and two or three assailants
raised q large stone and dropped il on his head,
crushing in his skull. II is related that equally
vicious creatures In Salonica, when the Turks
returned victorious from the Greek war. were
anxious TO gain favor with the ruling class. and
picked up chairs, broke pieces Of timber off OF
houses and set upon the handcuffe| prisoners
a. they passed through the streets Yesterday
il small fights eight Christians were killed: TO-
DAY four have gone down. Many more are
dying from the effects of beatings and showers of
stones. The coffee house proprietor who pre-
cipitated the riot is still free, although the Vail
has promised consul who protested to-day that
nc would be arrested One of the consuls went to
the Wall yesterday dnd told him that the Turkish
population must be disaTrned. The Vail. so the
consul says told him that only few had arms
sorne hot contradictions passed, and the consul
threatened to take his kavasses and armed
Mrssulmans and bring them into the Wallis
presence. The Vail promised action, and has
taken IT Last night he sert out word that any
Mussulrnan as well as Christian. who showed
his face out Of doors after dark would be shot
II is customary among Turks here TO lei on a
CUR as a fire alarm signal The Vail heard
r1r1aor that fire would be started, and that
shooting would be opened. all basfibaZouks run
ming through the streets. ostensihly to put out
the flames. as is their custom. He gave warn
ing that they would be fired upon. even in those
circumstances Last night. consequently vas
peaceful To-day many arrests have been made
the streets and several hundred Mrssulmans
stripped Of weapons and turned loose
Searches for dynamite in Bulgarian homes SO
far have been unsuccessful Committee mem
hers apparently are not in town Nearly all
Bulgarians are 81 work in small villages near
here On receiving the first runaor of an i'm
pending outbreak. which was alleged 70 BE- timed
eo- ST. Georges Day, the Vail dispatched large
forces TO each of the Bulgarian villages round
about 70 intercept bands coming in and to pre-
vent any uprising in aid Of the Monastir Bull
earisns- At Zapari about fifteen kilometres
from Monastir troops ran I'D against the vii
Layers met by than The precise details
cannot be got because the Bulgarians from the
village are kept confined sn1 al intercourse with
them is forbidden. Word three Mus
sulrrau villages near by and hsshins zouks came
eocking IN 10 the aid Of The soldiers There vas
no hand in the town. and few IF the peasants
were armed Two Turks acre killed. however
and the village, with population Of several
hundrede Vlped OUT Half the people IF
the place fed the rlountai Il. eeventv-4iy-n
r-en were taken prisoners and brought into
Monastir, and many we're Killed II c7nnct 10
esoertained whether there vas the usual bar
bsrous treatment Of women ~ Dasnitazouks
The Vail denies 81 and SAYS that the provooa-
ton for the disturbance vas The driving cut Of
band; but this is hardly likely. as only two
Turks were killed The bashibazouks ransacked
rhe town after the departure Of the inhabitants
Not one Of the miserable possessions vas left
for the refugees. II they should see n 70 return
In the town Of Flortna there We're sixteen com
mltta5ee : few DAYS ago. Word Of this came