The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-24
TROOPS HELP THE
"POGROMSHIKS"
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his injuries. The peasants demanded
vengeance and employed the following
days. Saturday and Sunday. in inf1am-
in the anti-Semitie agitation, the
leaders being an officer, Penslxy, and
a rich merchant, Petrachenko.
Everybody knew that pogrom
would occur on Monday, and the Jews
appealed for protection to Chief of Po-
lice Ravsky, who summoned an In
! fantry regiment from its summer en-
campment. There were 1900 soldiers
In the town.
At luncheon hour on Monday the
anti-Semitic railway workmen to the
number of some hundreds began an
organized attack on the Jews in Ia
movkaya street, sacking them and de-
molishing or spelling the bulky arti-
cleS by soaking them with kerosene.
Police Chief Ravsky had placed po-
licemen and troops on the street, but
they acted as though they in
tended to protect the pogromshks
from interference. Jews whD tried
to cross the lines to rescue their CO.
religionists were dubbed by the SOL
diers with guns, bayoneted or arrest
ed.
Altogether nearly 400 houses and
shops were wholly or partly wrecked,
the windows smashed. the blinds and
frames being splintered and every
scrap of furniture and effects. ever the
samovars, sewing machines, mirrors
and lamps, destroyed or stolen. The
Jews who did not take refuse with
compassionate Christians or conceal
themselves In cellars were severely
beaten, and in many cases dangerously
wounded. Some young Jews, exas-
perated by the action of the police and
the troops, armed themselves with any
available weapons and tried to force
their way to the threatened houses.
One Jewess attempted to shoot a nom
commissioned officer and twenty-five
revolver shots were heard in the Vi
cinity of the bazar, but were appar-
emily fired in the air, as no one was
hurt.
The police then undertook to disarm
the Jews. Forty building laborers
collected in the busiest part of the
street and. stopped and beat every
passing Jew. This gang was encour-
Charnolonsky and Rural Police Com
mander Yelensky. The gang dubbed
Berg Kevesh to death in the presence
of these officers. After the victim had
been removed to a hospital the officers
continued an amicable conversation
with the murderers, none of whom
| was arrested. The Jews rallied in
Iorce IN konnaya square, at o'clock
In the afternoon, when the military
| fired on them, killing three and wound
! ing others. Presumably on the gov
| ernor's instructions, the military en-
ployed their firearms against the DO.
| gromshfks in the Caucasus" kilIine
| three
! Night put an end to the pogrom.
! -Four hundred peasants arrived in
Gomel early the following day, Tues
| day, but were easily driven away By
the military. A few houses were pill
| LACED that day. and two more on Wed.
nesday. after which no disorders oc-
CURED until Sept. Is. when a fruit
! gardener. Zvagelszy, was murdered by
| thieves. The other Jews killed were
Piatelsky, murdered by peasants il
the village of Verouino, five miles dis
tant, where he had taken refuge. will
his wife, who has become insane, and
in Gomelitzlf. Davidov, Leikin ant
! Elpern. dubbed to death by the mill.
tary or the mob, and Kagansky ant
| Oberman, shot and bayoneted. Sixty
four Jews were registered as wounded
and probably forty others were no
registered
The Christian dead numbered five
OF whom the troops shot three. Tel
Christians are recorded as wounded.