River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-04-06
WARSAW POLICE
FIRE into CROWD
a SOCIALIST DEMONSTRATION rs
BROKEN UP.
BLOODY RIOT IN THE STREET
Four Men Are Killed and Forty
Others Wounded-Bomb Thrown
at LODI Tears Off Feet of
Police Chief.


Warsaw, April "a serious conflict
occurred at 1880 o'clock Sunday even
ing in DZika street, where Jewish
socialist society, known as the Bund,
had organized a demonstration. The
police which came to dispense the
gathering fired into the crowd, killing
four persons and wounding 40 others.
The trouble began when, under the
preteXt OF holding a memorial meeting
for late Jewish socialist leader, a
| crowd of over 1000, mostly Jews,
carrying red flags, marched into
Dzika street and was met by mixed
police and military patrol of 20 men.
The police declare the socialists fired
revolvers at them, the leaders melting
the mob to attack the patrol, which
thereupOn fired several volleys into
the crowd. Four men were killed and
40 wounded. The crowd removed all
but nine of the wounded, two OF whom
were women. These were taken to the
hospital 1t is expected that two or
more of the wounded will die. The
dead and wounded were all Jews. The
police made many arrests. Other dis
turbances are reported to have oc-
Cured. The streets had been pa
trolled throughout the day, the au-
thorities having anticipated trouble.
Uneasiness in Warsaw.
Conditions here are causing much
uneasiness and nervousness. Hand
printed proclamations have been found
in the streets, warning the public
against walking near government
buildings and other places, as bombs
would be thrown in these quarters.
| Several parents whose children are at
tending school in defiance of the
school strike have been warned by
| letter to withdraw their children, as
the school buildings would be
blown up. Representatives of the
party of violence Git is not
| quite clear whether they are
revolutionaries or socialists) are Wis
iting private persons and levying con-
| tributionS for ammunition" They
| produce lists of names with the
amounts to be collected from each and
require the contributor to sign his
name opposite these assessments,
which range from $3.50 to $50.
Injured by a Bomb.
LODI, Russian Poland, April g.
Police Commissioner Szabalovicz of
the Second district, was seriously in
jured Saturday by bomb which was
| ~, L, 4lo
The police commissioner had been
summoned by telephone to come to
the Office of the chief of police and
started on foot followed by a police
man. The former noticed at the cor
ner of KonstantinoWsk and ZawarsLi
streets a poorly-clad man carrying a
basket AS Szabalovicz approached
the man suddenly hurled bomb
which exploded with terrific force,
blowing off the commissioner feet
and severely wounding MIN in the
breast. 1t is feared his injuries will
prove fatal
The force OF the explosion is judg-
able by the fact that it tore hole in
| the ground two feet deep and II feet
in circumference. The accompanying
policeman drew his sword and wound
er the commissioner assailant on the
head When the prisoner was searched
a loaded revolver and some cartridges
were found in his pockets. He is re-
ported to be dying from the sword
cuts received. The explosion was
heard about five miles away. ALI the
windows in the neighborhood were
shattered. People in adjoining houses
were thrown to the floor. Szabalovicz
is hated by the socialists. He is
charged with killing socialist during
the disturbances here in December last.
Eleven Killed in Fighting.
Berlin, April 3.-The Lokal Anzeiger
says that serious fighting occurred be-
tween troops and workers at Kutno,
in Poland. Eight men and three wom-
en- were killed and several persons
wounded.
Mobs Destroy Property.
st. Petersburg, April 3.-The latest
outbreak of peasant disorders is in the
Werra district of Lithuania. Regular
mobs of peasants are marching through
the country, pillaging estates and de-
molishing the houses of the land own
ers. One proprietor was shot. The
peasants entered Vera, wrecked the
vodka shops, became drunk and ter
rorized the Inhabitants. The police
were powerless and troops were called
for. The telegraph and telephone wires
are cut and communication with the
outside world is severed.