The Cairo bulletin., 1905-06-25
Bomb Kills Soldiers.

Today at Baluty, a suburb of Lodz
four Coesacks were killed and sixteen
others woundeI by hemb thrown In
to their barracks. Twenty-three OF
their horses wero killed
Occasional vnlleys are still fired BY
the police or gendarnes iii response
TO shots from houses.
The soldiers are showing what APP
pears to be wanton cruelty This af-
tern on they shot and k He'd two wo
men, mother and daughter. The fu-
nerals OF the victims of the shooting
of Thursday and Friday took place to-
day snrreptitiously III various outlay
ing villages. II Is quite impossible To
give the exact Number of killed and
wounded as reports vary acc riding to
the quarter from which they are OBJ
tanned, Certainly, the killed number
more than hundred, possibly two
hundred, and the wounded five times
aa many. An official report says the
number Of casualties was largely in.
creased by the neglect Of persons to
remain indoors and by others insist
Ing on lsoking out of doors and win,
dows when yolleys were being fired
upon the rioters bv1the soldiers.
Trouble Started Tuesday.
The present trouble began at Lodz
lat Sunday Christians were permit
ted 10 bury their dead, but The Jews
We're prohibited from doing so and the
police secretly inferred the bodies Of
jews at night. which excited indignai
tion and terrorIsts riots were initiated
Thursday The most serious phase of
the rioting developed when the crowd
deliberately pillaged liquor shops and
numbers Of persons inflamed by drink,
led crowd of at least fifty thousand
to further and more serious attacks.
The police and military were attacked
wherever they appeared in small
force and many individual members
were killed.
After pllaging the liquor shops the
crowd set fire to them and prevented
the firemen from extinguishing the
blazes. This was repeated deliberate
ly at many places.
Soldiers Killed Women.
Friday the fury Of the mob folnt
full vent, and even children. caught BY
the contagion, were seen kissing red
flags and heard swearing that they
were ready to die for liberty. Jew
ish girl mounted box in the marke
square and addressed an immense
crowd. Suddenly the police appeared
fired volley and the girl fell dead
Market gardeners coming in wer,
stopped and their carts used in build
ing barrlcades. Wires were stretche,
In front Of these barlicades and tn
cavalry was unable TO charge Near
while the mob had secured arms ant
revolvers were freely used Finally
the military secured the upper hand
but not without considerable losses Il
themselves and fearful slaughter Il
the rioters.
Streets Looked Like Battlefield.
The soldiers exhibited the utmos
carelessness whether they kile
peaceful persons Or rioters, and as
consequence many women and Chi
drcn We're among the dead. The street
ON Friday rescmbled battlefielt
Houses were barricaded with board
and mattresses and for hours yolley
ond individual firing were heard
every quarter Of the city. Until lat
AZ night Cossacks were busy collec
ing the bodies Of the dead and pickin
up perfons seriously wounded. III
bodies were carried off In carts
neighboring church yards. hence u
impossibilty of giving an accurate d
timare Of the dead until order Is cor
pletcly restored II, indeed. the III
story IA ever told
Terrsrlsts are energetically fomer
INK agitation among the soldiers
distributing revolutionary proclaim
n tiong and pamphlets. biit their effor
4 are without effect.