The Irish standard., 1905-02-04
BLOOD FLOWS IN WARSAW
SERIOUS CLASHES BETWEEN MOB
AND TROOPS.
MANY Innocent Persons Slain-Killed
Number 16O-Quiet in Moscow
and st. Petersburg.

mum per lOO-au1eC IN moscow
and st. Petersburg.
London, Jan. 31--While there seems
to have been a complete restoration OF
order in st. Petersburg and Moscow, con-
ditions at Warsaw continue to go from
bad to worse. Estimates of the killed
and wounded in consequence Of collis-
ions between mobs and soldiers place
the number at 100. The bakers being on
strike. bread is at famine prices in War
saw, and attempts to break into stores
there have caused numerous collisions
with the military.
The correspondent at Warsaw of the
Daily Mail says: "A mob of desperate
and hungry women tried to thrust SOL
diers' bayonets aside to get at bakery.
The guard proved good-natured and
avo.,.ed hurting the women. am ac-
customed to the sight Of misery, but the
haggard. starving Indebtedness of these
women will haunt me to my dying Gay.
There have been frequent collisions
between the people and soldiers. Revo-
lutionists attacked the troops with re-
volvers and knives. The principal dis
turbances ON Monday occurred in Novis-
Wat street, a leading business thorough
fare. AT IL o'clock Sunday night regi-
ment OF infantry marched to this thor
oughfare from Smolna street, when
somebody fired on them, whereupon the
troops were ordered to form square
and fire from four sides.
ANY criticism OF the troops must be
qualified by the fact that they are fight
ing under trying conditions. being con-
stantly exposed to snipers and OCCASION
ally stabbed by passers-by. Generally
the troops are we'll behaved, but some
times there are excuses by individual
soldiers who have become intoxicated.
One such soldier killed two children
before his comrades were able to disarm
him. There have been many sad cases
of wholly innocent people shot accident
ally as they turned street corners
London, Jan. 30.-The correspondent
at Warsaw of the Daily Mail tele-
graphs as follows: "a group of Hus-
sars ran down British Vice Consul
Muoukain Saturday night in Marshal
Kovtki street. Two Hussars rushed at
him with their swords, inflicting severe
cuts across his face and lower lip Drip
ping with blood Muoukain was conveyed
to the hospital where he is now doing
WE'LL British Consul General Murray
had narrow escape from being similar
ly run down in Wierzbova street 1t ap-
pears that the incidents were due to
company of Hussars getting drunk and
running amuck. Intermittent firing
proceeded all day. Hundreds of shops
were wrecked and several stores were
burned. Probably few score were
killed"
London, Feb 1.-There has been q
partial suppression of disorder in War
saw. and traffic has been restored so far
as to permit of the arrival of some sup
plies of food. Murderous attacks on in
dividual soldiers, however, are report
ed to be more frequent. In other indus
trial centers. including Moscow and st.
Petersburg the strike is practically at
an end
Grand Duke Vladimir, in the course of
an Interview. intimated that the people
OF Rnssla would soon be given a meas
ure of representative government, al
though he declared that anything like
general suffrage was not to be consid-
cred. The committee of ministers dis
cussing the proposed reforms has pub
llshed q report with the purpose of
showing the people that the plans out
lined In the imperial decree of December
hal af,,11 u
An unconfirmed report is in circula-
ton that it has been officially ascer-
tained that the discharge of crane from
saluting gun during the ceremony of
the blessing of the waters on January
10, and which imperiled the lives of the
emperor and members of his family,
was deliberate act of the terrorists.
their tool being private soldier of the
saluting battery.
st. Petersburg. Feb. IAN official
statement issued Tuesday gives the cas-
ualties in the collision between strikers
and troops on January % as &c Killed and
80" wounded. OF the latter, 20 have died.
The report that Maxim Gorky NAV
be hanged for high treason is without
the slightest foundation. Even his
friends declare the rumor absurd. The
expectation is that he will be released
In few weeks.
Moscow. Jan. ?0.-The strike is con,
sfdered to be practically over A biz.
card has rendered excellent service ia
the authorities in keeping the people
indoors. and there was not the slioht-
est disorder Sunday on the part Of the
strikers The authorities, however.
have taken exceptional precautions to
;void the assemblage of crowds. Zen
the Sunday markets were closed.
Strong pickets were posted all over
the city. inside the factories and out
side. There are about 100000 troops
in the city.
Riga. Russia Jan. %. -Twentv-nine
men and two women were killed and
81 civilians and eight soldiers were
wounded by revolver shots during
Thursdays rioting. according to the re-
turns made by the hospitals. At the re-
quest of the workmen of Riga the thea
tiers of this city have been closed.