Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24
BLOOOSHEO|N IN POLAND
Estimated as High as 1000
Killed and Wounded
AT LODI YESTERDAY
RIoTING SURPASSED ALL THE
HORRORS OF RED SUNDAY.
Trouble Started by Socialists and Jews
to Avenge Deaths of Com
rades Wednesday.
AT LODI YESTERDAY

LODI, Russian Poland, June 24.-Yester-
DAY, Black Friday in Lodz, surpassed all
the horrors of Red Sunday" in St Peters,
burg. While 1t is not yet possible to ascer-
tain the exact number of victims estimates
place the killed and wounded as high as
2,C00.
There was renewal of the hoodshed this
morning. regiment of dragons and one
of infantry have been ordered here from
Warsaw
The troubles here were initiated nv tbe
social democrats and Jewish bund. who de-
termined to avenge their comrades killed in
the rioting Wednesday,
Thursday the feast of Corpns Christi
passed off quietly, but during the night
workmen attacked the patrols In this fight
ing two officers and seven Cossacks were
Killed One of the latter was shot by n girl
OF thirteen years.
A Day of Terror.
At dawn Friday commenced A day of for
icr- Inc city was given up to bloodshed
Anarchy and fierce street fighting prevailed
all day Barricades were hurriedlv con-
structed in the Jewish quarter at dawn
Men climbed to the roofs of houses. cutting
telephone and telegraph wires to use for on
Engagements in the streets while others cu+
Gown telegraph poles and used them in
strengthening the barricades which already
had peen constructed and in building others.
Early in the day two bombs were thrown
from The crowd into the barracks killing
or wounding twenty soldierx This started
| the shedding of blood, whicI continued until
after nghtfall
At II o'clock all the factory hands strDck
! and f1ocked into the streets Cossacks.
| dragons and infantry charged the dense
surglng mobs time after time, firing volley
| after Volley into the serried masses The
rioters later replied with revolvers while
| their comrades on roofs and in windows
| Joined in the fusillade. Some da ashed vitriol
| from points of vantage upon the troopers
in the streets below
| The burning fluid drove Its victims into a
| frenzy and led to scenes of terrible
| character.
| Fought All Day.
Fighting continued throughout the day
and only diminished in its intensity at
| nightfall when the city was plunged into
| utter darkness, as practically ali the street
lamps had been destroyed. Even then oc-
casional volleys and isolated rifle shots were
heard in different quarters the troops hav-
! ing received orders to shoot any person ap-
pearing in the streets.
The dead were carted off to the ceme-
teries in military wagons, the troops acting
| as undertakers, but this morning many
dead and wounded were still lying in the
streets and courtyards.
| Terrible indeed is the plight of the
wounded, for medical aid is unobtanable
and many are dying for the lack thereof.
The streets are heavily patrolled by Cos
sacks and infantry
A workman was murdered in the streets
| during the night for refusing TO strike
Casualties Appalling.
The casualties up to noon today add
eighteen killed or wounded to yesterday S
! appalling total. So far as ascertainable
| thirteen persons were killed outright durin 6
| the fighting of Friday and forty-one more
| died in the hospitals during the night. OF
| the wounded, 32O sustained only slight in
juries, which were attended on the spot
by the ambulance surgeons.
All the hospitals of the city are filled to
| overflowing, and owing to the insufficiency
! of beds a number of persons are lying on
| the floors. All the shops. stores and fac
! tories are closed and business is at a COM
| plete deadlock.
| The rioters this morning attempted to
| set fire to the government offices, but were
| scattered by strong force of troops.
Bomb Thrower Sentenced
| WARSAW, Russian Poland, June pa
| Stephen Okrjeia the locksmith who threw
| the bomb into the Praga police station
March 26, injuring six policemen, has been
sentenced to death. The workmen threaten
general strike a consequence and fur
! ther serious disorder is anticipated