The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-06-26

WARSAW. June 2G-Thc proclams-
ton issued by the Social Democratic
party Of Poland aud flihuanla calling
out workmen as protest against the
LODI massacre declares that In order
70 show the solidarity ~ their broth.
rcn aud to protest against ''the new
and inccssant crimes Of tho empcror's
government all Warsaw must stop
work today. Tho proclamation orders
that not a single factory or workshop
shall be operated aud that offices.
shops. restaurants and coffee houses
must close. and oil traffic must cease.
IL says that the rod dag. the flag Of
tho worklngmen. must noat In the
streets OF Warsaw and calls upon all
workmen 90 help their brothers ar.
range a general strike.
Tho military is patrolllng all the
streets in tho factory and Jewish dis
tricts.
In the suburb Of Praga some work.
men shot aud wounded two policemen.
Since the arrival Of ro-onforcements
actual fighting ~ LODI has stopped
but the outbreak Is by no means
quelled, and fresh collisions are OK.
pected momentarily.
The city resembles a SHAMELESS. and
the terrible scenes Of the last three
days will never DO wiped from the
memory Of the Polish people. Alto
gether there are ten regiments en-
camped In LODI.
The fighting spirit NJ the people Is
fully aroused. They have tasted blood
and want more Certainly the revolu-
tIonary spirit Is abroad.
II is quite impossible to give the ex-
act number OF killed and of wounded.
as reports vary according 10 the quar-
ter from which they are obtained.
Certainly the killed will be over 100,
possibly 200. ana the wounded five
times as many. An official report says
that the number Of casualties was
largely increased 10y the neglect of per
sons TO remain indoors and who insist
ed ON looking out Of doors and win
dows when vOlleys were being fired by
soldiers on rioters. Residents of the
city say they received no orders TO re-
main indoors.
The present trouble began at LODI
last week after the funeral of the vic
tins of the conflict between troops and
Socialists the previous Sunday. The
Christians were permitted to bury their
dead, but the Jews were' prohibited
from doing so, and tie police secretly
Inferred the bodies of the Jews at
night. which excited indignation, and
SOCIALIST riots were initiated. The most
serious phase of 1t was when the crowd
deliberately pillaged liquor shops and
numbers of persons, inhamed by drink,
led q crowd of at least $4,000 to fur
Their and more serious attacks Police
and military were attacked wherever
they appeared in small force. and many
individual members were killed.
After pillaging liquor shops the
crowd set fire to them and prevented |
the firemen from putting out the blazes.
This was repeated deliberately at |
many places.
The fury of the mob found full vent, |
and even children. caught by the con-
taglon, were seen kissing red flags and |
heard swearing that they were ready |
to die for liberty. A Jewish girl mount |
ed box In the market square and adj
dressed an immense crowd.
Suddenly the police appeared and |
fired volley, and the girl fell dead. |
Market gardeners coming In were stop |
1ed. and their carts were used in build |
ng barricades. Wires were stretched |
II front of these barricades, and the |
'avalry was unable to charge. Mean
while the mob had secured arms. and |
'evolyers were f ecly used. Finally the
military secure the upper hand. but
ut without Considerable losses