Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-10
THE VICTIMS ARE MANY
seores Of People Killed and Wounded,
Among the Latter Being Several
cossacks, Gendarmes and Police
men - Soldiers Are Brutal and Pan.
Ic Prevails.

MOSCOW, Oct. 9.-Order was restored
here at z o'clock last night. 1t is
officially announced that among the
wounded are five cossacks, four
gendarmes and a number of police
men.
Tiflis, Oct. 9.-Several bombs were
thrown at cassacks on Sunday. The
troops fired on the mob and many
people were killed and wounded.
General panic prevails.
st. Petersburg, Oct. General
Trepoff was informed by telephone
from Moscow that no serious dis
orders occurred there last night. The
situation was slightly more reassur-
ing this morning. The strike is spread
Ing, however, and the authorities are
evidently very apprehensive. They
are hopeful however, that st. Peters
burg will not be affected.
Train Is DeraIled.
A serious development at Moscow
today was an attempt to interrupt
railroad communication. The rails
were tampered with a short distance
from Moscow causing the derailment
OF train, but there were no casualf-
ties.
Pitched Battle at Moscow.
MOSCOW, Oct. "a pitched battle
between crowds Of strikers and Cos
sacks took place shortly before noon
Sunday. The troops fired three volleys
at the stFilfsFsssaHd -the latter replied
with reviewers and stones.
1t is Impossible to estimate the num-
Der of casualties, for as soon as the
mob was dispersed the streets were
cordoned and the dead and wounded
removed and the gates closed It is
known that the number of victims is
large.
Brutality by Soldiers.
After the fighting was over men.
women and children were dragged in
to the projects court yard, the gates
to which were also closed. Thereupon
began what is known as giving a les
son in "intellectuals. Scores were
taken to long stable. Along the
sides were drawn up two lines of
picked troops, mostly Cossacks The
victims were made to run the gaunt-
let. There were fifty men on each
side, who brutally struck them with
WHIPS dllu Lu0 UUlL 6QOS OIL Tll0S.
The victims of this ferocious bru-
tality are forced to run the gauntlet
until they drop fainting or dead They
are then picked up and removed to
prison, the inf1rmary or the morgue
Such brutality it is impossible to par
allel in any civilized country. The un-
fortunate creatures are taken from the
street to this peculiar Russian form
of execution without the possibility of
offering any defense or hearing what
accusation is made against them.
cossacks Slain BY Bombs?
It is stated that the bomb that was
thrown at the game market yesterday
killed twelve Cossack patrols. 1t is
impossible to confirm the report, but
1t is certain that number of riderless
Cossack horses returned to the bar
racks after the collision with the
bomb.
1t is feared that employees to the
number Of 10000 in the great factories
may Join the demonstration The pop
ulace is exasperated to the, last de-
gree, less by the open street fighting
than by the action of the police.
The prefect has issued a proclama-
ton which places the police and
troops in absolute possession of more
rights than a civilized army would
employ against an enemy in time of
war In virtue Of the proclamation,
the police seize any person they
please. Any pretext is sufficient for
arrest.
The number of strikers here is in
creased by the bakers joining their
ranks. Bread is still procurable at
double price, but there will be none
tomorrow. No newspapers are printed
here and even ST. Petersburg papers
are scarce, striking printers having
Waylatd the supplies and torn them to
pieces at the railway station.