Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-06-27
1900 KILLED and
WOUNDED IN RIOT
Terrible Conflict Between Sol
di<s and WOrkmsn.
STREETS FLOODED WITH BLOOD

ledz. Russian Poland. is scene q One
Of the Most Horrible Riots In the
Worlds History, Red sunday" ss.
Ing ovtdonS.
LODI, Russian Poland. June 2s-Yes-
terdsy, Black Friday. In LodE, sur
psased all the horrors of Red Sun
day" in ST. Petersburg. While It Is
not yet possible TO ascertaiRSthe ex'
net number OF the victims. estimates
place the killed and wounded as high
as 1000
The troubles here were initiated by
the social Democrats and Jewisn
bands, who determined to ayenge their
comrades killed in the rioting ON last
"Wednesday.
Thursday the feast OF Corpus Christi
passed on quietly, but during the night
workmen attacked the patrols. In this
fighting two officers and seven Cos.
sacks were killed. One OF the latter
\ was shet by a girl OF IL years.
At dawn Friday commenced q day
OF terror. The city was given up To-
bloodshed. Anarchy and fierce street
4 fighting prevailed all day. Barbados
were hurrledly constructed in the Jew.
tsh quarters at dawn. Men climbed to
the roofs OF houses. cutting telephone
A and telegraph wires TO use for entan'
a elements in the streets. while others
cut telephone and telegraph poles TO
use them In strengthening their barri'
cades which had already been con
sfructed and I'm building others.
Early In the day two bombs were
+ thrown from the crowd into the bar
racks. killing or wounding twenty s.
dIers. This started the shedding
blood, which continued until after the
darkness.
Al IL o'clock all the factory hands
struck. and iocked into the streets.
Cossacks, dragons and Infantry
charged the dense. surging mobs time
after time. nrlng volley after volley
into the serried mass. The rioters la
Ter replied with revolvers, while their
comrades on roofs and In windows
Joined in the fusillAde. Some dashed
yitrioI from the pointi OF vantage on
3 the troopers In the streets below.
The burning fluid drove Its victims
+ into q frenzy. and led to scenes OF q
H terrible character. Fighting continued
y throughout the day, and only dimln'
4 lshed In its intensity at niKhtfall.
when the city was plunged into utter
darkness a. practically all the street
lamps had been destroyed. Even
then OCCASIONAL volleys and isolated
Tlae shots were heard in different guar.
tiers. the troops having received orders
60 shoot any person appearing In the
streeta.
The dead were carted on Ia the CEN
& Ateries In military wagons. the troops
aetinr a. undertakes. But this morn
inK many dead and wounded were
stlll lying IN the streets and court
yards.
Terrible. indeed. IL the plight Of the
wounded. for medical aid Il unObtain'
able.
10 there was renewal OF the blood
khed Tits morning A regiment Of
! draEoons and one OF infantry have
4 beer ordered here from warsaw.
The casualties up 10 noon today add
- killed or wounded 70 yesterdays
apparlng total. So far a. yet ascer'
talnnhls. one hundred and thirty per
eons we're killed outright during the
nrhtlna % Friday and forty Que more
eipa A the hospitals during the night
o. ne wounded. ste sustained only
sIiehs lnjuries. which we're ATTENDED
Is an me spo, By the amsolAnee sur
rsuun. AT the hospitals o. the cf'
~ area 70 overnoUlnE and oSinE "a
- lneum-ienf nanssr a. BIDS. nanJ
~ a. uosuded pe-sona are lying On
H. ehorn AT the sbops and s'ore'
~ ein.es. nnA bassnsss - a. com
no aaSloch. TIE rsO'srs this morn
- nsssmpied e - Ars 20 che EoT
tnank ofscsa. baf vsFs seaitsfsd -
sene 9sees ~ troops-
Fte refrsas are hsasily SAiro''sa %