New-York tribune., 1905-05-11
RUSSIANS MURDER JEWS.
THE RIOTS At ZHITOMIR.
.Sirfeen Dead and More than 100
II ounded-M0re Outbreaks Feared.

St Petersburg May 11.-According to private
advices from Zhitonlir. sixteen persons were
killed and over a hundred wounded, mostly
Jews in the anti-Jevish riots. Martial law was
rroclained al Zhitomir to-day. The city is filed
with troops. and order generally is restored,
though individual cases of violence are still oc-
curing and a renewal of rioting is feared on
Saturday evening and Sunday. Stores. which
have been barricaded in fear of tumults. are
gradually reopening.
The same private advces bring news of a
further anti-semitic outbreak in Gostynin, in
the province Of Warsaw, in which many Jews
were injured and houses were pillaged. No
fatalities. however. are reported, but Jewish
circles here fear further developments not only
IN Zhitomir and Gostynin, but also in other To-
oalities along the Polish frontier. where the
Jewish element IS numerous and the anti
Semitic sentiment strong.
The official account Of the Zhitomir riots
signs their beginnings to an encounter between
G party Of Jews in a boat and some roughs on
the bank Of the river. The latter stoned the
Jews who defended themselves with revoIvers,
Tounding several Of the attacking party but
not seriously. Reports Of the encounter quickly
spreading aroused the Christian populace to
frenz-. The Jews also banded together for pro-
lection and, though a general encounter was
CURED. IN one Of which a Jewish boy was killed
and several persons We're wounded.
The disorder eliminated on May in pitched
battle between Jews and Christians in the public
square in the centre Of the city. simultaneously
there were collisions IN several Of the suburbs
The principal bloodshed occurred on this day,
Bnd The rioting assumed apparently an organized
character Finally the military, of which there
were three regiments stationed in the town, in
tervened and dispersed the crowds. Many ar
rests were made including forty Christians.
May S saw no renewal Of lighting on a grand
scale. but instead the rabble, dividing into small
parties. plundered stores and houses where they
could evade the military and committed several
murders. Tuesday and Wednesday the situa-
ton was comparatively quiet though plunder-
ing ana outrages occurred The regular garrison
Of three infantry regiments has been augmented
by q battery Of artillery and a detachment Of
dragons.
A dispatch from Kieff says that reports of
Jewish massacre at Zhitonlir caused great
element through the country districts. Many
farmers from surrounding villages went TO
ZnOmir on May 2, attracted by reports of lew
hating and minor disorders. and pillaRing
Cured In the village Of Troyanof fifteen miles
distant. The beginning Of the disorder is at
trfbUted 70 the murder Of Chief of Police Kuga-
Toh. According to this dispatch eighteen per-
sons were killed, Of whom thirteen were jas
Zhitomir is on the Teteref River, eighty miles
southwest Of Kieh. Its population Of abuot Co.
eo includes Roman Catholics. members Of the
Russo-Grees Church and Lutherans, in addition to
Jews The town does a iourishing trade in
wodlens silks and linen fabrics salt and agricult-
uEal produce There are also a number of steam
-four mills and some large printing Offices for Jew
ish books