The Irish standard., 1905-07-01
AWFUL SLAUGHTER IN LODI
FIERCE BATTLES BETWEEN THE
STRIKERS AND TROOPS.
Total Number of Victims Is Estimated
at 1900, Of Which $50
Were Killed.

LODI, Russian Poland, June &c.,
BLACK Friday in LODI surpassed all
the horrors of RED Sunday" in ST. Pc
tersburg. While it is not yet possible
to ascertain the exact number of the
victims, estimates place the number Of
victims as high as 2,O00 OF these, 800
strikers and 70 troops were killed.
The troubles here were initiated by
the social democrats and Jewish bund,
who determined to avenge their COM
rades killed in the rioting on Wednes-
day.
Thurday, the feast of Corpus Christi
passed off quietly but during the night
workmen attacked the patrols. In this
fighting two officers and seven Co.'S
sacks were killed. One of the latter
was shot by girl of 10 years.
At dawn Friday commenced day
of terror. given up to bloodshed. An
archy and fierce street fighting pre-
vailed all day. Two bombs were
thrown from the crowd into the bar
racks, killing or wounding 20 soldiers.
This started the shedding of blood,
which continued until after nightfall.
The dead were carted off to the
cemeteries in military wagons, the
troops acting as undertakers. But Sat-
urday morning many dead and wound
ed were still lying in the streets and
courtyards. The casualties Saturday
add IS killed or wounded to Fridays
appalling total.
Warsaw, June 27.-Disorderly crowds
have thronged the streets since early
Monday morning. They erected barri-
cades at Ogrodowa, Krochmalna and
Wronia streets, on top of which they
placed red flags. The police and SOL
diers stormed these barricades, and ten
persons were wounded by bullets or
bayonets. Another affray took place
at Zelazna street. where Cossacks
charged the crowd and wounded three
persons. In the central market
crowd attacked a patrol with revolvers,
to which the patrol replied with vol
leys, killing boy and wounding three
other persons. Five workmen who had
refused to strike were stabbed to death
by their comrades.
LODI, Russia, June 27.-The gov.
ernor general has proclaimed state
of siege here.
The victims of last weeks outbreak
total over 1900 Thus far the bodies of
343 Jews and 21S Christians have been
buried. The wounded number over
700. Some semblance of order has
been restored and the workmen are
gradually returning to the factories.
Warsaw, Russian Poland. June 28.-
All the prisons are full to overlooking,
no less than 672 persons, mostly Jews,
having been arrested during the last
"a hours. 1t is expected that state
of siege will be proclaimed, as great
riots are anticipated during the mobil-
ization. The laborers on 80 beet root
plantations in the government of Po-
dolia have struck and it is feared the
harvest will be lost. The peasants in
the government of Kovno are force
fully occupying pasture and other
lands of the proprietors of estates.
st. Petersburg, June 2S.-The wave
of disorder rolling over Russia has ap-
peared at Odessa. where general
strike, accompanied by blodshed and
disorders, has broken out. There were
several collisions between the military
and the strikers Monday night and
Tuesday, in two of which volleys were
fired by the troops.