Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-02
SLAUGHTERIN WARSAW
MORE THAN 100 KILLED AND
WOUNDED YESTERDAY.
Troops Fired on the Workmen-City
on Verge of Reign
of Terror.

According to dispatches received after
| The Star printed yesterday afternoon
| nearly one hundred persons were killed or
! wounded in disturbances in various quar-
| tiers of Warsaw on May day The troops
| apparently were uncomfortable, and vio-
| lated all orders to act with moderation
| They fired into crowds of demonstrators,
and workmen in retaliation resorted to the
use of firearms and bombs. Many women
and children are among the dead and dying.
What approached a reign of terror existed
| there last night, the city presenting most
| gloomy aspect, and the temper of the en-
| tire community augured i'll.
May day opened with every prospect that
| the recent gloomy forebodings would find
contradiction in a peaceful ending. Glori-
Gus weather ushered in the beginning of the
celebrations, and all factories shops and
offices of every description were closed. The
| streets were crowded from early in the
morning with gayly dressed people and
| troopS-Chfldren everywhere enjoyed them
selves in the warm sunshine The pres
ence of numerous patrols of Cossack cav
airy and infantry was the only reminder
of lurking danger.
No untoward incident was reported until
afternoon. The first disturbances occurred
when a procession of several thousand
workmen carrying red flags marched along
Zelazna street. The demonstration was
| quite orderly, and proceeded without mo-
| lesta ton for some distance. Suddenly sew
eral Squadrons of Uhlans appeared, but
without interfering with the procession and
took up a position. along the sidewalks
while the workmen passed through the
lines.
Then a company of infantry approached
from the front. and Immediately the cav
airy charged into the procession, driving
1t with the fiat of their swords into a dis
organized mass. When the cavalry with
drew the infantry fired a volley, whereupon
the demons traitors turned and fed,
Another terrible scene was enacted at
5 pm, when the workmen fired from be-
hind wall at patrol which Immediately
opened fire on the passing crowds killing
or wounding twenty persons.
The first bomb-throwing occurred at 935
clock last night. when bomb was thrown
into Cossack patrol near the Vienna sta
ton. Three Cossacks and one policeman
were killed and two women who were leav-
ing the station at the time were severely
wounded by the explosion of the bomb.
Cossacks and infantry fired q number of
volleys, and it is reported that many per-
sons were killed or wounded. Troops sur
rounded the whole neighborhood
Yesterdays bloodshed is likely to very
seriously affect the situation, and may
cause a general strike. The temper of the
people is at white heat, and there is much
apprehension regarding the possible events
of May 8, the 114th anniversary of the proc
Ian a ton of the Polish constitution, when
disturbances and demonstrations always oc-
cur. Last night there was every Indication
of trouble All the ground that had been
gained since the disturbances of last Janu-
airy has now been lost Only passenger
trains left Warsaw last night, and these
were crowded with refugees and manned by
officials of the engineering departments all
the engine drivers, firemen and porterS hav-
ing quit work.