The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24
STRIKERS
IN POLAND
SHOT DOWN
Fifty Men Killed
by Soldiers in
LODI.
Continuous Encounters
Make Day of Horror
in the City.
Gar Now Says That Reforms
Will Be Based on Auto
cratic Principles.

LODI. Russian Poland. June 2S.-Eince
early this morning this city has been
the scene of several bloody encounters
between the troops and the strikers. Sol
diers stormed the barricades erected in
the streets by the strikers and at least
fifty persons were killed and 200 wounded.
Martial law has been declared The
strike is general and all the factories
and shops are closed. Rife volleys and
revolver shots are heard continually. 1t
is impossible al present to ascertain t.4e
total number of dead with any exacti-
tude. owing to the general character of
the disturbances The mob sacked a
number Of liquor stores and broke the
street lamps. Street railroad traffic is
interrupted.
WARSAW. Russian-Poland. June PA
man carrying a bomb was arrested this
morning in front Of the Malewki police
station He refused all Information re-
garding his identity. Disturbances are
anticipated here in consequence of the
shooting of workmen at Lodz.
ST. PETERSBURG, June "a. 3:15 p. m.-
According 10 advices received here the
situation in Poland is again exceedingly
serious. Censored dispatches from Lodz.
though giving few details. indicate that
fierce street fighting was in progress yes
terday CFriday) between the military and
the striking workmen- The latter barri-
caded the thoroughfares in various quar-
ters Of the city and offered resistance
which the troops met with Volleys The
list of dead and wounded presumably is
large, but not even an estimate has been
received here, Russian correspondents
telegraphing that the streets are entirely
in the hands Of the military and the mob
and that il is unsafe to venture out to
obtain details. It is not known whether
the lighting was continued last night,
but il is feared that order can be restored
only at a heavy sacrifice.
Lodz has been in a turmoil for the past
three days The strike, which embraces
$1,000 workers, appears TO have entirely
lost its economic nature and is now a
vast political manifestation. All forms
of public business activity have been sus-
pended, the peaceful inha bitants remain
ing indoors in fear Of their lives. The po-
Htical zeal of the strikers has become
inflamed by intoxicants from the vodka
shops which were broken into and pill
laged.
At Moscow a strike has commenced and
disorders are looked for. The trial of
Okrjey, who threw a bomb at a police
station on March 26. will probably result
IN other bomb outrages. A man was ar
rested yesterday morning armed with a
bomb, which was evidently intended to
be used in court during the trial
In the meanwhile the Government has
publicly disclaimed all designs as to the
classification of Poland, the committee of
Ministers in fits deliberations on the So
cialist question, which were published
yesterday, saying:
The committee considers it absolutely
necessary to establish the fact that the
classification and Decentralization of the
Poles cannot possibly lie within the in
tent Of the Russian Government. The
aim must rather be the amalgamation of
the Polish Government with the Russian
administration and the welding of the
Polish people with the general body poll
tic Of Russia by peaceful ties, which will
preserve Polish individuality, culture and
language"
The official Interpretation OF the EN-
peror's speech 10 the delegation of the
Zemstvoists and Mayors at Peterhof on
June Is is given in the following circular
sent by the Ministry Of the Interior to all
the newspapers:
ssThe words pronounced by the Emper-
or during the reception or the members
of the Zemstvos OF municipalities have
been incorrectly interpreted by a portion
of the periodical press. and several news
papers have gone so far as to deduce
fherefrom the arbitrary conclusion that
the Emperor's words implied an exten-
sion OF the imperial rescript OF March 3
to the Minister Of the Interior in the
sense OF cO0NOcdIlOQ OF representatives
of the people on the basis of the existing
constitutions of the countries OF West
ern Europe. when il was clearly shown
by the Empernr's words that the con-
ditions Of such a convocation were to be
based on an order of things responding
10 REssia's autocratic principles and his
Maiestys words contain absolutely not
the least indication of the possibility OF
modifying the fundamental laws of the
empire
consequently the central administra-
tiou Of press affairs. by order of the
Minister of the Interior. informs all pub
lications appearing without censorship
that the Emperors words can be pub
lished only in the form I'm which they
were reported in the Official Messenger.
without additions or abbreviations, and.
IN ORDER 10 prevent distortion of the sig
nifcance OF the imperial words it is
found necessary TO prohibit the publica-
ton in the press of any kind of deduc-
tions or interpretations which do not ac-
cord with the direct and clear meaning
Of the Emperor's utterances.