Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-26
REVOLT AT WARSAW
Social Democrats of Poland Proclaim
 . General Strike.

tion issued by the Social Democratic party of Poland and Lithuania calling out workmen as protest against the Lodz massacre declares that in order to show the solidarity of their breth. ren and to protest against ''the new and incessant crimes of the emperor's
 government" all Warsaw must stop work today. The proclamation orders that not single factory or workshop shall be operated and that offices, shops, restaurants and coffee houses must close, and all traffic must cease It says that the red flag. the flag of the workingmen, must float in the streets of Warsaw and calls upon all workmen to help their brothers ar range general strike.
 The military is patrolling all the streets in the factory and Jewish dis tricts.
 In the suburb of Praga some work men shot and wounded two policemen.
 Since the arrival of endorsements actual fighting in Lodz has stopped, but the outbreak is by no means quelled, and fresh collisions are ex- pected momentarily.
 The city resembles shambles, and the terrible scenes of the last three days will never be wiped from the memory of the Polish people. Alto gether there are ten regiments en- camped in Lodz.
 The fighting spirit of the people is fully aroused. They have tasted blood and want more. Certainly the revolu- tionary spirit is abroad.
 It is quite impossible to give the ex- act number of killed and ot wounded, as reports vary according to the quar- ter from which they are obtained. Certainly the killed will be over 100, possibly POO. and the wounded five times as nsany. An ofEicial report says that the number of casualties was largely increased by the neglect of per sons to remain indoors and who insist ed on looking out of doors and win dows when vollsys were being fired by soldiers on rioters. Residents of the city say they received no orders to re- main indoors.
 The present trouble began at Lodz last week after the funeral of the vic tims of the conflict between troops and Socialists the previous Sunday.
 After plllaging liquor shops the crowd set fire to them and prevented the firemen from putting out the blazes. This was repeated deliberately at many places.
 The fury of the mob found full vent, and even children. caught by the con tagion, were seen kissing red flags and heard swearing that they were ready to die for liberty AJewish girl mount cd box in the market square and ad- dressed an immense crowd.
 Suddenly the police appeared and fired a volley, and the girl fell dead. Market gardeners coming in were stop ped. and their carts were used in build ing barricades. Wires were stretched in front of these barricades. and the cavalry was unable to charge. Mean while the mob had secured arms, and revolvers were freely used. Finally the military secured the upper hand. but not without considerable losses to themselves and fearful slaughter to the rioters. The soldiers exhibited the ut- most carelessness as to whether they killed peaceful persons or rioters. and as consequence many women and children were among the dead.
 Csar Not Csed to Amerfcan ways.
 ST. PETERSBURG. June 2s.-The answer to the peace propos- als Is not expected for q day or two. as the diplomatic mills of Russia grind slowly. and the foreign ofice. as one of the secretaries put it. "is not used to your hustline American. methods.- but it is thought that the date will be satisfactory. as it will give ample time for NJ. Nelidof. the Russian ambassa- dor at Paris. or other Russian negofia, tors to reach Washington. Whether the proposal regarding the date origi- mated at Tokyo or at Washington csn- not be learned. but the fact that the were conducted through Meyer may indicate that President Roosevelt has perhaps again stepped to the fore and suggested the sst of August to the two powers. nei- fher of whom would be willing to take fhe inffiafire ax n sr1isz kle dafe