The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-03
WARSAW FEARS
TROUBLE TODAY
Polish Nationalist Will Make
Demonstration
INFANTRY PATROLS STREETS
People Do Not Spare Criticism Of
What They Call the Unnecessary
Slaughter on Monday.
INFANTRY PATROLS STREETS

Warsaw May Q Oil p. m.-The May
day death roll totalled sixty-two, includ-
Ing ten persons who died in the hospitals
during the night Probably two hundred
men were wounded.
Crowds gathered at the tenth district
police station this morning where thirty
victims, men and women and three chill
dren were awaiting identification.
Some minor disturbances occurred to-
day In different sections of the city, but
no casualties have yet been reported.
Infantry Patrols Streets.
All day long infantry and cavalry
patroled the streets which were crowded
with people who did not spare their
criticisms of what was generally termed
unnecessary slaughter The popular irri-
tation could not be concealed The SOL
diers evidently were nervous and open
outbreaks resulting in repetition of
yesterdays terrible scenes were only
averted by the evident desire of the au-
thorites to prevent a clash coupled with
the fear inspired by the soldiers bullets.
The population is most bitter against the
military and the government officials ex-
pect many attempts at revenge upon the
officers commanding the troops, all Of
whom are known.
The Polish press is reticent on the sub
jeot of yesterdays happenings. The Of
fetal Russian paper prints a short and
not entirely accurate report. The governor
general OF Warsaw is said to be greatly
upset over the turn of affairs
Demonstrations for Today.
The nationalists have arranged the
usual demonstrations for tomorrow the
1l4th anniversary of the proclamation OF
the Polish constitution and disturbances
are highly probable. The working men
are in an ugly and uncertain mood. The
workmen at all the factories struck and
efforts are being made to bring about
a general strike but this is not likely TO
be successful. The people have not yet
recovered from the exhaustion and losses
resulting from the last strike.
Reports conflict regarding the Begin
ming of yesterdays encounter in Jerusalm
street According TO the general accepted
version, the authorities had forbidden
workmen marching in procession to carry
red flags, but the workmen, however.
| decided to ignore the order. When the
| procession reached Jerusalem street the
| police ordered the workmen to stop but
| they refused to do so, and a police Of
| feer thereupon fired a revolver giving a
| signal for the infantry to fire. 1t appears
| that In other the demonstrators
were the aggressors but that in this in
| stance the soldiers fired first
| The industrial population Is deeply ex-
| asperated over he sangunary results Of
| Yesterdays encounters. The strikes inatt-
| gurated on large scale here at Lodz,
and In other cites are rapidly spreading,
anl 1900 persons are on strike at Lodz
| Police are patrolllng the streets of War
| saw by companies on account OF the dan
| ger to smaller detachments.
great crowd which gathered today in
| front OF the police stations to which the
| corpses of those killed on Monday had
| been taken, demanded the bodies of their
| dead. but was dispersed by Cossacks Ac-
| cordlng to an official statement. the dead,
| no including those Of the wounded who
| died In hospitals. numbered thirty-one.
| The majority of the dead were working
| people.
| In LODI, according to an official re-
| port, four women were killed