Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-02
Outrages at Warsaw Sun
day Almost Pass
Belief.
FACTS COME TO LIGHT
Hundred People Slain in One
City AIone---SimiIar Ac-
tion Elsewhere.

Warsaw, May "A committee of
the social democratic party of Poland
and Lithuania has issued a manifesto
proclaiming a general strike and call
ing out all workmen Immediately in
consequence of yesterdays bloodshed.
Grave at warsaw.
Warsaw, May 2-The city apparent
ly is outwardly quiet but the situation
is none the less grave. Workmen are
going from factory to factory compel
ing their comrades to strike and the
probability of further conflicts arouses
the keenest apprehension. The bodies
Of 80 odd persons killed by troops on
Zelsna street yesterday are still lying
in the morgues awaiting identification.
Ten of the wounded have died.
Use Other weapons.
During an encounter on Jerusalem
street troops not only fired a volley
but used the butts of their rifles, bay
onets and swords. Many women and
children had heads and limbs broken.
Some of the injuries were of terrible
nature.
When the troops fired after the bomb
was thrown near the Vienna railroad
station four persons were killed and
seven wounded.
Attack a Congregation.
At Kalisz, during service in a church
yesterday the congregation began sing
ing patriotic songs whereupOn soldiers
and police entered the building and at
tackled the people, wounding many OF
them. A free fight ensued during
which weapons were wrested from the
police. shots exchanged and stones
thrown A dragoon. woman and
man were killed inside the church.
A squadron of cavalry was summon
ed and dispersed the crowds.
Bomb in station.
There was an explosion in the police
station of Minsk yesterday evening fol
lowing which a crowd fired on de-
tachment of Cossacks. The latter re-
piled and order was soon restored.
The strikers at Lodz number $4,000.
Early Reports Denied.
Supplementary reports of rioting
Yesterday just received confirm earlier
Warsaw advices of the revolving cruei
" of Cossacks and other troops. Peo-
ple were driven into courtyards aAd
beaten with butts of rifles and some OF
them into insensibility. Limbs of some
victims were broken. \ bomb was
thrown into a Cossack patrol near
Vienna station, Warsaw. and killed
three Cossacks and two women.
Fire Into Crowd.
In Tombakoff street Hussars fired
two volleys into the crowd. At LODI
-inorr nl1f a
window was shot by Cossack- III
Jewish cities on the Polish border Oh
southwestern Russia, dispatches TINS
morning say the people are in state
of manic. Thre streets are hLed WIN
moving patrols.
one Hundred Killed Mt Warsaw
Warsaw. May 2-Nearly one hun
dred persons were killed or wouhdeu
in the disturbances in the various quar-
tors of Warsaw yesterday. The troops
anparently were uncomfortable ana VI
oIated all orders to act with modera-
tion They fired into crowds of dem
onstrators. and workmen in retaliation
resorted to the use of firearms and
bombs. Many women and children
are among the dead and dying. What
approaches a reign of terror exists;
the city presents most gloomy aspect
and the temper of the community au-
gurs i'll.
Rioters Use Bombs.
The first bomb throwing occurred at
9:35 last night, when a bomb was
thrown into a Cossack patrol near vi
emma station. Three Cossacks and one
policeman were killed and two women
leaving the station at the time were
severely wounded. Troops surrounded
the whole neighborhood