The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-14
81. Petersburg "Wednesday, D

maC1On, all Ine sailors from ZIG CUln
mercial steamers in the harbor OF Rlga
have joined the strike. The govern
ment claims that the troops there are
loyal tho Inadequate.
The situation is also bad at M1tau,
where, on Dec. II, the troops fired on
the rioters.
PLOT IN CzAR's PALACE
Ignatteff Said to Be Under Arrest for a
\. Conspiracy.
London, Dec. 14.-The correspondent
Of the Times at St. Petersburg says a
wild story Is in circulation there that
General Count Alexis Ignatieff has been
arrested by order Of the emperor for
plotting to establish dictatorship. In
quiry at Count Ignatief's house, the
correspondent says, falied to el1elt
story.
Kaulbars Accused. +.
Warsaw, Russian Poland, Dec. IA
clared their readiness to take formal
oath that General Kaulbars, governor
general Of Odessa, said on Oct. 10 that
all the Jews in Odessa must be mas
sacred. The trains to the Austrian from
tier are booked full ten days ahead.
Killed Number $4,000.
Boston, Dec. 14.-Leon Jacob Zioro-
tin, an educated Russian Jew Of Odessa,
that $4,000 Jews were killed In three
days, with most terrible mutilation and
torture. Cossacks and police aided the
mobs in their deadly work, and men,
women and children were among the
victims. 30 i
ziorotin, with his wife and 9-year-
old daughter, escaped by night from
where they took ship for Liverpool,
thence coming to New York and Bos-
ton. He attributes his escape tos the
fact that he bears little resemblance to
a Jew. s"S
The Refugees Story.
I Of.his experiences he said:
tss1n, Nov. Is IsWas in my house when
a murmur arose as if from mob. My
wife and girl and myself waited, ex-
pecting every minute that the mob
would break into our home and kill
us. We looked oft IF the window land
/ saw children thFpssgl from the top of
buildings and Their after. the mothers
ears or noses were cut of, they were
also thrown to theH, deaths.g
"The police had changed their uni
IOrmS LOT elVlldN uEeSS dnu VOL
around with the Cossacks and Christian
Jews. All of the Jewish people raj
to their cellars and were afraid to &C
into the streets. so
Horrors Of Massacre.
! "As 1t grew dark I took my wife
and children with me and went intt
the street. All around were bodies Of
our people, some dying, and in various
parts Of the city soldiers were killing
more ae people; Altogether there Wer'
HNobody in the mob took me for
Jew, so was able to pass thru tn,
crowd. 4 left all Of my property behint
| me- had only $3.50 with me-and
: took carriage f-
i The students and Jews could hav
protected themselves if it had not bee1
for the interference Of the Cossaeks
One man with his family Of six child
rem was taken into the street and afte
the children were killed in front Of tn
4 the talk "a shroud used by the ortho
dox Jews when praying), and made hin
kneel down and pray while they cut hin
to death. 81 -...tr.>- -.
CATER passing all these, terribl
!. sights we tried to get train to ST
Petersburg, but there were none run
ming there, so we boarded one for Libau
Atrocities Everywhere.
!; con the train we heard Of terribl
, atrocities. One man said he went to tn
and, after the physician had claimed b
was a Russian, told him to make til
Russian sign Of the cross The docto
tried but was unable to and was shot.
fsWe went from Libau to Liverpool
, and then on the steamer Umbria to Ne1
! York.
] It is great to think one can go abou
J without being afraid Of being killed.
ziorotin is A years Of age and a grac
= uate of the imperial college at Zitoms
, He was employed as a correspondent j
!, a private bank In Odessa.
8 More Refugees Arrive.
Forty three Russian refugees wer
I brought here today by the Cunard lin
! steamer Ivernia, which sailed fro1
! Liverpool. Amongdthem were include
! men, women and children, and the
: came from Riga, Wilma, Kieff, Odess
) and Kovno. All had escaped by var
t Eous methods after having fled frol
!, their homes on account of disturbance
8 there. ..saSss
i Two men, Ephraim Groistascher,
i butcher and Joseph Dubovsky, a woot
$ carver, both Of Odessa, seemed to /
8 leaders of the refugees. They had lei
4 that city at the time of the disturb
ances attending the promulg cation {
the emperor's manifesto in October.
General Butchery.
- They described the. scenes at Odess
/. as those Of a general .butcherry in whit