The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-06-29
Flows in Streets of Lodz Dur
ing Fierce Rioting.
CORPSES PILED IN HEAPS
Notorious "Red Sunday" In st. Pc
tersbure is Totally Eclipsed by
Bloody Scenes in Russian
Poland City.

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state that since the arrival of rein
forcements Saturday morning fighting
in the city stopped, but the outbreak
is by no means quclled and fresh COL
lisions are expected momentarily. Es-
Inmates of the number Of victims
vary, but the slaughter was appalling,
the Cossacks and troops firing at close
range into great crowds. Some esti-
mates fix the number of killed and
wounded al 1900.
The city resembles a shambles and
the terrible scenes of Thursday and
Friday will never be wiped from the
memory Of the Polish people. Alto
gether there are ten regiments en-
canped in Lodz.
Saturday at Baluty, a suburb Of
Lodz, four Cossacks were killed and
sixteen others wounded by a bomb
which was thrown into their barracks.
Twenty-three Of their horses were
killed.
The funerals of victims of the shoot
! ing Of Thursday and Friday took place
Saturday surreptitiously in variou.
i outlying villages.
| The trouble began at Lodz Tuesday
after the funeral Of the victims Of the
conflict between troops and terrorists
the previous Sunday. The Christians
were permitted to bury their dead,
but the Jews were prohibited from
doing so, and the police secretly in
tered the todies of the Jews at night,
which excited indignation and terror
lists riots were initiated Thursday.
The most serious phase Of the riot
ing developed when the crowd delib-
erately pillaged liquor shops and num-
bers of persons, inflamed by drink,
, led a crowd of at least $4,000 to fur
ther and more serious attacks. Police
and military were attacked wherever
! they appeared in small force and in
diviGual members were killed.
After pillaging the liquor shops the
crowd set fire to them and prevented
the fremen from extinguisAing the
! blazes. This was repeated deliberate
; ly at many places.
Friday the fury of the mob found
+ full vent and even children caught by
| the contagion were seen kissing red
flags and heard swearing that they
We're ready to die for liberty. A Jew
ish girl mounted box in the mar
ket square and addressed an immense
crowd.
! Suddenly the police appeared, fired
/ volley and the girl fell dead. Mar
ket gardeners coming in we're stopped
and their carts used in building bar
; ricades. Wires were stretched in
front of these barricades and the
cavalry we're unable to charge. Mean
while the mob had secured arms and
! revolvers were freely used. Finally
the military secured the upperhand,
but not without considerable losses
to themselves and fearful slaughter
; to the rioters. The soldiers exhibited
the utmost carelessness as to whether
! they killed peaceful persons or rioters
: and as a consequence many women
! and children were among the dead.
Sundays dispatches stated that the
most serious phase Of the fighting
i between the military and strikers is
/ at an end, but there are still isolated
attacks in the suburbs. At Baluty,
Sunday morning, Cossacks attacked a
Jewish family of five persons, who
were driving in a cab to the railway
station, and shot and killed all, in
cluding the cabman. At Pabjanice,
near Lodz, workmen attacked two po-
licemen and shot and killed one and
wounded the other. There is a gen.
eral exodus from Lodz. Twelve thou
sand persons have already left and
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