The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-12-14
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Boston, Dec 4.-Forty-three Russian
refugees were brought here today by the
Cunard line steamer Ivernia, which ar
rived from Liverpool.
Among them were included men, women
and children, and they came from Riga
wilma, Kien Odessa and Kobno. All had
escaped by various methods after hav-
ing fed from their homes on account of
disturbances there
Two men, Ephraim Groistascher
butcher, and Joseph Dudovsky, wood
carver. both OF Odessa, seemed 10 be lead
ers OF the refugees. They had left that
city at the time OF the disturbances at
tending the promulgation Of the emperor's
manifesto in October. They described the
scenes at odessa as those OF a general
butchery. i'm which police. Cossacks and
a general rabble participated on the one
hand and Jews and Christians who were
called upon 10 defend themselves on the
other
The fury OF the mob did not seem 10 be
directed wholly against the Jews, but
many OF that faith became victims while
the Christians who In many cases were
neighbors and friends OF the Jews assist
ed in defending them and were killed.
Ut men tcllildlt AildA Alit NlNAiii9 mum
bered ten thousand during the week fol-
lowing the Tuesday nearest our November
inst Groistascher stated that he saw
60 men shot down in one sally and That
at least 260 Jews were killed In one day
When the police Cossacks and other
members OF the mob were known to be
advancing the people In the different
streets fled 10 their houses. The rioters
followed. Men and women were killed
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Children were thrown from second and
third story windows into the streets and
killed In that way. The houses and mer-
| camille buildings were sacked. the mob
participating In a general pillage.
In the midst OF the disturbances Rus
sian gunboats fired upon the city appar-
emily for the purpose OF intimidating the
insurectionists and considerable damage
resulted. Towards the end Of tho week
three Christian students and two women
were found among the killed with notes
which they had prepared before death
asking that they be buried beside their
Jewish neighbors, who also had been kill
ed
These men. who were accompanied by
their wives and children effected their es-
cape from the city by taking small boats
on the Black Sea and then securing pass
age by steamship to Liverpool.
One OF the most intelligent appearing of
the arrivals was Miss Olga Stroutman, n
school teacher from Riga This woman
who declared that she was socialist,
said that she had come away from Rus
sia not so much because OF the present
disturbed conditions but more especially
because she believed that freedom never
would come TO the country. and that "a
revolution was certain
Miss Stroutman left Riga about IA days
ago At that time the exciting scenes
which had attended the strike OF a month
previous had In great measure subsided.
the people had gone back TO work and the
schools had been reopened.
Referring To the violent scenes which
attended the strike at its height, she said
that more than one hundred were killed
and several hundred were wounded at
Riga. The students she said, were the
real leaders Of the disturbances They
went about the streets armed and dis
guised in civilian clothing They were re-
sponsible for many acts OF violence.