Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-05-05
REIGN OF TERROR
EXISTS IN WARSAW
Nearly q Hundred Persons Killed
or Wounded.
AN UNPROVOKED SLAUGHTER
Troops Deliberately Memmed In .
P~eaceable Procession and Then
Charged Upon the I'm.
armed Paruders.

Warsaw, May 2.-Nearly one hun
dfed persons we're killed or wounded
In disturbances in various quarters Of
Warsaw Monday. The troops appar-
emily were uncomfortable, and violated
all orders to act with moderation. They
fired into the crowds of demonstrators,
and workmen In retaliation resorted to
the use Of firearms and bombs. Many
women and children are among the
dead and dying. What approaches Q
reign of terror exists; the city presents
a most gloomy aspect and the temper
Of the entire community augurs i'll.
Day Opened AuspiciOusly.
May day opened with every prospect
that the recent gloomy f~orebodings
would find contradiction in peaceful
ending. Glorious weather ushered in
the beginning of the celebrations, and
all factories, shops and Offices of every
description were closed. The streets
were crowded from early morn
ing with gaily dressed people
ard troops. Children everywhere en-
joyed themselves in the warm sunshine.
The presence of numerous patrols OF
Cossack cavalry and infantry were the
only reminder of lurking danger.
A COwnrdIy a.
No untoward incident was reported
until afternoon. The first disturbances
occurred between I and 9 O'Clock p. m.i
when a procession of several thousand
workmen carrying red flags marched
along Ielazna street. The demonstra-
ton was quite orderly and proceeded
without molestation for some distance.
Suddenly several squadrons of Uhlans
appeared, but without interfering with
the procession, and took a position
along the sidewalks while the work
men passed through the lines. Then
a company Of infantry approached from
the front, and Immediately the cavalry
charged into the procession, driving II
with the fiat of their swords into a dis
Organized mass. The cavalry with.
drew, the infantry fired a volley, where
upon the demonstrators turned and
fed. The infantry continued to dis.
charge volleys into the ~retreating,
shrieking multitude. Thirty-One per-
sors were killed and many wounded,
and of the latter it is said Is will die.
The shooting is considered to have been
unprovoked. 1t aroused the most in
tense Indignation among all classes in
Warsaw. Many OF those who were
killed or wounded were shot in the
back, showing hat they were running
away when they were struck.
Another Terrible Scene.
Another terrible scene was enacted
at ) p. m, at the corner of Zlota and
Sosnore streets, when wOrkmen fired
from behind a wall at a patrol, which
Immediately opened fire on the passing
crowds, killing or w%ounding 20 persons.
The first bomb throwing occurred at
9:35 p. m, when q bomb was thrown
into a CossaCk patrol near the Vienna
station. Three Cossacks and one po-
liceman were killed, and W women
who were leaving the station at the
time, were severely wounded by the
explosion of the bomb. Cossacks and
infantry fired a number of volleys, and
It is reported that many persons were
killed or wounded.
surrounded by Troops.
Troops surrounded the whole neigh
borhood, II has been impossible, up
to the present time, to secure accurate
information as to the casualties in this
affair.
At 1915 disturbances broke out at
the Zombkowska gate Of the suburb OF
Praga, across the Vistula river. A
great crowd had assembled there.
threatening the troops, when hussars
fired on the crowd. killing four and
wounding many others.
THE STORK COMING AGAIN.