The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-02
QUIET OF DEATH.
No Repetition of Yesterdays
Scenes in Warsaw Today.
WOrkmen Go From Factory to
Factory Compelling Strikes.
FIGHT IN A CHURCH.
FIGHT IN A CHURCH.
People Attacked by Troops for
Singing Patriotic Songs.
Strikers at Lodz Are Now Esti-
mated at $4,000.

CITY IS apparently outwardly quiet this
morning but the situation is none the
less grave. Workmen are going from
factory to factory, compelling their
comrades to strike, and the probability
OF further conflicts arouses the keenest
apprehension. The bodies of the thirty
odd persons killed by the troops on
Selazna street yesterday are still lying
IN the morgues awaiting Identification
Ten of the wounded who were taken to
hospitals died of their wounds.
During the encounter on Jerusalem
street the troops not only fred a volley
but used the butts of their rifles and
their bayonets and swords. Many wo-
men and children had their heads and
limbs broken. Some of the injuries were
Of terrible nature and there were
cases where the soldiers entered the
court yards of houses and attacked
those hiding there.
When the troops fired a bomb was
thrown near the Vienna railroad sta
ton, four persons were killed and seven
were wounded. All the windows in the
neighborhood was shattered. Today
this scene of last nights bomb explos-
sion is attracting immense crowds.
At Kalisz, during a service in
church, the congregation began singing
patriotic songs, whereupon soldiers and
police entered the building and attack
ed the people, wounding many of them.
A free fight ensued, during which wea-
pons were used freely and stones were
thrown. A dragoon, a woman and a
man were killed inside the church. A
squadron Of cavalry was summoned
and dispersed the crowds. The church
was closed for reconsecratfon.
There was an explosion in the police
station of Minsk yesterday, following
which a crowd fired on a detachment of
Cossacks. The latter replied and or
der was soon restored.
The strikers at Lodz now number 75,-
COO
Better Than Expected.
St. Petersburg. May Bad as was
the rioting at Warsaw, Lodz. Ka1isz and
other places in Poland yesterday and
venomous as was the hostility which
was against the police and Russian
authorities the uprising was far less
formidable and results less bloody than
anticipated. The authorities had given
due warning of their intention to permit
no demonstrations and the troops Quell-
ed the disturbances ruthlessly. All re-
ports, however, indicate that the dem
onstratiOns were few in number, the
vast bulk of the population fearing
trouble remained indoors Where the
trouble occurred the crowds were armed
with bombs and revolvers.
dispersed by two volleys. Cossacks and
Uhlans then charging and cutting down
the people in the streets, driving them
into cOurtyards and beating them with
sabreS and whips in the cruel fashlon
peculiar to these wild horsemen of the
steppes. About a hundred people were
killed or seriously wounded, according
to the reports, women and even children
sharing the fate of the men.
At Lodz workmen attacked the police
with bombs and were charged by dra-
gOons and Uhlans who cut off the
bomb throwers, drove them into a mouse,
surrounded it and then fired upon those
inside, killing three persons and wound
ing many.
According to the reports which have
reached St. Petersburg from kalisz, the
WOrkmen there for a time had the upper
hand of the police and gendarmeS- dis
arming and stoning them until rescued
by a squadron of cavalry The early
morning reports today say the Polish
press is intensely excited by yesterdays
bloOdshed and it IS feared the trouble
The only place in Russian Poland
where trouble occurred yesterday was
at Mfnsk which, strictly speaking be
longs to Poland. There also the reports
throwing and firing upon Cossacks and
patrols from windows, but the fatalities
were few
The Droug Appears.
Kishinen, Russia. May 2.-The
Droug (meaning "Fiend), new pa
per of NJ. Kroushevan, the former
editro of the Bessarabyetz, has ap-
peared here.
Kroushevan was editor of the anti
semitic organ in Kishineff, the Bessara-
byetz, articles in which have been
charged with large responsibility for
the massacre of Jewish subjects in
Kishinen in 1903.
nebts of e55 OOO OOO TReu7itfed
St. Petersburg, May Expert cal
culation shows that the peasants
debts RENTED by the imperial decree
amount to about $55,O00,0O0.
From all parts of the empire come
reports Of the extreme satisfaction
caused by the emperor's grant OF Tree
dom of religion, regarded as being the
first practical evidence of the reforms
referred to in the imperial manifesto
of December 25, which are being car
ried out. The papers are only PRINT
ing fv sheets and have not yet COM
mented editorially on the religious re-
forms, except the Jewish organ Which
published a brief double leaded eX-
nression of gratitude for the gift of
the liberty of conscience. Coming
from the NOvoes, Whlch only the day
previously remarked bitterly on this
subject that everything remains as
before" this is doubly significant.
All WOrl1men Called Out.
Warsaw. May 2-The committee of
the democratic party of Poland and
Iifhuania has issued a manifesto pro
claiming a general strike and calling
out all the workTnen Immediately in
consequence of yesterdays trouble
Italy Buys American Picture.
Venice, May 2.=The painting of
'eThe Man of the Mantle" by Carl
ATelchers, the American artist. has