The Wahpeton times., 1905-06-29
ALL "Rep suNpAYn HORRORS
ARE SURPASSED ~ SCENES
At LODI.
CITY RksEMsLEs SHAMELESS
GIVEN UP TO sLoopsHEo, AND
ANARCHY AND STREET FIGHT.
ING PREVAIL.
wANToN BurcHEaY By TROOPS

IeHHJ6Ie SIeNES WILL N6Ven
BE WIPED FROM MEMORY
OF POLES.
Iodz, June 27-Since the arrival of
reinforcements actual fighting in the
city has stopped, but the outbreak is
by no means quelled, and fresh col
lisfons are expected momentarily.
The city resembles shambles, and
the terrible scenes of the last two
days will never be wiped from the
memory of the Polish people. Alto.
gether there are ten regiments en-
camped at Lodz. The fighting spirit
of the people is fully aroused. They
have tasted blood and want more.
At Baluty, suburb of Lodz, four
Cossacks were killed and sixteen
others wounded by a bomb which was
thrown into their barracks.
Show Wanton Cruelty.
The soldiers are showing what ap.
pears to be wanton cruelty. Late yes
terday afternoon they shot and killed
two women, mother and her daugh-
ter.
It is quite impossible to give the ex-
act number of killed and wounded, as
reports, vary according to the quarter
from which they are obtained. Ger.
tainly the killed number more than a
hundred, possibly two hundred, and
the wounded five times as many.
Worse Than "Red Sunday"
"Black Friday" in Lodz surpassed
all the horrors of "Red Sunday" in st.
Petersburg. While it is not possible
to ascertain the exact number of
victims, estimates place the killed
and wounded as high as 1000. All the
hospitals of the city are filled to over
flowing.
The rioters Sunday morning at
tempted to fire the government Offices,
but were scattered by strong force
of troops.
The troubles here were initiated by
the Social Democrats and Jewish
bund, who determined to avenge their
comrades killed in the rioting of
Wednesday.
Thursday, the feast of Corpus
Christi, passed off quietly, but during
the night workmen attacked the pa.
trolls. In this fighting two officers and
seven Cossacks were killed. One of
the latter was shot by girl thirteen
years old.
Day Of Bloody Terror.
At dawn Friday commenced a day of
terror.
The city was given up to bloodshed.
Anarchy and fierce fighting prevailed
all day. Barricades were hurriedly
constructed in the Jewish quarter at
dawn. Early in the day two bombs
were thrown from the crowd into the
barracks, killing or wounding twenty
soldiers. This started the shedding of
blood, which continued after nightfall.
At IL o'clock all the factory hands
struck and fiocked into the streets.
Cossacks, dragons and infantry
charged the dense, surging mobs time
after time. firing
voIIey After VoiIey
into the serried masses. The rioters
later replied with revolvers in the
streets and from windows,
Some dashed vitriol from points of
vantage onto the troops below. The
burning fluid drove it's victims into a
frenzy and led to scenes of a terrible
character.
Terrible. indeed. is the plight Of the
wounded. for medical aid is unottain.
able and many are dying for lack
thereof.
Terrorists are ene.sa:,cally TO.
menting agitation among the soldiers
by distributing revolutionary procla.
nations and pamphlets, but their ef-
forts are of little effect.
| Recalls Days Of "commune."
Nothing approaching the disorders.
which passed far beyond the scale of
recent demonstrations and approxi.
mated the dignity of actual insurrec.
ton, recalling the days of the Com.
mune" in Paris, has been recorded in
Russia since the street fighting at
Warsaw during the Polish revolutions
OF 1880 and 1863. The events of Jan.
% in st. Petersburg, RED Sunday"
were merely the dispersal of unarmed
crowds by soldiers; but at Lodz the
troops were desperately opposed by an
army of 10000 workingmen, many
armed with revolvers, defending sub.
stantial barricades with bullets and
showers of paving stones and other
missiles, and even bombs.
s Worst 70 Probably Over.
| The most serious phase Of the fight
between the military and strikers is at
| m end. but there are still isolated at.
l tacks In the suburbs.
At Baluty yesterday morning Cos
sacks attacked Jewish family Of nye
persons who were driving in Z cab at
the station and shot and killed all, In.
Guiding the cabman. E &:
q Pabtanice. near Lods, vorkmsn