The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-07-01
nays OF SLAUGHTER
,,,ply and SUNDAY AT LODI
eff Much BLOODsHED.
..om All the Cities OF Poland
.,c,te That the Trouble Is In
-. infancy, and a General Rev.
o,,,,onary Uprising is Expected
al ANY Time.

al ANY IiWe.
r.rsaw, June 2e.-Word received
d, the cities of Poland indicates
NV ~, tbe present trouble is in its in
w. wv, and general revolutionary up
rising Is expected.
'''lro reuiments from the st. Peters
l Garrison reached here Sunday
oals ,eon and we're Immediately sent
s' .hose cities where garrisons were
70 'n wong A proclamation Of martial
NV ar oan be expected during the day
s iso the disorders increase.
,odz Poland, June Black
, DS in Lodz surpassed all the hor-
l, TN If "Red Sunday" in st. Peters
w., s".a While it is not yet possible to
U curtain the exact number of the vlo-
s;ms estimates place the killed and
u FUNDED as high as 5000.
The troubles here were initiated by
l.. Social Democrats and the Jewish
surd who determined to avenge their
.omrades killed in the rioting Wednee-
= Thursday the feast of Corpus Christi
nsssed off quietly, but during the night
rorkmen attacked the patrols. In this
s.h.;no two officers and seven Co.'S
sacks we're killed.
At dawn Friday commenced q day
If terror. The city was given up to
boodsbed Anarchy and fierce street
fchtipQ prevailed all day. Barricades
ware hurriedly constructed in the Jew
;sb ouarter at dawn. Men climbed to
tbe roofs of houses, cutting telephone
and telegraph wires to use for entan-
clements in the streets, while others
cut down telegraph poles and used
them in strengthening their barbados
which already had been constructed
and in building others.
Early in the day two bombs were
thrown from the crowd into the bar
racks, killing or wounding twenty SOL
djers This started the shedding of
blood, which continued till after
nightfall.
Atll o'clock all the factory hands
struck and focked into the streets.
Cossacks, dragons and infantry all
charged the dense, surging mobs time
after time, firing volley after volley,
into the serried mass.
The rioters later replied with revolv-
en, while their comrades on roofs and
in windows joined in the fusilade.
Fighting continued throughout the
day and only diminished in its inteDs-
ityat nightfall, when the city was
plunged into darkness, as practically
all the street lamps had been destroy
ed, Even then occasional volleys and
isolated rifle shots were heard in diff
fsrsnt quarters, the troops having re-
csVed orders to shoot any person ap-
psar1ng in the streets.
The casualties up to noon Saturday
add eighteen killed or wounded to Fri
days list. So far as ascertained 1870
persons were killed outright during
me lighting of Friday and Al more
oled IN the hospitals during the night.
VI the wounded 500 sustained only
alght injuries, which were attended
'oon the spot by ambulance surgeons.
AL the hospitals of the city are filed
U'efnoWing aud owing to the in
sumclsnt number of beds many of the
wounded are lying on the floors.
AN the shops, stores and factories
'ie closed and business is at q COM
plete standstill
,., ING rioters Saturday morning at
os Ip'ea to set fire to the government
ta -0eS' out were scattered by a strong
'orce Of troops.
Con u e, russian Poland. June &c.
w asa' snlotof, commanding the troops,
thu v ,. las been on duty constantly for
thu. 'a a. 'nfee days, stated at midnight
and a ~ now controlled the situation,
h. a ueciared that be believed the trou-
hs n "as practically over. Even while
nr0la u0 'ne statement, the sound Of
f ,ou ~ and rife firing could be heard
v0, S Tue suburbs, where the striking
scEs a were being shot down by Cos
noll;. ana the infantrymen who are pa
~% m the tsreets.
,sm usfe are still nearly 100 bodies in
dsr ~ morgue established by or
vonna., 9ne military. Many of the
othe- are expected to die, while
out m" "uunded are in their homes with
stra;S 9alcai attention, because they ara
The aao .uat II they ask for help from
,ss.sd 'ofs their relatives will be ar
Will suffer. '0''' III the riot AND
at ', sa'ss held number of meeting.
sssnoa they threatened dire ven
slain e tor their comrades already
Tia. :, eoolalistie leaders told them
aei, Tes should be willing to sacrifice
that th"a as protest to all Russia
that thos are no longer slaves, and
snsn demanded as the right TO live
aus m A. Inis had the effect Of STIR
% in = W.. TUE desperate feeling, and later
clsshss sne day resulted in several
shkers wv" VIVID the soldiers, in which the
hws. suffered severely.
aegennnIe reported last night that .
sses Of r; OF small bombs and pack.
Tho ~. Vltrlol had bean srr.~l.,a- ~.