The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-06-30
PEOPLE SHOT DOWN
BY RUSSIAN SOLDIERS
Horrors of ST. Petersburg's Red sun
day Surpassed In Recent Mas
sacre In Lodz.


saere In LODI.
a. Petersburg-Latest reports
from Lodz would indicate that the
outbreak Of Friday and Saturday was
more serious than at first supposed.
and that the dead are numbered by
hundreds. Nothing approaching the
disorders which passed far beyond the
scale of recent demonstrations and
Appropriated the dignity of actual IN
surrection, recalling the days OF the
Commune" in Paris, has been record
ed in Russia since the street fighting
at Warsaw during the Polish revolu-
lions of 1880 and 1868. The events
of January % in st. Petersburg, Red
Sunday" were merely the dispersal
of unarmed crowds by soldiers, but at
LODI the troops were desperately op
posed by an army Of 10000 working
men, many armed with revolvers, de-
Tending substantial barricades with
bullets and showers of paving stones
and other missiles, and even bombs.
It is quite impossible to give the
exact number killed and wounded,
as reports vary according to the quar-
ter from which they are obtained.
Certainly the killed number more
than hundred, possibly two hundred,
and the wounded five times as many.
An official report says the number OF
casualties was largely increased by
the neglect of persons to remain in
doors, and others who insisted on look
ing out of doors and windows when
the volleys were being fired upon the
rioters by the soldiers. Residents OF
the city say that they received no or
ders to remain indoors.
The present trouble began at Lodz
on the Goth, after the funeral of the
victims of the conflict between troops
and terrorists the previous Sunday.
The Christians were permitted to bury
their dead, but the Jews were prohib-
tied from doing so, and the police Sc
cretly inferred the bodies of the Jews
at night, which excited indignation,
and terrorist riots were initiated on
the 22nd. The most serious phase OF
the rioting developed when the crowd
deliberately pillaged liquor shops, and
numbers of persons, inflamed by
drink, led crowd of at least $4,000
to further and more serious attacks.
Police and military were attacked
wherever they appeared in small
force, and many individual members
were killed.
After piIIaging the liquor shops the
crowd set fire to them and prevented
the fremen from extinguishing the
flames. This was repeated deliber-
ately at many places. Friday the fury
of the mob found full vent, and even
children, caught by the contagion,
were seen kissing red flags and heard
swearing that they were ready for lib
erty. A Jewish girl mounted a box in
the market square and addressed an
immense crowd.
Suddenly the police appeared, fired
volley and the girl fell dead. Mar
ket gardeners coming in were stopped
and their carts used in building bar
ricades. Wires were stretched in
front Of these barricades and the cav
airy was unable to charge. Meanwhile
the mob had secured arms, and revolt
vers were freely used. Finally the
military secured the upper hand, but
not without considerable losses to
themselves and fearful slaughter of
the rioters. The soldiers exhibited the
utmost carelessness as to whether
they killed peaceful persons or riot
ers, and as consequence many
women and children were among the
dead.