River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-02-02
strikers CLASH
With Soldiers
HEAVY CASUALTIES REPORTED
IN REVOLUTIONARY RIOTS
AT WARSAW.
BRITISH VICE CONSUL
INJURED BY TROOPS
Ambassador Hardinge Demands I'm
mediate Explanation of the Affair
New Complications for the Gear
Feared as a Result.

New Complications for the Gear
Feared as Result.
| Warsaw, Jan. 31.-Fresh battles be-
| tween the troops and the Polish pa
triots broke out Monday following
riots and disorders lasting 4S hours.
in which scores have been killed and
| hundreds wounded. The revolutionists
attempted to throw barbados across
the principal streets and fierce con-
ficts resulted.
Artillery was called out and the
troops charged the barbados repeat
eddy. All over the city shops have
been wrecked, looted and set afre.
One estimate places the number of
killed or wounded during the rioting
| here at 1G0.
Outdoor Life at a Standstill.
| Out-of-door life in the city is at
complete standstill. All the restau-
rants, cafes and shops are closed. A
proclamation has been issued declar-
! ing that the condition of the city re-
quires additional protective measures
without differentiating between those
who are forced out against their will
and those who are precipitating the
strike. The men, it is added, must re-
turn to work Internationally.
British Diplomat Attacked.
One of the incidents of the riot was
the attack by Russian hussars on Brit
ish vice consul, Mr.. Mucukain. Mr..
Mucukain was passing through Mar
shall Roski street from the Spanish
consulate when he was ridden down by
a group of hussars. Two Of them de-
liberately rushed at him with uplitted
swords and inflicted two severe cuts
across his face. His lower lip was ter
ribly mangled. The attack was so
sudden and unexpected that Mr..
Mucukain was unable even to raise an
arm to protect his face. Dripping with
blood he was conveyed to a hospital,
where he is doing as we'll as could be
expected.
Strikers Resort to Bombs.
Bombs have replied to the brutality
of the soldiers. At LODI several bombs
were thrown at gendarmes and Cos
sacks who were dispensing mob, and
|
chow bomb was hurled into the cav
airy barracks while the troopers were
at supper. 1t exploded with terrific
force, wounding many of the soldiers.
A search for the bomb-throWer was in
vain. 1t is reported that a mob has
burst open the prisons at SimpherOpol,
in the Crimea, and at Reval, setting all
mite bomb was thrown at the palace
of the governor of ST. Petersburg. The
palace was practically demolished. The
governor was absent at the time.
New Complications Feared.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 31.-NeW COM
plications between Great Britain and
Russia are feared ON account Of the
attack on the British consul and vice
consul at Warsaw Saturday night.
Coming on the heels of the placards
posted by Assistant Police Chief Roud-
neff at Moscow charging Great Britain
with melting the revolution in Russia
the Warsaw incident is likely to
arouse an Outburst in Great Britain
which may again strain relations be-
tween the two countries. Beyond the
fact of the attack at Warsaw result
ing in the wounding of the British
vice consul who is now in hospital.
the British embassy here has no de-
tails of the affair, but Sir Charles
Hardinge, the British ambassador, has
already delivered note to Foreign
Minister Lamsdorff asking for an i'm
mediate investigation and explanation,
reserving any claims which may be
hereafter made and at the same time
asking for the protection of British
cOnsuls throughout the empire. By
the first train he also dispatched Maj.
Napier, the British military attache, to
Warsaw to secure a full report on the
circumstances.
Count LamsdOrff fastened to reply
to Ambassador Hardinge's note ex-
pressing regret if the British consul
general and vice consul at Warsaw
were injured and informing him that
an immediate inquiry would be made to
establish the facts.
Factories Resume.
Most of the factories and mills of
st. Petersburg were in operation Mon
day and the strike to all intents and
purposes is ended. A few large es
adjustments have not yet fully re-
sumed operations owing to the official
formalities necessary in registering
their thousands of employees.
Ask That Gorky's Life Be Saved.
Rome, Jan. 31.-A number of dep
uties signed memorial in the cham
Der of deputies Monday asking the
| government to use its good Offices with
the Russian government to save the
life of Maxim Gorky and his COM
panions.
Killed by Dynamite Blast.
Toledo, o., Jan 31-While prepar-
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