The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1905-10-19
Deadly Riots in Russia.


reign OF terror again exists
throughout Moscow and the adloln.
ing country as result of renewed
rioting between strikers and troops
Desperate lighting has taken place
In every quarter OF the city, and
dozens OF strikers were killed and
wounded.
TIE rioting began early Sunday
morning when band of socialists
carrying red tlags and banners bear
Ing derogatory Inscriptions comment
ing on members OF the royal family
and local authorities tried 10 parade
through the principal streets. The
police attempted To disperse them
when some one iited shot from a
revolver, the bullet severely wound.
ing Police Lieutenant Nicholas Ponl-
chevitch. The police then tired a
volley into the crowd aud charged II,
only to be driven back with some
loss.
Troops were then called aud sortie
OF mounted Cossacks drove the crowd
into side streets. trampling the lead
ers under the feet OF the horses.
The situation Is considered serious,
and troops were last night brought
from outlying barracks aud placed ON
guard about the va,ious public build
ings and large manufacturing estab.
1 lishments.
/ The temper OF the populace is ugly,
as the strikers are suffering from
hunger aud fiotine Is likely TO he re-
newed today.
! Thursdays and Fridays rloting
were as nothing compared with these
OF Sunday. and details of the bloody
work which are slowly iilteIing out
/ indicate the number OF killed will ex-
ceed 80. while the NUMBER OF wound
ed viii run well into the hundreds.
The strikers and military last night
! fought a bitter battle on Tyersky
! boulevard The strikers withstood
two charges aud not until the soldiers
fired three yolleys into the heart OF
the crowd did il break and run
All information regarding the casu'
alties is refused, but 1t Is known
many we're killed and wounded.
/ The prefect has published one oi
the most bnrhnrous proclamations
ever published in all Russia. He au.
thorizes the police to arrest anyon,
they please, and directs them To shoot
To kill all who resist.
The proclamation has 50 exasper
ated the people that II Is feared 30,
600 operators In the factories viii
)oin the strike. today
Up to midnight more than 1000 ar.
rests were made many OF those TAX
en- into custody being wounded
Special dispatches tn the Londor
newspapers October o, describe thu
desperate state OF affairs at Moscow
Saturday and Sunday.
Many persons were Killed or wound
ed In the rioting on the TyeTsky bou
levard at the site Of the monument
To- the poer pushkin and IN the great
square fronting the monastry wher'
the troops used sabors aud rifles, tr
Ing point blank into the rioters
The authorities have issued \ procla
nation giving the police absolute
power to prevent asscmblages.
The correspondent OF the STANDARD
describes bow many OF those arrested
were made tO Iun the gantlet OF 4
double line Of Cossacks IN "A long
narrow courtyard. the soldiers brutal
ly striking them with knouts and III,
butts OF rifles until they dropped
fainting or dead at the end OF Ia,
line.
Several bombs were thrown at tn,
Cossacks October 8. The troops iirec
and general panic cnsued. Mani
persons we're killed or wounded --
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