Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-15
VICTIMS OF MASSACRE
Latest From Scene of Yester-
days Outbreak
AT BIALYST0K, RUSSIA
Thirty Jews Killed in Fierce Race
Riot.
JEWISH SHOPS RANSACKED
Attacks Were Provoked by the
Throwing of a Bomb Into q
Religious Procession.
SHOPS RANSACKED

BIALYSTOK, Russia, June $3.50 far as
can be ascertained, thirty Jews were killed
during yesterdays outbreak here. The
hospitals are flied with wounded, but 1t Is
impossible to ascertain the correct number
of the casualties, many of the injured
are hidden in private houses.
All the Jewish shops the four prin-
cipal streets were sacked. Military and
police patrols now guard the streets and
no civilians are allowed to leave their
houses. A sort of armed truce has been
established pending the complete restora-
ton of order.
When the Associated Press correspondent
arrived at o'clock this morning the city
was in possession of the soldiers belonging
to the Vladimir regiment. The streets and
railroad stations were occupied by mill
tary detachments, and entrance into the
town was prohibited. The population was
greatly excited and the Jews were terror
stricken, but there was no resumption Of
the killing of Jews up to noon.
Bomb Throwing Charged to Jews.
According to the information obtainable,
the attacks on the Jews were provoked by
the throwing of a bomb into a religious
procession, that of Corpus Christi, yester-
day. seriously woundng a priest, Father
Fedaroff who was at the head of the pro-
cession, and several of his assistants. This
aroused the Christian population and al
though the perpetrators of the outrage
were unknown, the responsibility was
promptly placed on the Jews.
A mob was soon formed, and for sew
eral hours ravaged the Jewish quarter,
Novo- -Schosseina, Lipova, Memietzka and
AleXandroV streets, pilaging the shops and
hunting down and beating their occupants
About twenty persons were killed and
eighty were wounded. For hours the bodies
of the dead and wounded lay uncared for
in the streets. The Jews concealed them
selves in cellars and attics in order to es-
cape the fury of the mob, and many fled
from the city .z
The governor of Grodno arrived here at
midnight and today is taking all the meas
ures necessary to calm the population
Appeal to st. Petersburg Officials.
ST. PETERSBURG, June I'm. Sheftel
a member of parliament from Ekaterin0s-
Law accompanied by a number OF members
of the lower house from the Jewish pale,
called on NJ. Stolypin. the minister of the
interior, today regarding the anti-Jewish
outbreak at Balystok. They were Informed
by NJ Stolypin's aid-de-camp that oroer
had been restored and that about ten per-
sons had been killed, but 1t was added
the ministry had no information as to the
number of wounded.
Subsequently M. Sheftel and his col
leagues drafted interpretations for presen-
tation in the lower house, calling attention
| to the Bialystok affair, expressing fear that
1t is the beginning of widespread attack
on the Jews and demanding to know what
action the government has taken at Bialy-
stok who is responsible for stirring up race
and religious strife In general, and what
measures are being taken to prevent the
destruction of the lives and property OF
Jews throughout the empire.