Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-12
SURVIVORS STORY OF RIOT
Man Who Escaped from sisdlce Tells Of
the Slaughter.
TERRoRIsTs MAKE sHCRT FUTILE STAND
Soldiers Loot Wine Room of Hotel,
F. Get Drank, and Town is
Then at Their
Mercy.
Mercy.

Mercy.
| WARSAW, Sept. 1.-THE correspondent
OF the Associated Press interviewed a refu-
gee from Siedlce today. The man said:
| Il was staying Saturday at the Kuplecki
hotel I'm Serlce Suddenly, at O'Clock in
the evening, heard two shots. which were
al once followed by a volley. In lew
moments a number Of Jewish women and
children rushed into the hotel. pursued by
soldiers. The shooting continued for an
hour Then the only noise from the streets
was the crying and moaning of the
wounded. At midnight several soldiers
were heard singing martial songs. ] learned
that troops had been searching houses TO
discover members of the terrorist band.
To this end they went through the WIKI
torja hotel and pilaged the wine room.
They got drunk rapidly and, coming out on
the streets, began wholesale murder and
plunder.
Battery Answers Bomb.
| At 2 o'clock Sunday morning terrorlsts
who were defending a house on Pienkna
street threw a bomb at the soldiers. Bat
teries were at once brought into play and
bombarded houses on Pienkna and Warsaw
streets The Kuplecki hotel was destroyed.
Refugees were fleeing through the streets,
and az they ran the soldiers constantly
fired volleys at them.
Il ran with the others and managed to
reach a church in safety. Here hundreds
Of fugitives, most of them wounded, al
! ready had congregated.
This was at o'clock Sunday morning.
1 had passed down Sokolowka and Polvwa
streets and found that the market place
had been burned.
- fNoI
and water forced the refugees in the
through streets covered with debris. There
were many dead bodies and wounded per-
sons lying about. We finally reached the
village Of Roskosz.
wounded Not Attended.
Most of the families in siedlce. who
barricaded themselves in their houses in
fear Of the soldiers have now been three
days without supplies. The wounded have
not been cared for, as the soldiers will not
permit physicians to enter the town"
This refugee would not give his name, as
he feared persecution by the police.
A Hebrew refugee, who escaped from
Siedlce with his wife and two wounded
children. said:
"I had a small hardware store on
Pienkna street. At midnight Sunday sol
diers broke into the store and destroyed
it. They could not find us, as we were
hiding in the garret. The artillery fire
on Pienkna street made 1t necessary for
us to lie fiat on the floor until Monday
night Then the fire was so severe that
we were forced to fee. We made our way
through the streets and the children were
wounded. When we reached the fields we
were almost starving"
Other refugees declare that the principal
plunderers were the reservists. who passed
through Siedlce Monday on their way
home.
Trouble at warsaw.
In a search for terrorsts here last
might some 200 houses were ran
sacked by troops. About 1000 ar
rests, mostly Jews, were made Many chill
dren were taken into custody. They are
employed by the terrorists to execute at
tempts upon government officials, because
the movements of children do not awaken
suspicion and they are not liable to receive
punishment. All suspects have been or
3 dered expelled from the city
2 1t was learned here today that the reign
, of bloodshed at siedlce had ceased. at
q least for the time being. Troops are
.camped in the streets The authorities are
investigating the events leading TO the out
break and the subsequent reign of terror
Medical assistance for the wounded Is
greatly needed. According to the best in
formation the number of persons killed in
: Siedlce is about 100.
A great many persons took shelter In
= churches from the hail OF shot. Others re-
mained for two days lying fat on the floors
of their apartments for protection against
flying bullets They were without food OF
water. The four principal streets of the
.I, foA
. many houses were damaged and looted
= The number of houses burned reaches
twenty-seven. Many Jews managed &c
, leave the city and escape to the neighbor-
y ing villages
Town BombRrded.
STAVROPOL. Sept. lit is reported
here that the village OF shuiguti has beer
bombarded by artillery in consequence o
) disorders there following the arrest of NJ
Onipko the peasant leader Of the late par
lament, who Is to be tried by court-martia
for completely in the uprising at Cronstad
last July.
8 The inhabitants fed and their. house,
e were destroyed.
According to reports the artillery is nov
= moving against the village Of Petroffskaia
: News az Capital.
ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. n.-Telegrami
! received by the newspapers OF the capital
mostly from refugee sources united n
/, giving the fighting at sedlce the character
= OF an anti-Jewish attack. Only the mos
!, meager details, aside from those already
telegraphed. are obtainable here on ac
!, count OF the censorship and the difficult,
: in using the telegraph wires from Siedlce.
Hebrews here fear the massacre is con
tinuing. Newspapers declare the signal foi
the massacre was given by displaying
= red lantern from the tower of the city
!, hall.
Fight at Harbin.
HARDIN, Sept 11.-F1ve political prison
ers have been killed and fourteen have beer
wounded in a fight with their guards fol
J lowing an attempt TO escape.