The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-09-13
FAMINE AFTER MASSACRE.
REFUGEES AT SIEDLCE, POLAND,
HIDDEN IN CELLARS AND LEAVE
WOUNDED UNATTENDED.
SOLDIERS GET DRUNK.
Churches Refuge for Prosecuted People,
but Hunger Soon Drives Them
Out to Troops Mercy.

| STANROPOL, Sept. lit is re
/ ported here by tele graph that the village
Of Shd!guti has been bombarded by ar
tillery in consequence of disorders which
commenced there following the arrest OF
| NJ Ohipko, the peasant leader Of the
/ late Parliament who is to be tried 10y
court martial for completely in the up
rising at Cronstadt last July. The in
/ habitants of the village fled and their
/ houses were destroyed.
/ The artillery. according to report, IS
now moving against the village Of re-
/ trOilsk&ia.
Hunger in Stricken Town.
WARSAW. Sept IA famine
are hidden in cellars and 1000 are prs
Oncrs.
/ The correspondent of the Associated
Press interviewed a refugee from SIeuIce
today The man said: IL was staying
Saturday mt the kupieck hotel IN
Sicdlce Suddenly, at . O'Clock in the
evening. | heard two shots, which were
ut once followed by yollcy. In few
moments number of Jewish women
ana children rushed into the hotel, pur-
sued hy soldiers. The shooting CuulIu-
ned for an hour and then came to an ond.
1hou th" only noise from the streets was
the crying and moaning of the wounded.
Many Soldiers Get Drunk
AT midnight several soldiers passed
the house singing martial songs 1
learned that troops had been searching
houses in an effort TO discover members
of the terrorist band. 70 this end they
went through the Wiklurja hotel ana
pillaged the Wineroom. They got drunk
rapidly, and coming out onto the streets
began wholesale murder and plundcf
AT > o'clock Sunday morning ter
rorisls who were defending house on
Picukna street, threw a bomb at the sol
diers. Batteries were at once brought
into play and bOmbardcd houses on
P.,nkua and Warsaw streets. The
kupiccki hotel, where / was staying,
was destroyed. Refugees We're leeing
through the streets and as they ran
the soldiers were constantly firing vol
lcys at them.
Church Is the Refuge.
81 ran with the others and managed
to reach church in safety. Here 300
fugitiycs, most of them wounded, al
ready had congregated. This was at /
O'Clock Sunday morning. ( had passed
down Sokolowka and Polvwa streets,
and found that the market place had
been burned.
AT the end of two days lack Of food
and water forced the refugees in this
church to leave it. We made our way
through streets covered with debris.
/ There were many dead bodies and
wounded persons lying about. The po-
lice refused to let doctors attend TO
81 VIZ Wnyr.,s,,, "''"''' ''''''''' NV '''''7N
In search for torrorists made in
Warsaw last night some 2OO houses lu-
Gated in different parts of Warsaw were
rausaclri by troops About 1000 ar
rests Were m"d'' ana most OF the PRISON
many ehlldfen Arrested
Many children were taken into GUS
tody They are employed by the terror
ISIS I" execute attempts upon govern
,hiiJrrn Il" pof awaken suspicion '''' "
According ia tLo host information
/ the number Of persons killed in SiedIcr
/ il about 10 TLny were without food
ar ,,,trr nm fnnr rrincinoI strrnts If
| the town have hreu almost devastated
| and elsewhere many houses were dam
! prpl ana Io,.p1 Tho ipuhor If huIIsrs
| huru,I I,1rlps tyruiy-snyru Mary
| .Jryys managed 10 rrt ont uf fine city and
| nee ia up.,Ihnriug villages.
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koDetS Oet $fo,ooo'
klIN Sept ll,--At BjcljaHcrkov n
band of armed roughs attacked the local
branch of the Discount bank in full
view Of many people ana got off with
, $4,000. one hygtandcr was killed and
one of the robbers fearing capturc. com
mittcJ suiridr
Chlef oil Police Slain
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