Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-10
nm KILLED, 1000 WOUNDED.
Stores prIaoed and Selling OF
loot Openly Countenanced
By Army Officers.
40 step. Taken to Proven. oa'r'se'-
Nv 49,, puIIdings in siedlce, Scene
Of Horror. Are on Fire.

.,sentssrg ~ - -.
W. !, his vicinity, took place mere
on0 -, and sunday, 1t was careful
80 ..-,s beforehand, the soldiers
v,-risr all Of the Christian population
anna 10 hang out their ikons so
y" \ ,sg might remain undisturbed.
s..,.sr night some Terrorists Killed
,,,s,,rs and thereupon the Loau
I.,o broke forth in unres'raincd
:, They began numbering Jews on
-, hand and continued their WORK
!, ,.ashier all night Saturday ana
a su Sunday. The CHASTITY Work OF
,..rSsdng and pillaging continued UNI
a .s,lv his morning. when Gov.-Sen'
ss,l,n ,elegraphed for permission 10
80 - artillery. Four batteries then
,,.ued FIRE down Pienkna, warsaw a,iu
,s,,a streets, which were inhabited py
,Aanssnds OF Jews. The destruction
y. borrihle. AS n result OF the gen.
.-,i slaughter. II is estimated that tully
~ laws have been killed and LOU
..,nSed There are 5000 prisoners
!, custody. A great many OF whom are
.,,,dAd Not a soldier was killed.
TINS morning a squad Of soldiers were
,.rading through the streets selling
,,usred watches and jewelry. The army
,eefrs openly countenanced the selling
N loot The local governor, ENGINE
took no steps to prevent the outrage.
Ia prevent the outrages, the tele-
rsnh Offices are closed. and no per-
.ons are allowed TO leave the town. The
,sh,sees continue TO crowd the STA
inns The soldiers are drunk and be-
haylns with extraordinary brutality.
sIEDLcE on FIRE.
sedlee Sept. 10. - Six buildings in
the big bazaar OF the city are now IN
flames. adding another terror to the
Killing and plundering which have been
rolng on here for Ss hours.
Frequent shots and occasional vol
ley firing are still heard In different
nsrts of the town. but because OF the
general panic It IS difficult TO learn
accurately Just what is transpiring
A fsf as is possible TO learn there
nave been up to the present time about
o persons Killed and 200 wounded.
hundreds Of Jews are assembling az
The railroad station awaiting means
Of re.ting ont o. town. but Siedlce Is
surrounded by troops who do not per-
nit exit or entrance.
Field guns Occupy points OF vantage
on the principal streets.
There seems no doubt that the ter
rorlsr are responsible for provoking
the massacre by their fusillades from
roofs and windows on Saturday
against soldiers and policemen who
were patrolling the streets The troops
surrounded the houses from which this
firing came and poured In yolleys
through the windows and doors. This
vas followed by search Of the prem
lses, which soon developed into whole
SAFE plundering and subsequently into
massacre and slaughter The trouble
hefan IN Pienkna street and spread
ispldR 70 large portion Of the town.
Al The Jewish shops have been looted.
OEHsrs who defended their property
were killed or wounded. Any person
seen leaving house OF looking out
o. window was shot without mercy.
ARTILLERY OPENED FIRE.
Warsaw. Sept. l0.-Acordlng 10 the
aiest sdvioes received here from
stilee the artillery opened fire al )
ecock this morning. The cannon shots
we're directed against the buildings
i,on which the terrorists had fired on
ne soldiers The sound Of the big
fsrs sent a number of women into a
sale OF hysierical fear. over $50 jew
n shops were looted. Christians es-
eapd the massacre by hanging holg
lnsges and crosses TO their windows.
me soldiers got quite out OF hand.
AoN OF the prisoners arrested are Jews
"a ney were beaten without mercy.
me Jews OF Warsaw are In fear OF
attack.
MASSACRE PREDICTED.
e Petersburg, Sept. l0.--The predic- |
!. us maze in these dispatches on Aug.
= o Jewish massacre at Seidlce.
a.ssian Poland, unhappily have been
.-.uned By the fighting which broke |
~ s.iufday night and developed yes
''s1ss INTO carnival 81 indiscriminate |
.seshter ana pillage In which the SOL |
~ ana The mob took part. Unfor- |
ss.se Jews were shot and bayonetted |
= ue Streets o. the town. Houses and |
,,.F were broken into and sacked. |
siuAoits were carried on and offered |
~ sale b. soldiers to passengers on |
s-sslng Trains In addition TO the Jews
number 81 Christians and even |
~. az Officers met their death In the |
tnuhg The number OF victims has
~ yet been established but a conser-
'sNe estimate places IL at 40. The |
ssssn fngitives who fhroneed the
.saIoad stations ST Seldlce are In a |
ra's Of panic
.ssporu received here from Warsaw
49, 80, oaher towns In the vicinity OF |
!. NV place. the number OF victims |
several hundred.
.as early reports OF the siedlce mas.
ssIs put the responsibility at the door
4. ~e leiforists, but fugitives declare
slialeis never would have been
Ia 49, 70 SCI SO completely out OF
"A. NHhout the eonniyance, II not |
n. se,usl direction OF their officers.
49, ~ reports received OF the Blaly-
,,-'., massacre last June said the ter
n were 10 blame there also.
n, impossible 10 obtain details ~
n ,- uouole al siedlce. as the town was
MA, i,.y.shaed Yesterday by soldiers and
s,,s vas allowed 10 enter. Passen-
IA nyNestr. who arrived al War
M s -sllns The night gave the follow
s.e.soant q The slaughter:
i,-ra.'i. me murder Of a policeman hy
'flny es On Saturday nisht and the
hne,,vs, a volley by troops into the as
him., crowd which resulted An the
e 49, y tHo citizens and wounalnr
ts,, y more toe ierrorisfs dec,deS ~
ssi ,,.nseance by inausuratins a ven.
t'oor. npa,sn against the police ara
Es.,,, smllar % the recent aoflv,tv IN
IN 49, sunday morning IL natrol'
M ~ Is, ~, soleiers were killed A.
IN Il. ~ 18Th. he Litsa regiment IN anger
hsItb,s' ss'iaeks IN the afternoon "a
1s 49,, mo ne Jewish quarter ,hoo,'
'A' ana left as Il went. Tne