Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-15
Dead and Wounded
in City of BiaIystok,
Russia.
is STAYED BY TRUCE
Exact Extent of Casualties
Unkn0Wn---D0uma De-
fies the Gar.

Bialystok, Russia, June 15.-As far
as is ascertained 80 Jews were killed
during yesterdays outbreak here. The
hospitals are filled with wounded, but
it is impossible To ascertain the cor
rect number of casualties, as many of
the injured are hidden in private
houses.
All Jewish shops on the four princi-
pal streets were sacked. Military and
police patrols now guard the streets
and no civilians were allowed TO leave
the houses. A sort of truce has been
established pending complete restora-
tion of order
Hundreds Dend.
BialystOk. Russia June l5.-Hun-
dreds of Jews are dead or wounded
here, thousands are fleeing from Bialy-
stok. pursued by murderous mobs. and
their homes are being burned and pill
laged. The most fearful massacre of
Jews Russia has known recently start
ed at noon. and still is in progress
The massacre is believed to have
been planned deliberately. II is said
to have started when an anarchist,
who. the Christians say. was a Jew.
threw bomb among the Corpus Chris
ii procession which was in progress
here today and killed or wounded
many persons. In consequence the
Christians attacked and massacred the
Jews and demolished their shops.
The bomb was thrown from the bal
cony of a house in Alexandrov street.
4 Russian clergyman named Federoff
IyfI I,tr hn
sion
Jews Eirc Crowd.
u is said that Immediately after the
explosion Jews began 10 fire with re-
volvers from the windows of the house
into the crowd. Soldiers surrounded
the house and fired two yOlleys into
the windows Meanwhile the enraged
Christians attacked the Jewish stores
in Alexandrov and Suras streets, de-
molishng the fixtures and windows.
throwing the goods into the cutters
and beating and numbering the Jews.
A crowd of Jews fed TO the railroad
station. pursued by the mob, which
killed many of them there. Three Jews
were thrown from second-story win
dows of the station. The Jews are
fleeing from Bialystok TO the neighbor-
ing forests and mobs are pursuing
them.
Jews arriving here on railway trains
have been dragged ont of the cars. anu
many of them have been murdered
Douma Wants to Know.
ST. Petersburg. June ia number
of members of the lower house have
drafted interpretations calling attention
TO the Bialystok affair, expressing the
fear is the beginning of a widespread
attack on the Jews. and demanding 10
know who is responsible for stirring
up race and religious strife in general
and what measures are being taken 10
prevent the destruction OF lives ana
property of Jews throughout the en-
pire
IessImism Prevails.
ST. Petersburg, June 15.-The press
is unanimous in its profound pessim-
ism over yesterdays action by the
lower house of parliament. The situa-
tion is strained TO the breaking point
The attempt of the military procurator.
General Pavloff. in behalf of the war
minister to shift responsibility for the
military executions TO the minister OF
the interior is a palpable evasion or
the issue raised. with the result
storm of Indignation has been aroused
and is being augmented by the cool
attempt of the government to invade
the inviolability of members OF parlia-
ment and its demand for the expulsion
of NJ. UIanoff. Whether the govern
ment dares to follow up legally the re-
fusal of the house TO expel Ulianoff and
its Haunting of PavIoff is now ques-