The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-07-27
Since Sunday Peasants Have
Burned Fifteen Estates.
A REIGN OF TERROR.
Estates are Being Sacked and Strikes
are the Order Of the Day. The
Uprising Spread Rapidly. The
Soldlery Do--thelr Best to
QueIl lit.

a dispatch from st. Petersbnro
says the peasant war, which began in
the province Of Voronezn, is spreading
over the central provinces. Fifteen ee.
tates near the city of Voronezb bava
been burned by peasant mobs Rinca
Sunday. '''Aoe
a strike OF hired laborers weeh
ago Was brutally suppressed by tha
government forces. Enormous nnaas.
es of pessantry then congrepated ana
marched In o great column. sevapaI
miles In length, to saok all the estates
10 she heiohborhood. Troops arrived
ana trleo to disp arse the mob with
Volleys or musketry, Many hundreds
OF peasants were killed and wounded.
but the horde stubbornly refused tn
retreat w
The approach Of masses of peasanta
py other roads made the position ne
Ine troops untenable and they retreat-
ed, leaving the estates defeneeleas
Ine Government has sent artillerv tn
the scene. "
Inc railway stations are packed
with fugitives and landlords and their
!amiiles are camping by the roadsides.
Datails have arrived Of the destruo.
zion OF Princo Ofltfr's estate of Padi.
where the famous study of Oflofs
horses was kept. The men In CHARGE
mad warning OF the mob's coming and
we're able TO drive the horses to the
steppes and the families Of the en-
ployeeS were sent away.
Soon enormous columns of smolxe
we're seen arising from the buildinpa
Of the estate.
Inc devastatorS then advanced on
the Tulinovsky estates, where the
horses and cattle were driven out Of
5he yards. The local peasants hopad
the estate would escape destruebion.
owing to the owner's Friendly ralasS
'ionS with the peasantry OF the dis.
trict.
A spokesman advanced from the
vanguard OF tho horde, however, and
;ead 10 the local peasants and Tulin-
oVsky's tenants decree ordering the
burning and devastation of all estates.
The peasants were allowed TO move
their household belongings.
mechanic from the crowd borad n
nole In the main wall and the place
was filled with special explosives.
Fhe horde advanced and repeated tta
destructive work on all surro unding
estates.
Armed peasants Of the province of
Iula are oamped across the railroads
near the station Of Suvorive, and are
preventing the passage Of all trains.
Ihey have been reinforced by six
JhOusand men from the Governments
Cartridge Factory, at Tula, which ia
closed.
companies Of Ismailvosky regiment
OF the Imperial Guard have now been
placed at the stations on the railway
baUween ST. Petersburg and MOSCOW
70 protect them.
Private kilograms say that dragoons
Killed eighty peasants in the village
of Kocherovka, province Of Tanboff,
while 5000 people were holding a
peaceful meeting and discussing the
land question.
Mounted police and dragons, after
hfing several volleys into the crowd.
charged IL with drawn swords An
Official dipatoh says that one paraon
has been killed and one wounded In
the rloting at Tver.
The Agfarlan strike is still spread
ing. Ii has now exten led to several
aovernments In wnion case the har.
vest 10 likely to be lost. In Lubin,
where the revolutionists declared war
on the gendarmes and polioo, ten
policemen have been shot.
rhe principal functions on the
southern Railroad have just been
supplied Wish nino special military
trains, fitted with steel blinds. Mill.
cary engineers are instructing the
emp ploYees Of the railroad In track re.
pairing, In readiness for an impend.
Ing general strike.