Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-14

the fighting at Siedlce has come to an
end
SIEDLCE, Sept. 1O.-A Jewish mas
sacre SURPRISING in seriousness all pre-
vious ones in this vicinity took place
here Saturday and Sunday.
1t was carefully planned before hand,
the soldiers warning all Of the Christian
population in advance to hang out their
ikons so that they might remain undis-
turbed
Saturday night some terrorists killed
two soldiers and thereupOn the Libau
regiment broke forth in unrestrained
fury. They began numbering Jews on
every hand and continued the work of
slaughter all night Saturday night and
all day Sunday.
artillery Stops Slaughter.
The CHASTITY work of numbering and
pillaging continued until an early hour
this morning when Gov.-Gen. Skallon
telegrapheG for permission to use the
artillery. -Four batteries then opened
fire down Pienkna, Warsaw and Aliena
streets, which We're inhabited by thou
sands Of Jews. The destruction was
horrible.
As a result of the general slaughter,
it is estimated that fully 200 Jews have
been killed and 1000 to 1000 wounded.
There are 1000 prisoners in custody. a
great many of whom are wounded. Not
Il soldier was killed
This morning squads of soldiers We're
parading through the streets selling pill
LACED watches and jewery The army
officers openly cOuntenanced the selling
of loot. The local governor, Englke, took
no steps 10 prevent the outrage.
Fire and Shooting Continues
WARSAW, Sept 10. = Artillery was
used in Siedlce this morning. Buildings
on Pienkna, Warsaw and Aleina streets
have been destroyed
According to reports received here 200
Jews were killed and 1000 were wound
ed.
Six buildings in the big bazaar of the
city are now in flames, adding another
terror to the killing and plundering
which has been going on here for the last
thirty-six hours.
Frequent shots ard occasional volley
firing is still heard in different parts of
the town, but because of the general
panic it is difficult to learn accurately
just what is transpiring.
The predictions made August % of a
Jewish massacre at Siedlce, Russian Pc
land. unhappily have been justified by
the fighting which broke out Saturday
night, and developed yesterday into d
carnival of indiscriminate slaughter and
-Yillage in which the soldiery and the
mob took part. Unfortunate Jews We're
shot and bayonetted i'll the streets of the
town. Houses and shops were broken
into and sacked. Naluables were carried
off and offered for sale by soldiers to
passengers ON passing trains.
In addition to the Jews a number of
Christians and even some officers met
their death in the fighting. The num-
Der of these victims has not yet been
established. but a conservative estimate
places it at 40. The Jewish fugitives
who thronged the railway stations at
Siedlce are in state Of panic.
Reports received from towns in the
vicinity of Siedlce place the number of
victims at several hundred.
The early reports of the SiedIce mas
sacres put the responsibility at the door
of the terroriSts, but fugitives declare
that the soldiers never would have been
allowed TO get so completely out of
hand.
Rioting Still Continues
A telegram received here from Sedlce
this morning says the riOting and shoot
ing there continue. The revolutionists
are firing ut the soldiery from windows
and the troops reply with votieys.
The Libau infantry regiment took the
principal part in the massacre. Some
passengers on 4 through train were hit
by stray shots ON Sunday. The loot Of
fered for sale by the soldiers consists
principally of jewelry and clothing.
1t is difficult to obtain details of the
trouble at Siedlce as the town was SUP
rounded yesterday by soldiers and no
body was allowed to enter. Passengers
however. who arrived at Warsaw during
the night gave the following account Of
the slaughter:
After the murder of Il policeman by
terrorists on Saturday night and the
firing of Il volley by troops into the as
Sembled crowd which resulted in the kill
ing of two citizens and the woundng of
many more, the terroriSts held Il meeting
and decided to exact vengeance by in
augurating 4 general campaign against
the police and the troops similar to tn"
recent activity along the same lines in
Warsaw.
In the course of Sunday morning
twelve patrolmen and soldiers were
killed. As a result of this the I.ibau
regiment in a state of Infatuated anger
left its barracks in the afternoon and
marched into the Jewish quarter. shoot
ing right and left as it went The troops
We're Joined by crowds of Hooligans.
who co-operated in the plundering and
wantonly destroyed everything they were
unable or industrious of carrying away
The sale of booty by the soldiers went on
under the very eye of their officers.
vt a late hour in the afternoon the
haluga regiment arrived on Il special
lidln ITpEi bldla ana measures were III
Stltuted TO put stop to the pogrom.
In spite of this, however. the shooting
continued up to a late hour last night"
A correspondent of the Associated
Press who was not able to get into
SIedlce yesterday. started for there q
second time this morning. Siedice is a
town of 10000 people half of whom are
Jews.
Tries to Stay Briton
BAkU, Sept 10.-Leslie Urquhart
the British vice consul here, who was
decorated by King Edward for heroism
in rescuing Englishmen isolated ut Bal
akhna from Tartar insurgents during
the massacre of 1905, was the victim of
serious attack Saturday night in the
center of the city and miraculously es
capped death. Though he was fired at
juries We're six slight flesh wounds. The
crime is believed TO have been commit
ted by revolutionists.
Apologize to Great Britain
ST PETERSBURG. Sept. 1O.--The
British embassy has received official ex-
preSSicns of the governments regret for
the attack in Baku, September s upon
Leslie Urquhart, the British vice con-
sui and assurances that everything
would be done to discover and punish the
perpetra tors of the act.
Fears for Kamyshin.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept 1O-No
further news has been received here con-
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