The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-17
RIOTS CONTINUE;
HUNDREDS DEAD
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Uprising Against jews e 7; 5
in Russia Said to
Be Spreading.
POLICE UNABLE TO
STOP BUTCHERY
Government Alarmed at. Situation
Caused by Inactivity Of
Officials.
JEWS FIRING FROM
HOUSEHOLDS ON CROWDS
Town on Fire and Mob in Com
plete Control Jews at Kishi-
nev Are Panic-Stricken.
Trouble at Warsaw
and Other
Places.
Government Alarmed at Situation
Caused by Inactivity Of
Officials.
JEWS FIRING FROM
HOUsET0Ps ON CROWDS
lBY Ansociated Press

(By8 Associated Press.) @
81 elALYsTok. Via WARSAW, June
1e.-ln order TO revenge the Victims a
Of THE. m assacre, Jewish hrevoiutIorists.
hidden on the roofs OF houses and be.
hind fences and the darpcrIes OF VIM
dows, have fired the whole day long
With revolvers and rifles at the gov;
ernment buildings and Workmen and "
peasants passing In the streets and
one bard, ambushed ln5% a factory,
fired on the station and approaching
trains. The exact mum ber& OF victims
10 unknown but II Is estimated that &
4 i hundred persons have been killed.
TWO hundred persons are IyIng
wounded In two HI pltaIs Of the city.
NJ artIal law has been proclaimed, and
troops are arriving constantly.
4 l5ll {By Associated Prcss) ssSa
ST. sPETERSBURG.2 June 1s.-Encon-
& drr1ed rumors are In circulation TO the
8 effect that anti-Jewish outbreaks have
occurred at Brest- -Lito tsk. The Governor
OF that city has Expressed himself to the
i effect that there Is no hope OF stopping
I the " 8hutcheryE ot y cws Ia .B talystQk for
ing that nobs are invading the trains
{ passing through Blalystok, md are drag
gings out and killing passeng crs. The
\ Iewat who escaped from II B Bialystok are
wandering. starving in the fields or woods
{ NJ. Vinaver, !, members Of the lower!
house. has received the follWing dispatch
from Bialystok: & II
"The rlotlna proceeded throughout
the day With unabated fury, and Is u
still continuing with no signs OF ces
IS sation It Us Impossible to send par.
tleuIars OF the horrors
Situation in Doubt.
\
An official statement concerning the
n trouble at Bialystok says that COM.
pIete restoration OF order is impossible
INN ediatey, owing to ] the dificulty In
hunting down and the capturing OF the
81 disordcrly element In the Alazo md Lang v
lev Streets and jewish quarters. There
is paucitys Of news direct from Bialys-
8tok tonight, # y 5 III
.as Private but unconfirned advices say
that the genera.s massacre may be re-
garded as ended but that rowing bands
are still assaulting and otherwise mall
treating unfortunate Hebrews whenever
they see an opportunity On account q Of
4 a lack OF direct information. the status
OF the situation is In doubt.
Members OF Parliament tinue to re y
ceive kilograms from Poiisll correspond
ents, denying the details given IN the
official explanation OF the disorders, some
or them declaring that fighting did not
commence during the procession and that
the shots, instead OF being directed
against persons in the procession, were
plainly and simply signals to ybegin ex--. 4.
cesses. 9
Tomorrow probably will bring the pre-
liminary report OF the parliamentary
commission sent to Bialystok, which will
go far toward fixing responsibility for the
rioting and give an approximate number
OF dead and wounded.
III sRourscs Are PanickV.
The gravity OF the general situation
grows hourly. The bourses OF st. Peters,
burg and MOSCOW are In a panicky con-
dition and the Social Democrats and
Social Revolutionists. considering Parlia-s
ment to be negligible quantity, are
pushing their campaign for an armed.
uprising with increased Xtgor Demon
stratIons are daily occurriES IN the streets
I OF MOSCOW In favor OF a general strike.
with which the proletariat leaders are
trying to precipitate a conflict The agi-t
tation among the workmen here has
reached boiling point. and patrols are
again In heavy force in the industrial.
In the country the rural guards are
= throwing their lot With the peasants, re-.
\ fusing to protect the landlords. The pro- r.
aggress Of the revolutionary. pfoPag1aNua a.! ~
the army s seriously alarming the GOV
ernnent, and to add to the popular ex.
element. comes the ma ssacre OF Jews at
u Bialystok. 5
Government Responsible.
While the reports conflict as to the I'M
mediate responsibility for the outbreea +,
the authorities here cannot esca re u re-
sponsbility for the provocative black
hundred telegrams which they caused 70
4 be printed throughout Russia appealing
to the worst pa sslons OF the mob against
the Jews as the enemies OF the lconntry.
The government Is und doubtedly fright
4ned at what has occurred. Martial law
has been declared at alystolk and troops
are being rushed to the scene. but ac-
cording to tho latest reports the hunt-3
lng down OF unfortunate Jews continued
abated yesterday afternoon and night,
accompanied by Understandable 1. horrors
The commission dispat tched to- Hlalystok
by parl ment can be- re lied upon to make
= pltiless exposure to the country Of any
dereliction of the authorities.
To Defy the Emperor, 81.
The leaders Iii the lever house OF Spar-8
Ma ment are convinced that 1t is the press
ent Intention OF the government to pre-
vail upon the emperor TO order a recess
81 Parliament and they have taken the
S I'm portant resolution not to obey the tW-
perial order. This amounts to open def
inee and sls a purely reYolu tlonary STEP
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