Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-19
STRIKE Is SPREADING
Bakeries Remain Closed and Strikers
Threaten to Wreck the. Few Shops
Where Attempts Are Made to Bake
Rread-condltlon is Dangerous at
cronstadt.

To-Day throughout this devastated
town. The total figures on the
casualties are not available, but
4. seventy bodies were buried today.
This Is claimed to be less than
half of the total killed. The Jew
ish estimates say that no less than
200 were killed.
Number Of Wounded Enormous.
The number of the wounded Is
enormous. Surgeons have arrived
here from Warsaw to assist the
!. .overworked staffs of the hospitals
In caring for the injured.
Z There are many instances Of ex-
cess, besitality and brutality with
which the victims Of the massacre
were treated, Some Of the corpses
{ were mere masses Of pulped flesh,
the wounded in some cases having
scarcely sound bone in their
bodies.
Commissioners Greeted With Joy.
The members Of the commission
Of the lower house of parliament
who are here inquiring into the
massacre are greeted as saviors
by the population, who flock out Of
their houses with pathetic Joy and
" relief. The commandant of the
troops has furnished the commits
sioners with an escort and has
Z promised them every facility IN =
'cond Quoting their investigation.
- s---sgss,
st. Petersburg, June 1S.-The con
.itutional democrats seem almos
sady to throw in their lot with thu
evolutionists. The popular agitation
is so great that at caucus lasting TIL
8 O'Clock this morning the question D
changing the party's tactics and aband
oning any further attempt to postpone
an open rupture with the government
was seriously debated.
Bakeries Remain Closed.
The bakeries continue closed toda!
and strikers are threatening to wrecl
the shops where attempts arc made K
bake bread. Little hardship. however
has thus far resulted. The lowe
classes were warned and supplied
themselves with black bread in ad
vance. The strike Of the bakers Is t
be followed in a few days by butch
ers' strike.
LawIessness is Growing.
The usual number Of robberies wer,
reported today, emphasizing the grow
Ing lawlessness and anarchy in thu
country.
The government seems to fear a rep
etition Of the November mutiny q
Cronstadt fortress, where the sailors
marines, soldiers and workmen are re
ported to be extremely turbulent.
Many corpses at Bialystok.
Odessa, June 1S.-The Nocosti put
lished dispatch today from its CORES
pondent at Bialystok, saying:
II personally counted 290 Jewisl
corpses, a great number Of which wer
horribly mutilated. Only six Chris
tians were killed and eight wounded.
Anti-Jewish Riots Spread.
Warsaw, June 18.-Anti-Jewish riot
have broken out at Zabludow an
Gouiondz in the province of Grodno
and at Ossomiec, province of Lomza.
st. Petersburg. June 1s.-While tn
pitiable affair at Bialystok apparently
has burned itself out, the general sit
uation is growing more disquietin
hourly and the country seems to be o.
the verge of another gigantic upheava
In st. Petersburg and Moscow tn
populace is greatly excited and moth
ing is talked OF except the general pc
litical strike which would bring tn
government to Its knees. The prolet
eriat leaders, who have been preparin
for months for blow, believe the me
ment has come to strike. The agra
Tian troubles now are sufficiently e1
tended and disorders in the army ar
rife.
band Of terrorists Sunday held u
mail wagon between Krosniewic
and Klodawa. The terrorists kille
the driver and his horses and two so
diers who were escorting the van, an
plundered the mails and decamped
At 9 o'clock last evening five terror
lists shot and killed police officer an
his wife while they were walking i
the streets at Warsaw. The assassin
escaped.
The Jews of Warsaw are uneasy
but at present there is no indication @
IN anti-Jewish outbreak.
Hope to Avert New Clash.
The authorities are now in contrc
If Bialystok and will do eyerythin
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