Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-19
PEASANT WAR SPREADS
Rich voronezh Estates Burned
by Mobs.
MANY HUNDREDS KILLED
Railway Stations Are Packed With
Fugitives.
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
Police and Dragons Attacked tho
Rioters-Prince orloft's Estate
Burned-Camps by Roadside.
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
Special cablegram to The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
ST. PETERSBURG, July TO-
The peasant war, which began in
the province of Voronezh, is spread
ing over the central provinces. Fiji
teen estates near the city of Vo-
ronezh have been burned by peasant
mobs since Sunday.
A strike of hired laborers week ago
was brutally suppressed by the government
forces Enormous masses Of peasantry
then congregated and marched in a great
column several miles in length to sack all
the estates In the neighborhood. Troops ar
rived and tried to dispense the mob with
volleys of musketry. Many hundreds of
the peasants were killed and wounded, but
the horde stubborniy refused to retreat.
The approach of masses of peasants by
other roads made the position of the troops
untenable, and they retreated leaving the
estates defenseless The government has
sent artillery to the scene.
The railway stations are packed with
fugftives, and landlords and their families
are camping by the roadsides.
large landed proprietor named Dobro-
yolsky and his family wandered for days
across the fields before they reached Voro-
nezh.
Details have arrived Of the destruction
of Prince Or!ofs estate at Pad, where the
famous stud of Orloff horses was kept. The
men in charge and warning of the mob's
coming and were able to drive the horses
to the steppes and the families of the en-
ployes were sent away. Soon enormous
columns of smoke were arising from
the buildings of the estate.
The devastators then advanced on the
Tulinovsky estates, where the horses and
cattle were driven out of the yards The
local peasants hoped the estate would
escape destruction owing to the owners
friendly relations with the peasantry of the
district.
Allowed to Take Belongings.
A spokesman advanced from the vanguard
of the horde. however. and read to the local
peasants and Tulinovsky's tenants a de-
gree ordering the burning and devastation
of all estates. The peasants were allowed
to move their household belongings.
a mechanic from the crowd bored a hole
in the wall of the main building and the
place was fired with chemical explosives.
The horde advanced and repeated its de-
structive work all the surrounding es-
tates The devastation is still going on.
large armed force was on the Orloff estate,
but was unable to prevent its destruction
Armed peasants of the province of Tula
are camped across the railroads near the
station of Suvorovo. and are preventing the
passage of all trains. They have been re-
inforced by 6,000 men from the govern
ment cartridge factory at Tula, which is
closed.
Imperial Guard at Stations.
Com NAMES of the IsnaiIoysky regiment of
the imperial guard have now been placed
at the stations the railway between ST.
Petersburg and Moscow to protect them.
Private kilograms say that dragons
killed eighty peasants in the village of
Kochkervovka. province of Tamboff, while
1900 people were holding a peaceful meet
ing and discussing the land question.
Mounted police and dragons, after firing
several volleys into the crowd. charged it
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