The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-07-25
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
Soldiery Do. their Best to

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says the peasant war, which began In
the province OF Voronezn, is spreading
over the central provinces. Fifteen es-
tates near the city Of Voronezh have
been burned by peasant mohs since
Sunday.
A strike Of hired laborers 8 week
ago was brutally suppressed by the
Government forces. Enormous nass-
es OF peasantry then congregated and
marched In a great column, several
miles In length, to sack all the estates
in the neighborhood. Troops arrived
and tried to dispsrse the mob with
vol!eys OF musketry. Many hundreds
Of peasants we're killed and wounded.
but the horde stlbbornlY refused to
reEreat.
The approach Of masses OF peasants
by other roads made the position Of
che troops untenable and they retreat
ed, leaving the estates defenceless.
The Government has sent artillery to
the scene.
The railway stations are packed
with fugitives and landlords and their
families are camping by the roadsides.
Details have arrived Of the destruc-
zion OF Prince Orlof's estate OF Padi,
where the famous study Of Orlof
horses was kept. The men In charge
mad warning OF the nob's coming and
were able to drive the horses to the
steppes and the families Of the en-
ployees were sent away.
Soon enormous columns OF smoke
were seen arising from the buildings
OF the estate.
The 6evastators then advanced on
the Tul!noVsky 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 fela-
lions with the peasant-y OF the dis.
Grict.
A spokesman advanced from the
vanguard OF the horde, however, and
read to the local peasants and Tulin-
oVskys tenants decree ordering the
burning and devastation Of all estates.
The peasants we're allowed to move
their household belongings.
"A mechanic from the crowd bored
hole in the main wall and the place
was filed with special explosives.
TIE horde advanced and repeated it's
destructive work on all surro unding
estates. %-...=
Armed peasants Of the province OF
lula are camped across the railroads
near the station OF Suvoriye, and are
preventing the passage of all trains.
Tney have been reinforced by six
5housan6 men from the Government
Cartridge Factory, at Tula, which Is
closed.
Companies Of Isnailvosky regiment
Of the Imperial Guard have now been
placed at the stations on the railway
between ST. Petersburg and Moscow
10 protect them.
Private kilograms say that dragons
killed eighty peasants In the village
of Kocherovka, province Ct Tanbof7,
while 5000 people were holding a
peaceful meeting and discussing the
land question.
Mounted police and Dragons, after
firing several VolIeys into the. crowd,
charged 1t with drawn swords. An
official dipatch says that one person
nas been killed and one wounded In
che rioting at TVer.
The Agrartan strike is still spread
ing. 1t has now extended to several
Governments in which case the har.
vest is likely to be lost. In Lubin,
where the reVolutionists declared Wal
On the gendarmes and police, ten
policemen have been SHOT.
rne principal functions on the
Southern Railroad have just been
supplied with nine special military
trains, fitted with steel blinds. Mill
cary engineers are instructing the
employees Of the railroad in track re-
pairing, In readiness for an impend-
ing general strike.
$4,000 E:Es Parade.