The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-06-22
MASSACRE OF. jews
ends; BURY Victims
QUIET RESTORED AT BIALYSToK
WHERE AWFUL SLAUGHTER
OCCURRED.
Bodies Pounded Into Mere Masses Of
Pulped Flesh-Estimates of Dead
Vary from 200 to 3oo-Enormous
Number of Wounded.

vary Irom SoO 10 oOO-GuorluOuS
Number of Wounded.
Bialystok, Russia, June 19.-Quiet
again reigns throughout this devas-
tated town. Firing was heard at mid
night on the outskirts of Bialystok
near the cemetery, but no further
disorders have occurred. The total
figures of the casualties are not avail
able, but 20 bodies were buried Mon
day. This is claimed to be less than
half the total of the killed. Jewish
estimates say that not less 200 were
killed. The number of wounded is
enormous. Surgeons have arrived
here from Warsaw to assist the over
worked stats of the hospitals in car
ing for the injured.
A few instances of the excuses
were the bestiality and brutality with
which the victims of the massacre
were treated. Some of the corpses
were masses of pulped flesh, the
wounded in some cases having scarce
ly sound bone in their bodies.
The members of the commission of
the lower house of parliament who
are here to inquire into the massacre
are greeted as saviors by the popu-
lation, who flock out of their houses
with pathetic joy and relief. AS the
commissioners pass through the
streets, the people call down bless
ings on their heads and give them &C
counts of their sufferings. The COM
mandant of the troops has furnished
the commissioners with an escort and
has promised them every facility in
conducting their investigation.
900 Corpses Counted.
Odessa, June 19.-The Novosti, of
this city, published dispatch Mon
day from its correspondent at Bialy-
stok which shows that the Jews fell
by hundreds in the two days of riot
and massacre last week. The dis
patch says: 81 personally counted 200
Jewish corpses, great number of
which were horribly mutilated. Only
six Christians were killed and eight
wounded"
Censor Shuts Off News.
st. Petersburg, June 19.-No fresh
news has been received here from
Bialystok and none of the newspa-
pers can get word directly from
their correspondents there. A corre-
spondent who should have arrived
there from st. Petersburg Sunday
morning has not been heard from.
Nothing has been received here
from the parliamentary commission
sent to Bialystok to inquire into and
report upon the massacre of Jews. 1t
is evident that the authorities will
not allow any dispatches to be sent
from the terror-stricken town, which
fact is regarded as ample proof Of
the horror of the situation.
Troops Supported Rioters.
The last telegram known to have
been received here reached M. Ostro-
gorski, member Of the lower house
of parliament from Grodno It was
rs follows:
"The Jewish outrage at .Bialystok
was produced by provocation. The
police participated in it, and the
troops actively supported the rioters.
The military authorities now have
full control. The governor general
has left the city. Persons who tried
to leave Bialystok were killed at the
railroad station and others who sue
ceeded in reaching the open fields out
side the town were run down by dra-
goons. There seems no hope of stop
ping the attacks. The number Of vic
Tins is large. While this appeal for
immediate assistance is being written
we hear about us the sound of vol
leys."
Attack Jews in Other Towns.
Warsaw, June 19.-The chief of DO
lice of Warsaw has issued a proclama-
ton warning the people against the
efforts to provoke racial hatred and
stating that every attempt at rioting
will be mercilessly suppressed by force
of arms.
Anti-Jewish riots have broken out
ut Zabludow and Gouiondz, in the prov
ince of Grouno, and at Ossowiec, in
the province of Lomza