New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-23
ALL MOLDAVIA RISING.
THOUSANDS IN FLIGHT.
Many Peasant Rioters Killed or
WoundeG by the Troops.

hleiill2, March Z2.-The laWieSS CollulIioli9 III
Northern Noldavia have not been exaggerated
according TO the reports to-day from Czerno-
Nitz the border From the estimates of the
damage made tonight. it appears that four
hundred farms in Moldavia have been devas-
tated. 5000 fugftives have fed over the Ru-
manien frontier into Austria and q total Oh
10000 Jews are homeless.
The number of dead and wour3ed cannot be
given accurately, but the reports to-day give
total of about elghty-five men killed and about
ono hundred and fifty wounded.
on Thursday five hundred peasants tried TO
invade AIichaileni In spite of the fact that
there was a sufficient number of Rumanian
in this town to stop the rioters, the peas
ants at first got the upper hand because the SOL
ders. acting upon the orders of the prefect, We're
not permitted to open fire. Some of the soldiers
fired against orders and killed fifteen of the
rioters and wounded forty-fve, whereupon the
peasants withdrew.
A more successful attack was made at Vaslui,
to the south of Jassy. Here a body of two thou-
sand peasants forced their way into the town
The Prefect of vasIuli did not have sufficient
troops AZ his command to stop the nfuriated
men, and the rioters pundered practically all
the buildings on the three principal streets and
then set them on fire. The peasants had looted
freely and the fire completed the work of de-
struction.
The prefect sent in a hurried appeal for re-
Inducements and the peasants, in ignorance of
this step remained in the town until the soldiers
arrived. A serious fight up and down the burned
streets followed. The soldiers came out victori-
Gus but twenty rioters were killed and many
were wounded The commander of the troops.
Major CaIori. sustained serious injuries.
FOUR VILLAGES IN RUINS
The entire Roman district was up in arms.
Here the authorities were powerless and the
peasants pillaged and burned everywhere. All
the buildings I'm the villages Of Halancesti, Her
lesti Holcisteni and Ninelusen were demolished
and the villages are now nothing more than
heaps of ruins.
Il is estimated that not fewer than eight thon-
sand fugitves have crossed the frontier into the
Austrian province OF Bukowina whore they are
being cared for as well possible
The most serious fight to-day occurred near
Piarra. town about sixty miles southwest cf
.Tassv. Several thousand peasants marched
against this town. where an entire regiment of
infantry was stationed. The soldiers charged
| the peasants with hayonets The peasants r.
piled with rifle and revolver fire. and then the
| troops began shooting hack. The hEhting lasted
over an hour before the rioters retreated- They
had - men killed. 81 wounded and go Of their
nprober were carried off prisoners by the SOL
liers The troops had men killed and -
wounded.
TEX THOUSAND Jews HOMELESS.
The estimate Of ten thousand jews without
homes is considered here 10 he conservative.
Most Of these fugitives saved absolutely Moth
ing Four thousand Jews fed 20 Bucharest
,.bera The authorities are now making every
afyor, 70 assist them hut they are almost an
obliged to sleep in the open air
Tho entire garrison at Bucharest IS being held
IN readiness for service in the disturbed district
Rcinforcements TO the number OF eighteen hun
dred men have been brought into the city by
snecial trains Eight thousand reserves have
| been called TO the coors.
The fueitIves who have escaped Into Austria
tell dreadful stories Of the outrages To which
,bo,. bovo been subjected Fugitives from
Bo,osahni, who were the first 10 reach the IRON
| ,ior said tonight that a body Of two thousand
,,aa..n+s succeeded in forcing their way into
| ,o,,r after midnight. The people Of Botosahni
| had been informed of their coming. and most "t
| ,ho women and children had started toward the
| e-ortier The men remained behind for the puF-
nose og defending their property. The repor'S
;ro 10 the effect that the rioters killed many IN
| Rotosahni. but It has been Impossible 10 get
Trustworthy figures.
DAcsACRES CAREFULLY PLANNED
II hNff'tAi''''
| III. MANNED the uprising They had perfected
| -, ,r,arization and determined on the day ot
| ,,ossacra They were subdivided into bands ol
| s..oa,, hundred men each. each band had an
! ,,,,+cd loader and the leaders had been au-
! ,ea5 of the places where they could coIiii''
| o,,trapes without fear of serious resistance.
| 7, tho tovy, of Rotosahni the scarcity or meat
and bread Is beginning to cause suiler'"s'
rurber Of butcher and baker shops were ue
etroved and the others are closed. NooouS
| dares 70 sell meat While the situation IN 'n''
district is slightly better to-day, the
! - tho distric. Of Dorogoi about twenty miies
northwest Of Botosahni have changed Tor u"7
rorso The tenants of all the farms near Herr"
| and NJolnika have fed The town or DoroB''
was attacked yesterday by q BODY of louI 'i'o"
| sand peasants. The local clergylneh Hlduo vain
| oeforts to calm the excited masses. The peas
| ants would not listen to them ana S"ep' ~
ont Of fheir path A regiment OF cavalry was
/ then called into action and attacked the peas
| ants vigorously The mob finally was driven
| bacl but not before many men had been killed
or wounded It is still impossible to ascertain
the exact numbers.
The situation at Jassy is still menacing. Elght
thousand soldiers have been concentrated III
/ this city. -. g.,
/ n is reported that university students from
Bucharest and Jassy melted the farmers 10 ihiS i
| insurrecton. They are sald 20. 70 IaH ~ neasonts
| from village to village, provoking tle Ps1t PesiT
| by fiery speeches and the dlstlputi"'' %
/ ~ Worded pamphlets -, ,ato,+ %
| Tho latest news received here would Indicate
that previous reports that the disorders are r,s -
tending south into Wallacha; as Wen 10 1d a, oo S
| the Austrian frontier INTO inc cI'""
| The latest reports from Czernowitz say thaE
the Austrian farmers residing in the uisttloI 4I IL
| crossed the Rumanlan frontier and. joining , tme