The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-23

IS MEN HAVE BEEN 1. KILLED \ I. z
Peasants Attacked Town Garri-
soned #by Regulars, Who Re
5,8$s pulsed the Charge.

Gs4V lEiNA,t e. March |2 2.---Inc SERIOUSNESS
or The situation In Northern Moldavia
growing out OF tn eagrnrian disorders
has not, according to the latest Isle-l
graphic reports reaching here from
Czernowitz, ON the border, been ex-s
.nggerated. Fl
&s From tie estimates Of the damages
made Tonight, 1t appears that 400
farms have been devastated, 5000 fugl-y
!tivcs have He'd !, over the Roumanian
frontier into Austria, and a total Of
10000 Jews arc homeless. III MT
The number Of dead and wounded
cannot be given accurately, but the
reports8of to-day give q total OF about
S5meil killed ana In the neighborhood
of $50 wounded. II,
THE movement Is really moro agra
trian than anti Semitic. The peasan is
lrevolted against the great farming
trust, which lensed half the cultivable
land In Moldavla. II II N i.5
Tho absentee landlords who control
the trust happen to be Jews, and this
any and a. J ews that they meet and
to this antipnthy Is added strong racial
feeling. H .i3s q 81 5s55 l,& IA
On Thursday 500 peasants tried to In
wade ,Michalleni The peasr Is at first
got the upper hand because the soldiers
acting upon eSorders Of the project
OF the town, were not permitted to open
fire. In the face Of the menaces of the
furious peasants, however, some Q tho
soldiers did fire against orders. This
8volley Killed fifteen Of the rioters and
wounded forty-five, Whereupon the
Attacked Vaslui.
vasiui g the south OF. Ja Was Here
"a body OF 1000 peasants forced their
way into the town. The q project Of
#Vaslul did not have fiicicnt troops
scontrimen. q He, stood E ~ a helpless
Scountrymen.s He stood by. a helpless
witness while the rio ters In an In
ed practically all the buildings on the
three 5prInci pal stree ts al 5Vuslui and
then set them on fire. 4
st& The peasants had looted freely and
Tho project sent In a hurried appeal
for rcinforcements, and the peasants,
in ignorance Of this step, remained In
Then there ensued Q rious fig ht.s9Thc
soldiers came out victorious
s.'Tyyentygri oters were killed and many
were wound ed.s}8 !. IL t3 5 853s
in & arms. Here the authorities we're
spoWerless. and the peasants pillaged.
burned and devastated 38 everywhere.
SA1l the buildings N the .yillag es@ =
Halanc esti.S Herel estis ~ lcistini, and
|sNineusen were demolished. and ho
|:v1llages are now no thing more than
heaps OF fruins.
Fight at Piatra. 4
hi The most h serious fight n OF to-day
occurred near Piatrn, a u town 5ga bout
sixty miles southwest Of y assy Sew
eral IN thousand Il peasants marched
I5against ri this town, NJ where nm entire
regiment OF Infantry was stationed.
The soldiers charged the 'peasants wi tn
fixed bay onet s.. The peasants replied
Ito this onslaught with rifle and res
ISvolvers fire. and then The troops began
|shooting back. n sF
The fighting lasted over; an hour before
the rioters retrea ted. S$ # heysg had forty
two men killed six ty- seven wounded and
$50 II OF their number " ere ca r!ed ri on
prisoners BY the u sold ers, IL r he u troops
had eight men killed 4 and twcnty-seven
wound ed. 355isS&.
The estimate OF i 10, 900 Y Jews without
homes is considered here to be conserv-
The town OF Dorogo was attacked yes
l8terday byI.a body Of 4, 900 PEASANTS. The
local clergymerl 8mnde vain Seffort to calm
| the excit led masses Tho peasants would
l%not listen to them, and swept them out OF
/ their pa tbs, a gtment OF caval ~ was
l&peasan ts vi ously The mob inal ly was
driven back. but not before many men
had been killed or Wounde 3;85II StslAA!
$ The fugitives who have escaped into
| Austria tell dreadful stories OF the on t
| RACES to which they have been subj cted
but tonight they are SO worn with theil
that drove them from Rovlman!a, that nc
lone can give, O detail led account OF his 81
| her experiences lSi