Show t t 1 STRIKERS SHOT T DOWN DOWNA A TRAGEDY IN HUNGARY I A. A A of ot are Attacked by Soldiers and Twelve weve Killed Outright A band of ot ISO 18 reapers men and at t Debar Bebar Hungary lunary struck on ou the I j for lor an Increase In their wages When their demands were refused they seized a wagon loaded w With wih Ith corn cocci declaring that they would I have ha e a n fair share of the profits prouts The fh farmer farmel who had bad hired the te i reapers capers saw that ho he could I do nothing and summoned the tho gendarmes to restore order and get back baek his property 1 Time lie gendarmes w were ere soon at the scene of the did dU- but their ter presence at first did not frighten the strikers Who Were re becoming more riotous In lit their demonstrations They hey threatened to burn bur the farmers farmer's house and lay ay waste wast his If he be did pot not comply with their demands They rhey Went ent to so far as M to threaten the gendarmes if I they interfered Finally the outlook became so serious that the tho Inspector commanding the gendarmes saw S that prompt and heroic measures measures mu must t be taken If order w was wa as to be Le restored He Ie gave the command to fire fre and aud his men promptly obeyed and poured a volley volcy into the rl riotous tous reapers In the mea meantime Ume one of the strikers who was wa standing In a 1 group of several others near their inspector drew a knife and stabbed him The mob showed snowed no disposition to disperse after they had hid been limed fired fred upon and the gendarmes who were armed with wih Winchester rifles rles fired tred volley after volley Into them until three forty-three rounds were discharged Twelve men and amid women were Mere killed and many any were wounded founded before the mob was driven from the th place The he strikers fortunately fortunately fortu fortu- for themselves were scattered about the field feld and it was owing to this fact that a I larger lager number was WM not n killed led or wounded wounded |