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Show STRIKERS ATTACK TROOPS. I Dmnken Soldier Kills Two Children at Warsaw. LONDON, Jan. CO. The correspondent at Warsaw of the Dally Mail telegraphs as follows: "The street railway service here has been partly resumed, with soldiers riding before and behind most of the cars. Few cabs aro running. Street lighting, continues, con-tinues, nnd tho mob is growing In danger-ouh danger-ouh fashion. Thoro have been frequent collisions between the people and soldiers Revolutionists attacked the troops with revolvers and knives. The principal disturbances today occurred in Noviswlat street, a leading business thor- 0l''A1t,lil"o' clock Sunday night a regiment of Infantry marched to this thoroughfare from Smolna street, when somebody ilred on them, whereupon tho troops wore oidered to form a square and lire from four sides. . , "nv criticism of tho troops must bo riunlllled by the- fact that thoy nro fight-inir fight-inir under trying conditions, being constantly con-stantly exposed to snipers and occasionally occa-sionally slabbed by passers-by. Generally Gen-erally the troops are well behaved, but sometimes there aro excesses by hid -vldual soldiers who have become Intox -c' ted One such soldier killed two children chil-dren before his comrades were able to dls- QI"Thero havo been many sad cases of whollv Innocent persons shot accidentally as they turned street corners, 'lhere aro rumors that hundreds have been killed In lighting In tho suburbs; but I havo personally per-sonally investigated every such report nnd learned that there has been a comparatively com-paratively small death roll. 'Flchtlng was renewed this morning, people firing from their, houses on. the troops In Noviswlat street. "i cannot find a single shop unharmed. All havo been plundered and most of them havu been burned Jewish shops have been the special mark for plunder. In the Wola district, which Is reputed to be the most .riotous, 1 found reports much exaggerated, but tho district Is held ty an enormous body of troops und haB the appearance of an army headquarters. A mob of desperato and hungry women trluu ,to thrust soldiers' bayonets usldo to get nt n bakery. Tho guurd proved good na-turcd na-turcd nnd avoided hurting the women. I am accustomed to the sight of misery, but the haggard, starving wretchedness of these women will haunt mo to my dying dy-ing day. "The troops and peoplo had a litt o pitched battle here beforo military rulo was established. Even now the slightest weakening of tho military would result In Immediate violonco. Many rioters who havo been arrested wem found to bo armed with long knives and a uniform kind of revolver, confirming reports that tho revolutionary party some tlmo ago succeeded in smuggling thousands of revolvers. re-volvers. "Tho situation, on the whole, has not Improved. The rioters avoid open conflict, but seize every opportunity to wreak sly vengeanco upon the troop3. Many persons per-sons are afraid to venture Into tho streets, but young women of tho lower and middle classes court danger In tho worst disturbances dis-turbances merely for the lovo of excitement excite-ment Food Is almost unprocurable and bread Is at fumlne prices. The ambulances ambu-lances aro busy day and nlghL God help Warsaw." |