Eureka Reporter | 1905-05-12 | Page 2 | Slaughter of Hebrews

SLAUGHTER OF HEBREWS fighting raged for forty eight hours in streets of mir st petersburg the report in cir cu latton here that there had been a massacre of jews at mir govern ment of vol hynia southwestern rus sia Is confirmed in a dispatch to the which says the rioting began may 7 and continued tor forty eight hours orthodox christians tell upon the jews in the streets the jews were armed and fought their assail ants many being killed or wounded on both sides private dispatches from mir attribute the attack upon the jews to articles in M Krous hevan s paper called the fiend twelve persons were killed and fifty were wounded on sunday the jews telegraphed to friends in st petersburg to the authorities to take strong measures for their protection and orders to that effect were sent A renewal of the fighting is expected