Logan Republican | 1903-08-15 | Page 2 | Savagery of Russians

SAVAGERY OF RUSSIAN3. Two Thousand Workmen are Ridden Down by Cossacks. Accounts of strikes in southern Russia Rus-sia contlnuo to come In, and some of the details aro almost too horrible for publication. A correspondent, writing from Nlkaclooff, says: Tho trlkors, on tho whole, havo preserved exemplary order, but this has not aved thorn from savago attacks, directed di-rected by Gonoral Arzcnleff, governor of Odossa. Groups of mon who assembled last Saturday with tho Intention of holding hold-ing a meeting wcro driven Into a solid tnass by 600 Cossacks, backed by two lines of Infantry with fixed bayonets. About 2,000 Btrlkors bolng thus en closed by a double cordon, the Co-Basks Co-Basks rode through them, striking right and loft with heavy whips, tho fallen men bolng tramplod undor the horse's feet