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Show JEWS BATTLE FOR LIFE IN CRIMEA SL I'etershhrg New of tho nnll Semitic disorder In the Crimea arriving ar-riving hero show thnt thoy wero on n larger scMe than thn first reporta Indicated At Melitopol the people sot upon the jjow nnd fought n regular battle will stone and retolvera The few pnllcrt nnd thirl) soldiers In tho town wrropowerIes When tho Jovvi ifled defeat! tho Christians from noon until pildnlgbt held a rnrnlvnl of plllago and plunder lit cry shop ox cept two Jewelry stores waa sacked, the crowd onl) desisting when ex (minted Tho arrival of M Trovoff of Tntirlda province the following da) restored order Tho number nf killed or wounded I not git en either from Melitopol or Blmpheropnl, whero rioting against the Jews began as n result of the clr- ( culatlon ot n story thnt a Jewish buck J iter had thrown a sacred Ikon Into n ( water closet At tho village of Orloffiky In the Crimea, the rioting took tho form of 1 nn attack upon Ilaptlsts The peas nnls under Ihu direction at tho village authorities directed nn nssault upon the church No one Is reported to i have been killed The Ilaptlsts were ' captured and held as prisoner In tho church for ten hours after which they 1 were reUased |