Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-09-15
Kill AND BURN AT BAKU.
Rioters In Caucasia Beyond Controi Oh
Troops.

Anarchy reigns without a rival In
tho Caucasus. The troops are power
less to protect the people, VINO III
mad nanic have been fleeing from
Balu. Martial law has been proclalh-
ed in outlying towns, but It mas no
effect in curbing the rioters IN lnen
mad lust for blood. Fire ana Hassa-
ere have nullif1ed every semblance OF
law.
The principal fighting is not IN BaKu
itself, but at Balakhan, where nun
dreds have been shot by the 1nEantry
and artillery and where loo Were
killed or wounded during a. desperaus
attack on the military camp ana pro-
vision depot. The troops sustained 1e"
casualties.
large number of workmen Darrl-
caded themselves in the Balaknan HOS
pital. The soldiers began the attack
with rife fire and then stormed the
hospital and completed their work Win
the bayonet. The entire OIL ana coln-
mercial quarters Of Balakhan, Sabunto
and Nomani have been wiped out Dy
fire and the inhabitants remaining De-
hind were massacred and thrown on 10
the flames.
The consulates, banks and admins
tration buildings in Baku are guarded
by troops. All of the English residents
and almost all other inhabitants OF the
better class have boarded ships ana
gone to sea to escape from danger All
available steamers have been employ
ed for this purpose. Nobody Is allow
ed on the streets of Baku after
o'clock at night and inhabitants OF
houses are held strictly responsible
for shots fired from them. Artillery
was employed against one house from
which shots were fired. The walls
were preached, the house was stormed
and the people inside were killed.
Following is a brief review, in So
ouence, of the events of the last Few
days as witnessed at Baku:
On the afternoon of Saturday reports
began running from mouth to mouth
that the Tartars and Armenians were
massacring each other Immediately
there was great alarm and @ panic pre-
vailed. Stores were closed and windows
and doors were barricaded. Twenty min
utes later sounds Of rife firing were
heard from the various quarters of the
city and everybody wished to fee, but
no one could tell whether safety lay
within or without the city.
Two hours later patrols of Cossacks
and other soldiers armed with rifles be-
gan to arrive from the barracks and
these troops Immediately engaged the
rioters. The firing between the warning
factions continued all of Saturday night.
Sunday the situation showed no improve
ment and firing was in progress all dur
ing the day, the streets being deserted
except for the combatants.
At o'clock Sunday evening the first
reflection on the sky Of fire in the back
town. quarter was noticed, and it was
learned that the Nobel oil reservoirs
were burning.
Sunday night was more fearful than
the preceding ones. Fires broke out in
several quarters and the firing of the
troops was uninterrupted.
Fires also were started in the suburbs
of Balakhan and Sabunto. Telephone
communication between Baku and these
points was destroyed and it was impossi-
BILE to ascertain what was burning Mon
day morning.
Many of the inhabitants decided to
brave the dangers in an effort to leave
the city. They went in cabs surrounded
by Cossacks to the railroad station and
the flight from the city soon became gen
eral.
Monday night the burning, shooting,
r;ll ND
refinery which was in flames beyond
Bibiebat lit up the sky in that direc-
ton. A big woodward in Baku also
caught fire and strong wind famed
the flames, which soon spread to Nikitin
circus and adjacent houses.
The fire continued all of Tuesday,
breaking out in several new places, en-
bracing the railroad station and a num-
Der of Armenian houses in different quar-
ters Of the city.
During Wednesday, fugitiyes from
Balakhan began to arrive here and told
of the indescribable horrors they had
witnessed. All the oil works there, they
said, were in the hands of Tartars, who
were pillaging the houses of Russian and
Armenian workmen, carrying away ev
erything of value and then burning the
buildings. Ten thousand workmen, they
said, would be left in poverty.
At 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon the
situation was somewhat quieter. Tar
tars and Armenians were running
through the stress crying Peace and
a little later a procession made up of
both races, with clergymen at its head,
went through the town. But these eff
forts toward cessation of the fighting
were not effective, for the firing went
on all Wednesday night. The soldiers,
however, continued their efforts to re-
press the disorders.
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