Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-08
Tartars Clash With the Military
Over Hundred Killed.
Naphiha WORKS al BAKE Bnrned and
Factories are All Closed.

trr th"r. and, although the worse
,,.ury ~ fir" and massacre have not
WV M, urrcd IN Baku Itself none dares
mink how far the excuses may pro
,.rd
The principal fighting is not in Baku
itself. but at Balakhan. where hundreds
have be- shot by the infantry and ar
iillory and where 100 were killed or
v,nnrdod during a desperate attack on
tho military camp and provision depots.
'Th. troops Sustained few casualties.
larg" number of workmen barri-
,rdcd themselves in the Rilakhan hos
rttal The soldiers began the attack
With rife FIRE md then stormed III"
hre,ittl ana con rleted their work viii.
IN. hIvon"t.
Tn" entire oil and commercial quar-
rrs uf Balakhan, Sabuuto and Norman
have been wiped out Ivy fire and the
Inhabitants remaining hchinrd were
massacrrd aud thrown into the flames
Bibicbat Continues t. burn and is
threatened with the same fate as Bal
akhan.
The consulates. banks fIid admins
'Tation buildings IN iIa'tu are guarded
BY troops. All ~ IN" Engl!rh residents
and almost all Of uthcr inhabitants Of
the better class hav" boarded ships AM
gone Ia sea 10 escape frCm danger. All
available steamers have ocCn employed
for this purpose.
Martial law has been proclaimed i'm
IN" city. Nobody tx allowed on the
streets after = o'clock ~ light and in
hdhitlnts Of houses are held strictly
I"sInnsibie for shots fred from them
Artillery was employed against on"
house from which shots were fired. The
vale were preached. III" house was
ttrrmcd and all the people inside Were
killed There Is a general panic i'm the
,tty
The whole army If hungry workmen
driven IN from the suburbs have flocked
into the city Their Is the greatest
d"stitution aud measures for trans
'."rting IA" workmcn from the city
ar" impci.tirrIy necessary.
Rrinfurrrmcuts q: trnr,s are arriv-
ing daily and u IL hoped the authori-
t"~ suou win bave, .he situation better.
"a hhud
Following " a brief review in Sc
,ucn,o ~ "" events ~ the last six
d.tve - Witnessed a Bnku.
~ thout o'clock on che forenoon If
Saturday last reports began running
from mouth Ia mouth that tho TartarI
.rnd hrin"uians were I1assaCring each
Other Everybody was Immediately
rr'aily alarmed aud :, panic prevailed
stores w"r" closed and windows AMI
d""is wen" htrricad"l. Twenty min
ut', lit'r sounds e rifl" firing wer"
h"ud from The various quarters Of tn.
'ttv ana ,vcrybody wished TO flee hut
y" ~" could tell Whether safety lay
within ~ without tn" city. At o'clock
Va I'll" evening. patrols Of tossacks and
th'r sol ii"ra armed With rifles began
=" arriN" from the barracks aud thcs =
u""ps immc lately engaged the rioters.
Tn" iifiug between the warning fa--
ti"us continued all Of Saturday night.
On sunday. the situation showed no
nrIr'N' mont md firing WAS in progress
tl luriuE the day. the streets being
NJ s'tt'd "xc"pt for III" combatants. NJ
"u" dtt"d 81 leave the Rouse n tn"
Lu,'ru", general. ~ : O'Clock. Sunday
',.uiuE the first reflection on the sky
~ tr" in the Hack Town" quarter
N', noticed ami u was learned that the
l" Al Nobel iii reservoir was burning
sunday night WIS more fearful than
it' preceding one. Fires broke out IN
trIl quarters and tn" firing If th'
'tu"pS WAS uninterrupted.
" = o'clock "Wednesday afternoon
'I' situation was somewhat quieter
Ttrtars aud Ar1nenians we're runninr
through thu streets crying peace" and
little later. \ procession made up 81
both races with Clergymen at its heac
Ven; through the town. But these Of
i"itS towards a cessation Of the fight
ing were not effective for the firms
vent "u All uf Wednesday night. Th'
s"lii' rs. however. continued their Of
inttS to r,.urcss the disorders and b,
Thursday morning. matters were NOR
"tlcrly everywhere.
Tho streets. today. are deserted anC
m" stores. hanks and other publi
tj',r> are closed hardly anybody ven
turing nu, a pail Of heavy black smok
hangs over Raku and its suburbs.
The losses In these six days have no
,,' been accurately established It wa
exported. this morning. that tho Tar
ttrs Notwithstanding their participa
ton IN the "pcaCe' procession. are op
posed to the establishment Of orde
md that they demand a substantial
sum from the authorities in lieu of per
mission I" continue their pillaging.
Roats running on the Nolga vii
doubtless have to use naphtha instea
ot oil. The quantity ~ naphtha on han
Ntli h" Sufficient for tho river boats 10
AZ least five months. II will take near
~ a year to repair the damage here
Hut for the activity Of the soldiers
IN, blood shed might have been niue
greater. As II is n great many hav
been killed
Panic rcigns I'm the whole of Tiff
district and the people arc fearful c
an attack nv Tartars. One Cnssack wa
allied md another wounded 10 mile
frorn this town. last night The assai
ants escaped. The police patrols hay
been strengthened and the authorize
propose to organize a rural militia fc
the defence Of Armenian homes in
OF the trans-Caucssian districts whei
no troops are stationed.
Tif'is. Caucasia. Sept. ALI II
naphtha works at Baku have been d,