Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-07
TOday's Telegraphic News
Riotous Tartars and Armenians.


st. Petersburg, Sept. THE troubles
at Baku continues undated, according
to the latest reports received here, and
the situation, if anything, is growing
worse constantly. Over 500 oil wells
are now reported to have been destroyed
as the result of the policy which has
been adopted by the rioting Tartars and
Armenians of setting fire to the tanks
and wells. and the damage is enormous.
1t will be long time before operations
can be resumed.
The heat from the burning wells is 80
intense that the troops who have been
fighting the flames have been obliged to
abandon their efforts to extinguish the
great blaze. Workmen living in the
vicinity of the wells have been forced
to desert their homes on account OF the
heat and the danger of the flames spread
ing to their houses.
Reinforcements for the troops who
have proved unable to deal with the
fighting Tartars and Armenians have
been ordered from Tiflis to Baku by the
viceroy of the Caucasus, but it is exceed
ingIy doubtful, owing to conditions In
the district, whether the soldiers, even
with the assistance which has been sent
to them, will be able to quell the antag-
onists who seem bent upon exterminat-
ing each other.
Naptha re6ners at Baku declare that
they have lost everything as the result OF
the firing OF the oil wells and storage
tanks.
To make the situation worse, agTarian
disorders have broken out in the district
of Taganrog, where riOtous peasants and
farm laborers have been pillaging and
burning the estates of landlords.
The lack of troops in the district has
laid the country open to the ravages OF
the rebels.
A telegram from Balskahsnys, where
many of the largest oil wells in Russia
are located, states that the entire place
has been reduced to ashes.
It is feared that the disorders in the
Caucasus may lead to complications
throughout other parts Of the empire and
the Car has telegraphed to the viceroy
of the Caucasus again giving perempt-
DRY orders that be must stamp out the
revolt there at any cost. Acting under
these instructions the viceroy has ordered
the troops which have been dispatched to
reinforce the soldiers at Baku to use
rigorous measures.
Tihis, Russia, Sept. 7.-Reports which
have reached here from various parts OF
the Caucasus in regard to the disturb
ance, which have occurred say that at
Baku the rioting was resumed last night,
on a greater scale than ever before.
An official statement announces that
the situation is serious. Among other
acts of violence the rioters fired on the
house of the Governor. At Balakhany
the force of soldiers is far from adequate
to cope with the rioters 1t was neces-
sary for the artillery there to FIRE on the
rioters in the attempt to subdue them.
At Bielostok tie son of factory own
er named Krikum has been arrested as
the man who last night attempted to
assassinate Commissioner of Police
Samsonof. A double attempt was made
upon Samsopoff as, after throwing bomb
at him, the would-be assassin fired a
revolver at the official. Samsonof was
badly wounded.
st. Petersburg, Sept. THE latest adj
vices from Baku says that the condition
there is hopeless. The whole city is now
on fire.
London, Sept. IA Russian firm here
has received a telegram from Baku, which
says that the Arsenal there has been
blown up. Great havoc was caused by
the explosion, and many casualties have
resulted.