The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-07
PEOPLE MASSACRED
TROOPS POWERLESS
Fight in Suburban Regions Is
Desperate and Soldiers Are
Using Artillery Hurri-
cane Raging and Flames
Swept in Every
Direction.

(Bv Associated Press )

| l1oy ASSUCldlcu ESS.
ST. PETERSBURG, September Z, 250
A. M.--The news from 13aku. received up
to tho time OF the filing OF this dispatch,
ILis Of the gloolniest character The Arme-
nlan and Tartar warring factions now ap-
pear to be entirely beyond CONTROL The
the inhabitants, and the force OF troops
to be Inadequate to restrain the anarchlal
tendencies of tho combntants III the sur
rounding region.
According to reliable reports. the troops
have been forced to withdraw from the
suburb OF Balhnkan. where on Tuesday
the rioters set fire to the oil works, and
that place Is now In the hands Of the
Tartars. who have completed the work OF
destruction and who, 1t is said, mas
sacred the Inhabitants who did not ac-
company tho troops lin their retirement.
Telephone and railroad communication
between Baku and the suburban oil cen
ters Is cut, and late last night 1t was
reported that the wires into Baleu were
down. $4 Y. vi tt5i n
Troops Inadequate.
The vlccroy OF the Caucasus has dis
patched reinforcements Of troops from
{'rinls. but owing to tho conditions
throughout the whole Of tho southwestern
Caucasus, It Is thought that even wi tn
these renforccments# the troops will abe
inadequate to- deal withGthe situation. In
tho suburban region the fight is desper-
ate, and the soldiers are using artillery.
III Represen tatives Of the oil Industry here
are utterly dfapond~nt, and they declare
that on the basis Of the kilograms SO far
received, more than half Of the Industry
in the Baku region has been wiped out
and hat the FIRE Is making rapid inroads
Into the remainder Of the oil territory. @
q press dispatch from Baku, d approv-
cd by the censor, says: 8$.
THE rival factions alc concen-
trating In their own quarters here.
The 5sltuation&is exceedingly intense.
Murders arc B FREQ quent. Cannonndlng
Ills heard from timesttoS time. Ell In#thc
Moslem quarter the patrols have
been fired upon. Balakhan lis on fire E
Nnnd the Armenians are surrounded
by armed villagers apparently Tar
ters, and the cannonadng there is
unceasIng." #
The fire ontinues In THE Black Town
quarter and in Blbiebat. Energetic meas
ures and heavy reinforcements Of troops
are Immediately necessary I'll < $
Other adviees state that 4 hot fight
is going on between Armenlans and Tar
tars at Blbiebat and that great fires
are still raging at Sabunto and Nomani
fed by immense tanks ofnapthn, or which
there are ] 900 In tha t region. and that
the conflngration Mt Bal1u. where. up
to last evening the tanks of the Society
or &BHKu were, lntaC is steadily lnCre1S-
Ing. Under these conditions, with fight
Ing going on In the streets and with
q hurricane blowing. the advices say, It
will be almost impossible to extlngulsh
the fires. $
Fighting at Kishineff.
private adyicos from Klshine1f, say
that street lighting continues thcro.
Roughs are sacking the Jewish shops,
killing or woundng many Of tho inrate,.
It Is said that over a score of soldiers
have been killed. The Jewish self-defence
committee is active In organizing resist
ance to the troops.
& According to details OF the disorders a
Kishlner September Ath. received by the
ministry of the Interior, tho ARRAY
though originating In an attempt OF tho
authorities to dsperse demonstrations a
the funeral OF Jewess developed into
combat between Jewish manifcstnnts and
soclalIstic workmen and q mob Of row
dies and anti semtics. The official dig
patch does not mention any PEI sons being
killed.