The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-09-09
SHOOTING GOES ON AT BAKU.
FOUR BRITISH SUBJECTS BE.
LIEVED TO HAVE Persisted.

Others Get Away on steamer-Moee Troops
Sent to SIbdue the warning Factions
-Tatars, Fired On by Artillery,
Capture the Guns-Cause Of Trouble.
Special Gable Dispatches to THE Sun.
T1FLIs, Sept. s.-The Governor Of Baku
has teegraphed to Gen. Shirinkin that
there has been partial pacifoation Of the
hostile factions, but isolated shooting con-
tinues. There were many incendiary fires
last night, but it is believed there was no loss
Of life.
Aregiment OF reenforoements has arrived
from Tiais. Further reenforoements from
Vladikavkas and other places in the north
ern Caucasus are anxiously awaited.
local militia is being formed under regular
officers. The Governor Of Astrakhan has
sent q quantity of bread to Baku.
Additional reenforcements OF infantry
and cavalry have been despatched to
Shusha.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. s.-lnformation
has reached here that all the British sub
jects at Baku except four have escaped
by sea. The four who did not get away
are at b akhany, suburb, which Is practi-
cally surrounded by Tatars. They are
unable to get food or water
The British Ambassador has sent
second note to Foreign Minister Lame-
dorff concerning the safety Of British sub
jects, and has also telegraphed again to the
Viceroy of the Caucasus. Count Lams-
dorff informed the Ambassador this after
noon that every possible step had been
taken to protect the British
The latest private news from the Cau-
casus is to the effect that the steamer on
which the British at Baku escaped is
anchored near the shore. 1t is feared that
the four who were left at Balakhany have
persisted in the flames or been shot.
kilograms from the Caucasus are vague
and confused It is impossible to tell
from them whether the rising is spreading
or whether the troops are gradually getting
the upper hand.
The foreign consulates, the banks and the
Government buildings are guarded by
troops.
Bahkhany has been completely burned.
The Tatars plndered everything that was
valuable. despite the artillery, which moved
them down in masses. private account
Of an attack on the hospital at Balakhany.
where 1, 600 Armenian workmen bad col
artillery summoned the people to surrender.
The only reply was shower OF stones.
Some shots were fired, killing a gunner.
The officer then ordered three guns to open
fire. The first shot went wide, but the
second crashed into the hospital. killing
numbers and wrecAing the building.
The mob attacked the artillery, captured
the guns and threw burning oil on the
soldiers, who fled The Government bank
and the churches were then set on fire.
Manuel Nobel, the manufacturer. the
largest individual employer here, inter-
viewed by the Birjetoya Viedomosi to-day.
declared categorically that the principal
and original cause Of the catastrophe in the
Baku district was popular discomfort at
the slow progress Of the reform program.
This state of affairs. he said. was utilized
by revolutionists to make numbers Of re-
cruits from the organizations Of the work.
ing class. The national antipathy between
the Tatars and the Armenians was only a
secondary cause. Mr.. Nobel further said:
"Now anarchy reigns throughout the
region. The Tatars, whom the authorities
formerly considered conservative force
and likely to act with the governing powers
to counterbalanoe any coalition between
the Russian Armenians and the revolu-
tionaries, have falsified this calculation.
1t was the Tatars who first set the oil wells
on fire. The Armenians arrived afterward.'
The Russian banks at Baku in a circular
addressed to the Government declare that
the arrnistioe at Baku announced yester-
day will not avail. 1t adds:
"The men without work, numbering
$500, from the burned factories have joined
the disorders and have begun piIlaging.'
The circular further declares that the
property of the banks and the lives Of their
employees are in danger Of destruction
unless the military protection Is imme-
diately strengthened.
The reassuring kilograms from Baku
and Sh,lsha are Offset by private messages
recomting wholesale massacres of Ar
menians. In one suburb Of Baku 4G0
Armenians were hemmed in in court
yard. They sent frantic appeal to the
Governor, but he sent them no help. and
all we're killed by Tatar troops.
LONDON, Sept. s.-Telegrams received by
mercantile firms in the city to-day say that
the massacres and fires at Baku continue.
British subjects there who number about a
hundred, have taken refuge on board a
yacht. Thousands of persons have fallen
victims to the artillery fire Of the troops.
LONDON, Sept. ca despatch to the
Times from st. Petersburg describes the
situation at Baku as desperate. A tele-
gram received by the Russ says that tens
of thousands of workmen marched from
the ruined oil fields into Baku, perpetrating
deeds of horror on the way. 1t is reported
that they actually threw victims alive into
burning edifices.
Troops were sent but they were quite
incapable OF coping with the enormous
numbers Of armed and desperate rioters
To make matters worse, tribesmen, attracted
by the prospects Of loot. are coming dowr
from the mountains and aiding In the worl
Of death and destruction.
Considerable apprehension Ia felt lest thu
peasants on the lower volga follow tn,
example OF the Caucasus and start thu
long expected sgrarisn revolt, which, unde
| the stimulus OF famine. the cessation o
field labor and the industrial standstill, du'
to the failure of the supply Of naphtha
would rapidly spread through the country.
The newspapers are full OF scathinl
criticisms Of the helplessness and inef
ficiency OF the administration. The mos
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