The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-08
dl District ls Wiped Out by Fire kind|ed bJ RsVsngsfuI TaTtars
MANY REMAINING IN HOMES
 MASSACRED IN COLD BLOOD
City Officials Flee for Their Lives and the City Is Under Martial Law. Telegraphs Are De-
 stroyed.

Hs.z,, Caucasus, September 2, D. m.- The situation here tonight shows no signs of amelioration. It could hardly De worse.e The terTor-stricken inhabitants are fleeing from the city, knowing that the garrison Is utterly inadequate to pro tect them, and although the worst scenes of fire and massacre have not yet oc- cured in Baku itself, none dare to think how far the excesses may proceed.
 The entire oil and commercial quarters of Balakhan. Sabunto and Nomani have been wiped out by fire, and the inhabi- tants remaining behind were massacreu and thrown into the flames. Bybiebat con tinues to burn. and is threatened "ieh the same fate as Balakhan.
 The consulates, banks and commercial buildings are guarded by troops. All or the English residents and almost all other inhabitants of the better class nave boarded steamers and gone to sea 10 es- cane from danger. All available steamers have been employed for this purpose.
 Martial Law Proclaimed.
 ---2artial law has been proclaimed In the city. Nopvuy Is allowed on the streets 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 fred The walls were preached, inc house was stormed and all the people inside were killed. There Is a general panic In the city. A whole army Of hum gry workmen driven in from the purn- ing districts has fiocked into the clty. There is the greatest destitution and measure for transporting the workmeh from the city are imperatively necessary
 Reinforcements of troops are arriving daily and 1t is hoped the authorizes soon will have the situation better in hano.
 Following is a l-RI review in sequence of the events of the last six days, as witnessed at Baku:
 On the afternoon of Saturday last re- norts began running from mouth to mouth that the Tartars and Armenians were massacreing each other lmme- diatelv there was great alarm and panic prevailed Stores were closed and win dows and doors were barricaded. Twenty minutes later sounds of rife firing were heard from the various quarters of the city. and everybody wished to flee, 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 began to arrive from the barracks. and these troops immediately engaged the rioters.
 The firing between the warning factions continued all Saturday night. On Sun day the situation showed no improve ment, and firing was in progress all during the day, the streets being deserted ex- cent for the combatants.
 Reports of Massacres.
 No one dared to leave his house during the day carriage, surrounded by Cos sacks. conveyed the city authorities to the house of the governor general At 8 O. clock on Sunday evening the first re- flection on the sky of fire in the black town quarter was noticed. and 1t was learned that the Nobel oil reservoirs were burning Sunday night was more fear ful than the preceding one Fires broke out in several quarters and the firing of the troops was uninterrupted.
 Fires also broke out in the suburbs of Balakhan and Sabunto. Photographic com munication between Baku and these points were destroyed, and 1t was inn possible to ascertain what was burning habitants decided to brave the danger 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 general, everybody who was able to do so leaving. By this time provisions had became scarce and prices were soaring. On Monday night the burn ing. shooting, killing and plundering con tinued and a refinery which was in flames beyond Byblebat lit up the sky in that direction.
 o~J fn rrI aIcO 0au0hf fire and a strong wind famed the flames which soon spread to Nlkitin circus and adtacent houses The fire continued all of Tuesday blazing out in several new places embracing the railroad station and a number of Armenian houses in differ ent quarters of the city.
 No One Dares Leave House.
 During Wednesday fugitives from Bal akhan began to arrive here and told of the indescribable horrors they had wit messed.
 All the oil wells there, they said, were in the hands of Tartars who were pilag- ing the houses of Russian and Armenian workmen. carrying away everything of value and burning the buildings. Ten thousand workmen they said would be left in poverty and they believe that Balakhan will be totally destroyed. At 5 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon the situation was somewhat qu1eter. Tartars and Armenians were running through the streets crying "peace" and a little later a procession made up of both races, with clergymen at it's head. went through the town. But these efforts toward A cessation of the fighting were not effec- tive, for it went on all Wednesday night. The soldiers continued their efforts to repress Ithe disorders and by Thursday mornineA matters were more orderly everywheke.
 W0RId Be Left In Poverty.
 The otl1s today are deserted and the storeS, b2 p and other public places are closed, MY anybody venturing out. A paII ,0f. foAvy black smoke hangs over Baku and 1 suburbs.
 Tho 1osGo5 1nAthese six days have not