Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-02-02
A MONTH
RISE A FALL OF A K0RTHE eau.
CASIAN GOVERNMENT.
Russian Soldiers and Entire Popula-
ton of Several Cities Constituted
an Assembly and Revolutionary
Army, Which Was Put Out Of Bust
ness by a Torpedo Boat Destroyer.

st. Petersburg, Jan. pa letter
from Pyatigorsk, in Caucasia, de-
scribes the rise and fall of the north
Caucasian republic, which had short
and thrilling history of a month. At
ter the revolt of the reserve battalion
garrisoning Pyatigorsk, the soldiers
of that and four neighboring cities.
A constituent assembly was summon
ed and revolutionary army" form
ca, consisting OF the mutinous soldiers,
who were led by renegade Cossack
officer and several bands of the fight
ing branch of THE revolutionary or
CARNATIONS and other irregulars.
This army" carried on a successful
campaign against the troops guarding
the railroad stations, who were driven
back for some 40 miles along the line
with considerable loss.
The revolutionists conceived plans
of marching to Rostoff-on-Don, $50
miles away, and even talked of con-
tinuing on to Kharkoff to join hands
with the supposed revolutionary army
there. They were to stop on the way
and attack the important arsenal at
Georgievisk, where there are large
stores of rifles, cannon and machine
guns.
The army was attacked by three
companies of Cossacks, whom it de-
feated with heavy loss, most of the
survivors being killed during their
flight across the thin ice of a stream.
Later the army" encountered a
column of infantry, battery of artil.
lery and seven companies of Cossacks
This column was too strong to be re-
sisted, and the revolutionists after a
hasty council of war fed. The ere
public" then came to an end.
, The Vistka in the government OF
that name, a band largely composed
of schoolboys and schoolgirls, seized
the water works, which they held fol
Is hours against whole battalion Of
infantry. The troops were attacked II
the rear by two companies of revolu
; tionists, who were finally driven to {
, fortified house. This house was cap
tured. Among the killed was the
> colonel commanding the troops.
The newspapers publish interesting
! accounts received by mail of the dis
orders in the smaller cities of the in
a terror during the period of armed re
r volt, many of which passed unnotice'
e at the time, owing to the interruption
r of telegraphic communication. In
q number of instances the. revolutionist
n were defeated and driven out of tn
town or forced to surrender.
At Sotsi, on the Black sea, so Cos
!. sacks of the garrison who attempte'
' to dispense a gathering in the marke
place were routed by the revolution
lists and forced to fee to their bal
! racks outside the town, where the
: were regularly besieged. The insul
, gents brought up an old cannon iron
the port and bombarded the barrack
for two days with such effect that tn
> Cossacks were forced to surrender.
The triumph of the revolutionist
!, was short lived, however, for tol
9 pedo boat destroyer arrived from Be
: toum and the population at the frs
9 threat of a bombandment FASTENED t
4 liberate the prisoners and to delive
up their arms, as well as the fund
of the city treasury, which had bee
!. taken to the mountains.