The Wahpeton times., 1906-08-02
WHOLE RUSS BATTALION. MUTT. !
MES BECAUSE PRIVATE IS
ARREsrEp.
REVOLT IS FORMIDABLE one
SITUATION IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA
Is BECOMING VERY MUCH
STRAINED.


Sevski regiment, following the arrest
of private of the First battalion,
who was discovered with some other
soldiers in shed where the revolu-
tionists are in the habit of holding
meetings. After the arrest the entire
First battalion, accompanied by
large crowd, paraded ,ne streets In de-
fiance of the military authorities. The
soldiers proceeded to the artillery bar
racks, where they
Seized Several Guns
and marched with them to the prison
where the poliaical prisoners are con-
fined. At this stage the rest of Polta-
va garrison was called out. The loyal
troops fired on the mutineers with
machine guns as they were engaged in
breaking down the gates of the prison.
Several men were killed or wounded.
The outbreak was not suppressed un-
til 2 in the morning.
Suppress News Of Revolt.
st. Petersburg, July 31.-No news
of the formidable revolt at Poltava
will reach the Russian public through
the press today. Dispatches of the
occurrence have been suppressed here
and only scanty details are obtainable
by the foreign press correspondents
throughout the regular telegraphic
channels. The revolutionists here,
however, who are almost as promptly
and fully informed as the government,
declare the trouble to be far from
over. An Official dispatch gives credit
to the statement that many Cossacks
are being used to suppress the mutt
nous battalion.
Situation ls Tense.
There is the same paucity of details
regarding the outbreak at Shusha, in
the Caucasus. The outbreak, how
ever, is not due to revolutionary
causes, but to the immemorial hatred
that exists between Armenians and
Tartars.
The situation at Shusha had become
SO tense that the governor divided the
quarters Inhabited by the two races by
a dead line, which neither faction was
permitted to cross. The Tartars vfo-
lated the order not to cross, and COM
menced battle. The garrison inter-
fered, when the combat became gen.
eral, and bombarded without partiality
both camps with twenty.one guns.
The town is said to have been to a
large extent destroyed. So.
The lasting peace" which the two
races are said to be drawing IN. if
judged by past similar agreements,
Will be only a hollow truce which nef-
.ser race .e.s has {, any lntentieg Of ooserv-
e Exceedingly Strained. L. I'D = :,
The situation at Tiflis also is exceed.
ingly strained. The viceroy has pro.
hfbited demonstrations or meetings or
even the promenading of groups of
persons on tine principal thorough.
fares of the city. 1t is announced that
armed force will be used to dispense
any such gatherings without further
preliminary warning.
A plenary meeting Of the st. Peters.
burg council of workmen's deputies,
representing 10000 workingmen, was
held yesterday at Tericki, little town
across the Finnish border, which is
now the Mecca of all opponents of the
government. The members agreed
that a general strike, thought it must
be declared later, at the present mo-
ment would be untimely. :;
Trepoff Killed? t
st. Petersburg, July 31.-A rumol
reached the Associated Press at late
hour tonight that Gen. Trepolf had
been killed. 1t could not be confirm
ed, but probably is a revival Of the
false rumor current last week.