The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-02-02
REPUBLIC, A MONTH
pIsE A fall OF A kORTBE eau.
CAsIAN GOVERNMENT.
..;,n Soldiers and Entire Popula-
ia, Of Several Cities Constituted
>, Assembly and Revolutionary
Army, Which Was Put Out of 7usi-
ness by Torpedo Boat Destroyer.

Ct Petersburg, Jan. pa letter
..om Pyatigorsk, in Caucasia, de-
..;,os the rise and fall of the north
caucasian republic, which had a short
and thrilling history of month. AT,
.o- the revolt of the reserve battalion
oorrisoning Pyatigorsk, the soldiers
srore Joined by the entire population
of that and four neighboring cities
4 constituent assembly was summon
"a ond a revolutionary army" form
I'D consisting of the mutinous soldiers,
Tho were led by a renegade COssack
oaicer and several bands of the fight.
mo branch of the revolutionary or
carnations and other irregulars.
This army" carried on a successful
campaign against the troops guarding
tho railroad stations, who were driven
hack for some 40 miles along the line
with considerable loss.
The revolutionists conceived plans
If marching to Rostoff-on-Don, ESQ
miles away, and even talked of con-
timing 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
Ceorgievisk, 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
fight 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 reyolntiOnists after a
hasty council wal fed. The re
public" then came to an end.
The Vistka il +he government OF
that name, a band largely composed
Of schoolboys and schoolgirls, seized
the water works, which they held for
Is hours against a whole battalion of
infantry. The troops we're attacked in
the rear by two companies of revolu-
tionists, who were finally driven to a
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
terror during the period of armed re-
volt. many Of which passed unnoticed
at the time, owing to the interruption
of Geographic communication. In a
number of instances the revolutionists
were defeated and driven out of the
town or forced to surrender.
At Sotsi, on the Black sea, 80 Cos.
sacks of the garrison who attempted
to dispense a gathering in the market
place were routed by the revolution
lists and forced to flee to their bar.
racks outside the town, where they
we're regularly besieged. The insur.
gents brought up an old cannon from
the port and bombarded the barracks
for two days with such effect that the
Cossacks we're forced to surrender.
The triumph of the revolutionists
was short lived, however, for tor
pedo boat destroyer arrived from Ba.
toum and the population at the first
threat of bombardment fastened to
lberate the prisoners and to deliver
up their arms, as we'll as the funds
OF the city treasury, which had been
taken to the mountains.