Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-05
NEW REPUBLIC
FOR RUSSIANS
FINANCES FOR EVOLUTIONARY
ARMY ARE HEAVY
Situation Is One of Grave Anxiety and
BIoodshed Throughout the Empire
Is Believed to Be an Inevitable
Consequence
BY Adelbert Thomas
cial Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
ODESSA, Aug. 4-Efforts are being
made to form the Republic of Russia.
The idea is advanced that if bonds can
be issued these bonds can be redeemed
after the czar is deposed. The detailed
plans call for the financing of a revolu-
tionary army and navy.
The situation at Baku is one of ex-
treme gravity. There has been a gen.
eral stoppage of work at the oil fields
and refineries. and those who know
Baku and it's working classes fear that
scenes of disorder and lawlessness, If
not an atetmpt to destroy property at
the oil fields. are inevitable.
Feeling between the workmen and
the masters is bitter, and kilograms
show that the extraordinary demands
of the men have been peremptorily re-
fused by the masters. The local man
ayers of Anglo Russian companies,
supported by the boards in London,
have unanimously ranged themselves
on the side of capital.
properties have received threatening
letters. and Mr.. Urquhart, the British
consul, is said to have been informed
that his death has been odrered by one
of the hooligan associations.
Zghenti. the assistant of the chief of
police, who was notoriously anti-Ar-
menian during the September massa-
cres, has been murdered.
In addition to the widespread and
serious troubles with the workmen at
the oil fields and refineries, it is re-
ported that at the Tagiev spinning
mills about 1900 workmen, mostly Per-
slams, have come out on strike. Work
has also stopped at the rice mills. Even
If actual damage is not done to the
properties by the strikers, total stop
page of work is certain to lead to a
disastrous flooding of the wells with
water
Mr. Henry, the author of the latest
book on Baku, is quoted as saying:
1.-THE masters and men have openly
threatened that they will fight it out
to the bitter end and we will not have
to wait long for another installment of
that sensational labor history which
Baku has been so busily writing during
the past twelve months. More than
half the British companies are def
nitely known to be at war with their
workmen. The threats against the
managers are unmlstakably meant"
A savage fight has occurred in the
Baku jail between two factions of prs-
oners. Four men were killed and fifty
seven wounded.
The new Turkish cruisers and de-
stroyers in the Golden Horn are coal
ing. and an extraordinary council of
ministers has met at the palace to con-
slider measures to be taken in connec-
tion with the disturbed state of the
Russian Black sen littoral. The unrest
in the Island of Samos is also thought
to be connected with the meeting
A daring but unsuccessful attempt
has been made by reVolutionaries tC
blow up the railway near Bolderaa, in
the Baltic provinces.
The Black Hundreds are distributing
the most bloodthirsty proclamations or
the streets. They order the revolution
lists to seize the petroleum industries
and hold them against the troops OF
the czar. If the oil wells and oil re.
fineries can be held against the soldiers
1t is stated the rebellion can be-
financed. If the oil industries cannot
be defended against the troops, the cal
is for men to burn everything" ever
If in the burning their own lives
are lost.