The Washington times., 1906-08-05
Heavy Firing Heard POr-
tends Another Mutin-
Gus Outbreak at
Fortress.
BOMBS KILL THIRTY
MOSCOW W0RKINGMEN
Deadly Missiles Prepared for
Troops Explode Prema-
turely at Revolution
lists Meeting.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. A.
There has been a renewal Of the
fighting in Cronstadt, and from all
the great Industrial centers Of the
empire come stories of riOting and
/ bloodshed- So far as the situa-
ton in CroLstadt Is concerned, it
+ is impossible TO obtain even meager
B details.
( Early today the telegraph and
+ telephone lines connecting the fort
|ress and this city were severed and
all communication cut of. Heavy
firing was heard in that direction
early in the day. but the govern
ment had refused to give out any
I information. II Is believed, how
ever, that there has been a re-
newal of the revolt among the
sailors.
Rioting at Donetz.
There was a serious clash today
/ between troops and strikers in
! Donetz. the center of the mining
district Carrying red flags. and
singing the 'MarseiIlaise." 5000 men
paraded the streets and gathered
at the residence of the governor
I general 10 demand the release OF a
number OF orators who had been
/ arrested. The attitude of the men.
who were armed with clubs, be-
came so threatening that troops
were called and charged the mob
with drawn sabres. More than a
hundred Of the strikers were Sc
riously wounded and they were
finally dispersed. Further riots are
/ feared
Killed by Their Own Bombs.
Thirty workingmen were blown 70
pieces and a large number wounded to-
day IN Moscow by the explosion Of
bomb. They were holding a meeting
and when told that a detachment OF
troops had been ordered 10 disperse
them. they prepared 20 receive them
with bombs. In the hurry of the mo-
meut. one Of the bombs was ignited and.
blowing up. detOnated a number Of
OA4rIS- 1utIE h46 a Lr-l ilAAL "a iiAtl1lIlLr
and many Of those persons killed we-e
| literally blown TO bits. None Of tho
| soldiers We're injured. For time there
was tremendous excitement in the city
| and all sorts OF rumOrs were IN ciTcula-
/ ton.
/ Later in the day bomb was hurled
/ "a the Kasan railway station Ia Mos
/ COW. resulting IN the death OF two per
sons. No particulars have been re-
/ ceived here.
! A delayed telegram from Libau says
/ that a train on the Warsaw road. be-
I tweeu Libau and Hafenpot. was held uD
{ today and robbed Of $4,000 In coin De
/ longing 10 the government. There was
a sharp night between the train guards
/ and passengers on one hand ana tie
robbers on the o,her.
Outbreak Expected in Warsaw.
/ Bloodshed is looked for in Warsaw. All
/ Jews in the city nave been asked 20 arm
and appear In the streets ready Il hsht
! 10 the death on q precOncerted signal.
The authorities have been warned and
/ are conducting a house 10 house search
! for firearms. A large number OF rifles
/ and revolvers have been seized.
/ II Is COnserVauvely estimated tonight
that more than 5000 men are out on
strike, but the response of the men has
not been 50 prompt or as general Is had
been expected. The railroad men iI
particular are backward about going
/ out They declare that the tins is nOC
| ripe for a strike on their part. The only
/ ones 10 walk out thus far are the =Ti-
plJyes Of the ST. Petersburg line. VlIO
struck this evening. The greater =. u
I OF the street cars and river stea-n, -
have stopped running. Most 81 2
streets of the capital are unlightei. II
strike Is not expected 70 become general
until Monday. because Saturday is pay
day.
There was some hghting today between
troops and strikers in the suburb OF
Narva-
The Hghtevmen IN Odessa have gone
CA strike and the work of the port IS
tied up. There Is general unrest in that
Ii is reported that there is an out
break in SeYastopol similar 20 the one
have been sent there from Odessa.
Strike Is Political.
The strike is being engineered by a
committee composed Of Social Demo-
cratic members OF the late douma. rev0-
Iutionists, the Peasants. Union. and the
RaIlWaymen's Union. It's political char
acter Is indicated by the leading demand
of the committee, which is for a con-
stituent assembly.
It is not known what funds are avail