The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-30
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] hat s All!
LITTLE REPUBLIC
LIVED A MON H
Revolving Soldiers Joined by
Entire Population of Sew
eral Cities.

ST PETERSBURG Jan 29-The
newspapers publish interesting ac-
counts received by mail of the dlsor-
ders 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 telegraphic communication. In a
number of instances the troops were
defeated and driven out OF the towns
or forced to surrender.
Drive Cossacks Out
At Sotssi, on the Black sea, eighty
Cossacks OF the garrison who attempt
ed 10 dlsperse gathering in the mar
ket place We're routed by the revolu-
tlonists and forced to flee to their bar
racks outside the town, where they
were 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 were forced to surrender.
Triumph Is Short-Lived.
The triumph OF the revolutlonists
was short-lived. however. for a torpe-
do-boat destroyer arrived from Batoum
and the population at the first threat
of n bombardment hastened to liber-
ate 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.
Republic Lives a Month
A letter from Pyatigorsk, in Ciscau-
casia, describes the rise and fall of the
North Caucasian republic, which had
short and thrilling history of a
month. After the revolt of the reserve
the soldiers were Joined by the entire
population OF that and four nelghbor-
Ing cities. A constituent assembly was
summoned and n revolutionary army"
formed. consisting of the mutlnous SOL
diers, who were led by a renegade Co.'S
sack officer. and several bands OF the
lighting branch or the revolutionary
organizations and other irregulars.
Carries on a Campaign.
This army" carried on a successful
campaign against the troops guarding
the railroad stations, who were driven
back for some forty miles along the
line with considerable loss. The revo-
lutionists conceived the plan of march,
Ing to RoStotf f-on-Don, $50 miles away
and even talked of continuing on to
kharkoff to join hands with the sup
posed revolutionary army there They
were to stop on the way and attack
the important arsenal at Georgievsk
where there are large stores OF rifles
cannon and machine guns.
Made q Bold Start,
The army was attacked by three
companies of Cossack whom 1t defeated
with heavy loss, most OF the survivors
being killed during their flight across
the thin ice of a stream.
Later the army encountered col
umn OF infantry, a battery of artillery
and several companies of Cossacks,
This column was too strong to be re-
sisted, and the revolutionlsts, after a
h .GfN Ngl
public" then came to an end.
Boys and Girls Fight.
The Vistka, In the government of
that name. band largely composed OF
school boys and school girls. seized the
waterworks, which they held for flf-
teen hours against Il whole battalion
OF Infantry. The troops were attacked
In the rear by two companies OF revo-
lutionists who were finally driven to
fortified house. This house was cap
tured Among the killed was the col
onel commanding the troops.