The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-30


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St Petersburg. July 29.-No news of
the formidable revolt at Poltava, which
was first predicted in manfestos in south
eastern Russia, will reach the Russian
public through the press tomorrow. Dis
patches of the occurrence have been sup
pressed here and only scanty details are
obtainable by the foreign press corre-
spondents through the regular Geographic
channels. The revolutionists here. how
ever. who are almost as promptly and
fully Informed as the government de-
clare the trouble TO be far from over. An
official dispatch gives credit to the state
ment that machine gun attachments and
Cossacks are being used TO suppress the
nutinous battalion.
Trouble in Caucasus.
There is the same paueity of details re-
gdrdlng the outbreak at Shusha, in the
caucasus This outbreak, however, is not
lue 10 revolutionary causes. but 10 the
Armenians and Tartars
The situation at Shusha had become so
tense that the governor divided the quar-
tiers inhabited by the Two races by
rdeadline,' which neither faction was
permitted TO cross. The Tartars violated
the order not 10 cross and commenced
battle. Tbs garrison interfered when the
combat became general and bOmbarded
without Partially both camps with
twenty-One guns. The town is said 10
have been TO large extent destroyed.
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are said 10 be drawing up. # judged by
past similar agreements, VIII be only
q hollow truce which neither race mas
ny intention of observing.
The situation at Fiflis is exceedingly
strained. 1t is announced that armed
forces will be used to dispense any gath
erings on the streets without preliminary
warning.
Council of Workmen.
a plenary meeting of the St. Petersburg
council of wOrkmen's deputies represent
ing 10000 working men, were held today
at Terick1 little town across the Fin
nish BORDER, which is now the Mecca OF
all opponents of the government. The
members agreed that a general strike,
though il must be declared later, at the
present moment would be untimely. The
afternoon was spent in discussing other
measures and an expression view as to
the attitude, TO be taken, by the workmen1
on the dissolution OF parliament. Many or
the delegates favored a gigantic One-day
strike but no decision on this point was
reached.
There is much jubilation among the
revolutiOnists over the escape from prison
al Sebastopol of Samenkoff, who is be-
heVed TO have been an accomplice in the
attempt last May on the life of General
Neptueff. This escape sets at liberty one
Of the most dangerous revolutionary or
ganizers in Russia. Samenkoff is a lead
ing member of the central committee of
the royal revolutionists. His friends have
steadfaStly maintained that he had no
connection with the plot against General
Neptueff, and says that the authorities
used his presence in SebaStOpOl the day
of the attempted assassination as a pre-
text 10 arrest and railroad him to the
scaffold
Government Is Sensitive.
In addition TO putting screws on the
Russian press TO prevent the publication
of unfavorable news from the interior and
throwing in the waste basket practically
all the foreign press comments on the
dissolution of parliament. the government
has shown itself extremely sensitive to
strict censorship on kilograms sent
through the official agency. in order to
prevent as far as possible harsh criti-
cism. Even the censorship on foreign
new spapers, which for a number Of years
blocked out all articles distaSteful TO the
government. but which was practically
abandoned this year is being destored.
The classic caviar (articles are blocked
out with mixture of caviar, printers
ink and sand adorns column after column
Of the leading foreign periodicals now re-
ceiVed in Russia.
Perelom says that General Orloff. ''Paci-
fcatOr' of the Baltic provinces and
Prince Troubetskoy. chief OF the impe-
rial escort, are now the personal favOrites
OF the emperor, and exert great influence