Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-02-26 | Page 5 | Reign of Terror in Caucasus

IN CAUCASUS Dead fill Streets in Many Cities, , Private Vengeance Wreaked Upon Mussulmans and Armenians. Terrible Condition of Affairs Between the Caspian and Black Beaa. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 25. The reports today both from Poland and tho Caucasus aro very dlsquJotlng. It is positively known that almost a reign of terror exists in tho territory between tho Caspian and Black seaB. Private vengoanco has glutted tho streets of Baku, Batoum and Tlflls with dead Armenians Ar-menians and Musselmans, Tho reports, however, of tho capture of the Russian garrisons and of the fir-ins fir-ins cf ti".0 3'iook sea fleet in Potll, etc, are not confirmed. Strike Situation Critical. In Poland the strike situation is once more assuming a critical etago and it is feared the authorities may again be forced to adopt violent measures. The railroad strike situation in southern Russia is also more sorious. Traffio on half a dozen roadB hoc been Btopped, causing still further difficulties in tho transportation of grain and coal and bringing business to a standstill. Grain Shipments Tied Up. Over 150,000 carloads of grain aw'alt movement in the Volga district and several hundred thousand tons of coal for the iron and steel manufactories cannot bo budged from the Dlnotcakl collieries. Added to this is the dangerous danger-ous agrarian movement among the peasants of somo of tho northern provinces pro-vinces an a result of the circulation of the report that the Emperor, March 4, will issue a manifesto providing for a general division of lands which has been the dream of tho peasants ever since their emancipation. In State of Agitation. Here, in St Petersburg, the workmen aro in a constant state of agitation. Tho employers are unable to deal with tho men, who walk out and resume work on alternate days.1 There are now over 40,000 men ldlo and walking the streets.