The Los Angeles Times; February 22, 1905
ST. Petersburg, Feb. 22, 1:20 a. m.-
The railroad strike situation is reported growing worse in the southwest, and private, advices tell of the existence of a reign of terror in Tiflis and the Caucasus generally. Many murders by Tartars and Armenians are reported.
Telegrams from Baku report that the disturbances there are increasing: that fighting has occurred in many parts of the town, that shops have been pillaged and houses burned, and that the inhabitants are panic-stricken.
Serious disturbances are also reported at Balakhany, eight miles north of Baku, and troops have been summoned thither.
Source – Azeri Aggression Against Armenians in Transcaucasia (1905-1921), Reports from the U.S. Press, edited by Ara Ketibian, p. 1
