THE UNREST IN RUSSIA
STRIKES AND RIOTS. ANARCHY AT RIGA. COLLISIONS WITH THE TROOPS. United Press Association—By ECectrio Telegraph—Copyright. ST PETERSBURG, October 25. The strikers at Ekaterinoslav erected barricades, and the Cossacks fired, killing and wounding a number. Anarchy prevails at Riga, and there are many bloody collisions. A railway cashier was murdered in the streets, and robbed of 24,000 roubles. A number of Government spirit shops were sacked. The Polish railwaymen have joined th© strike, and railway communication between Warsaw and St Petersburg has been stopped. Sir Charles Hardinge, tho British ambassador, is unable to leave St Petersburg by train, and awaits a steamer..
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 13891, 27 October 1905, Page 5
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