The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-30

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XJLADIvOsTOK. April 29.-The
squadron commanded by Rear
Admiral Yeszen has returned
here from its second operations of The
Korean coast
The squadron. consisting Of the ar
mored cruisers Rossia, Rurik and
Gromoboi and the protected cruiser
Bogatyr put to sea at daybreak April
%. The Rurik returned the following
day, but the others proceeded to Won
san (Gensan) Korea, and hove 10 Oft
the town during the morning Of Apil
% about FIVE miles from the entrance
OF the bay. Admiral Yeszan sent into
the bay two torpedo boats, commanded
by Lieutenant MaXimOff. As they ran
i'm towards the shore they found the
Japanese trading steamer GOyo Maru
at anchor with "A crew Of about twenty
men on board. The latter were or
dered ashore. Lieutenant MaNimDm
boarded the Goyo Maru. took posses
/ sion Of her papers and flag and then
sent her to the bottom with a TORPEDO
The torpedo boats rejOined the squad
[ ron after four hours absence
No Sign of Troops.
There was no sign Of troops ashore
and the bay was empty, but 1T was
! learned that four Japanese torpedo
| boat destrOyers had put out tc sea
! April %.
! The Russian squadron returned 10
/ Vladivostok and late during the night
| of April 20. started on another expedi-
/ ton. At on the evening of April
! q. when 500 miles out. the squadron
! sighted a japanese steamer with war
! stores on board. Her crew. consisting
/ Of fifteen Koreans and twelve Japan
/ csc We're placed in safety and the
| steamer was sunk by d pyrdXylin cart
ridge fired from the GromOboi. The
! same night. at about II O'Clock. when
/ the squadron was twelve miles or
! Plaksin bay. Korea, a large Japan
| csc transport, the kinshiu Msru, was
| Overhauled. Her commander mistook
/ the Russian for a japanese squadron
| and signalled IT am bringing you
! coal
/ The Russian commander promptly
/ signaIIed in reply stop instantly"
] The crew of the transport then
/ recognized their mistake and began to
! lower boats and steam pinnaCes with
! escape, but the Russian steam cutters
( captured them all.
Refused to Surrender.
On board the transport were four
| Hotchkiss guns of A millimerres. Al
! the outset ii looked as if no one was
| left on board but on examination II
I was found that the cabin was locked
/ and barred. Therein the Russians
found six infantry officers who surren-
| dered without resistance and were
/ taken on board the Rurik. In another
part of the ship 100 infantrymen VINO
! refused to surrender We're found.
Al
| about 1900 yards away. ordered mis-
| men to leave the transport. The jap
] anese soldiers then opened fire and
wounded a Russian. Afterwards the
| transport was sent 10 the bottom by
| means Of d mechanical mine and few
shells.
Went Down Fighting.
The japanese on board did not cease
firing and made no attempt to saw
! themselves although they had a launct
! i'm which they could have left the
transport. The FIRE of the Japaness
actually continued until the Nrlvcs
closed over the ship. The transpor
had on board not only ammunition, bu.
1000 tons of coal for Admiral Mako
I muTa- The prisoners numbered 1S3- IN.
Guiding seventeen officers. AltOgcthal
90 prisoners were taken by the Rus
/ sian squadron, landed at NladivostoB
I and Immediately dispatched by train
! to MkOlSk.
It was reported at the time the Rus
sian cruisers were returning TO Nladi-
VOStok that a Japanese fleet of ten
vessels was also making for here. but
1t failed to reach NladivOstO6 owing
TO the fog
A wireless telegraph message was
picked up by the Russian ships while
at sea. 1t was a code and UuiEtelliSi-
BILE, but was evidently passed between
the japanese ships.
Among the japanese prisoners are 2
colonel and an officer Of the genera
staff. while the soldiers include a num-
Der Of Japanese who before the war
worked as artisans at NladivostOk