The Washington times., 1905-06-29

neers sailed direct for Odessa. They
arrived in the night
The authorities did not realize what
had happened until morning Then they
saw the red flag and the guns of the
powerful ship trained on the city.
The crews of two torpedo boats in the
harbor killed their officers, hoisted red
flags and Joined the Potemkin.
CONSERVATION reigned among the gov
eminent officials. Appeals We're sent to
ST. Petersburg. The authorities were
helpless,
The warning shot dropped among the
Cossaeks demonstrated what would hap
pen il the mutineers commands were
not obeyed.
Grave fears are entertained that the
revolt among. the sailors Of the imperial
when the remainder Of she Black Sea
fleet arrives these ships too will be
flying the red flag.
Collier Seized.
The mutineers seized the Russian COL
iier Esheranza. with 1000 tons of coal.
They obtained a supply of food from the
strikers, who looted two maritime ware
houses.
Should the sailors of Kruger's SQUAD
ron join the mutineers, the government
would have to face an open revolution
which would : spread like wildfre to
every town on the Black Sea coast. The
government would be helpless with war
ships in the hands of the revolutionists
The fact that the mutineers were
ready with red flags demonstrated that
the uprising was no, in the nature of
sudden impulse; but was a carefully
ifanned affair. 1t is believed that the
sailors of other Russian warships also
haze red flags ready.
Early in the morning an armed pin
mace was lowered from the battleship.
1t steamed 10 the quay, where it landed
an open coffin containing the body OF
the boy who had been shot by the cap
tain.
A paper was attached to the body,
saying the lads name was OmelcSuk
and that he had been killed by the cap
tain for presenting the petition of the
men complaining about the bad quail
ify of the food.
The paper added that the boy had
been murdered for telling the truth, and
thaI the whole company had avenged
Ills death by killing the officers.
Crowds Gather.
The news spread like wildfre A
scene Of the widest description fol
lowed Crowds of strikers and women
and children fiocked to the quay, bear
$ ing red flags. They bowed their heads
and respectfully saluted the dead body
The cry of down with the Gar rang
cut loud and often. IL was taken ur
until it was heard in every part of the
city Crowds of marching strikers car.
riec il even into the suburbs, where ths
flame OF revolt broke out anew.
Then came the first clash The police
aided by the Cossacks, tried TO disperss
the crowd at the quay. and carry away
The body. The people surrounded the
colin ard defed them 10 touch it,
The Cossacks charged. They had not
snip who had accompanied the body
ashore. There was crack of rifle:
and the Cossaeks were sent backward
rapidly
All Work Stopped.
The governor ordered that all work il
lie harbor cease. Later he directed tha
.ali the shops and public places b,
closed. He telegraphed to ST Peters
burg and Sebastapol. asking the govern
ment to send him a feet OF warships.
The authorities realized their helpless
mess, and knew that any attempt a
foree would result in the mutineers car
rying out the threat to lombard the
City.
There is reason to believe they dis
trusted the loyalty of the troops who
apart from natural sympathy with com
radeS of the navy in the circumstance!
sproducing the nfutiny.- haze been lonl
piled by revolutionary arguments in be
half OF a social uprising