Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-12-02
zen Thousand Wen Marching In Proc
session Receive Military HoDors
Erom Regiment SIN Loyal
to the Gar.

/ gone over in body TO the mutlneerS.
General Neplueff, the commander of
the fortress, is a captive.
The Bialystok regiment, the only
other regiment in the city, received the
mutineers with cheers, but thus far it
romans loyal.
4 Some of the artilIerists have also
/ Joined the men ia revolt.
The Euxine fleet Is standing in the
/ ofiing and is still obeying the orders
! Of Vice Admiral Choulmin, but the
I crews are disatfected and there is
/ grave doubt whether they can be re-
strained from joining the mutineers
/ and greater doubt that they will fire
/ upon them
| There is every evidence that the mu-
! tiny was deliberately and perfectly
planned by the social revolutionaries,
who have been pushing their propagan-
ia with great energy since the st. Pc
| tersburg strike was organized to save
| The Cronstadt mutineers.
| During the night eight sailors at the
| barracks seized, disarmed and expell-
ed their officers. They then assembled
great meeting Rear Admiral Pisa
| revsk, commander of the practice
| squadron, supported by company
from the Brest regiment went to the
meeting and when it refused to dis
! perse ordered the troops to fire In
! stead of shooting the mutineers, how
ever, two shots rang out, and Captain
| Stein Of the company fell dead and
| Rear Admiral Pisarevski received a
| bali IN his shoulder.
| The sailors then, with the aid Of the
| Social Democratic leaders, having
| learned Il lesson from the less prudent
mutineers at Cronstadt, elected officers
and decided upon programme, pledg.
| ing themselves not only not to pillage,
kill or drink vodka but 10 take meas
ures TO prevent rowdyism.
Later they were joined by the work
men of the port and in complete order,
the sailors carrying the banner OF st.
George and the workmen red flags.
marched 60 the barracks of the Brest
regiment The officers Of the regiment
threatened to fire upon the mutineers,
but General NepIuef, a colonel and
Eve other officers SURRENDERED and
were sent under escort to the marin"
sssE-sz-
Being REINFORCED by the rank and
file OF the entire regiment. the mutt
neers and workmm formed Il process
sion composed of 10000 men and
marched through the city At Novis-
silshev palace the procession encounter
ed several companies of the Bialystok
regiment with machine gun battery.
The muuaeers approached. their bands
playing the national anthem and the
soldiers received the procession with
full military honors, presenting arms
and exchanging cheers. But the Bia-
lystok men resisted the appeals of the
mutineers to join them and, obeying
the orders OF Commander Schulman,
marched off toward the road leading
to Balaklava The battery, however,
remained with the mutineers and par
| ticipated in the meeting.
After the meeting the procession
formed again and went TO the barracks
Of the Bialystok regiment, where there
were other companies, but these com
panies also declined the invitation Of
! the mutinecrs to join them
The sailors from the barracks sig
nailed their comrades aboard the war
ships TO join them and also sent a dep
utatlon to Vice Admiral ChOuknin. re-
guessing him to come to the sailors
| barracks and hear their grievances.
But the admiral IN a short speech, in
which he pointed out the madness and
/ crimmality of their actions and the
dreadful penalties 10 which they had
! subjected themselves declined 20 ac
cedc TO the request
| The city Is panic stricken, and the
| inhabitants are fleeing The mutineers
4 have stopped the trains IN order tC
prevent The arrival of troops from
Simforopol, and many persons left or
foot and ia cabs, wagons or amy other
/ Kind OF vehicle available.
The mutnous sailors have not sub
mitted and have received promises OF
support from the crews OF the battle
ship Panteleimon, formerly the Kniaz
| Potembine, and the cruiser Otchakon
and are I'm complete possession Of Ad
miralty point, where the barracks are
located. but there have been no further
disorders
The sailors who mutiuied nnmhai
ABOUT qO0O ana belong TO various
equpages from the Twenty-eighth to
| the Thirty-sixth. Including the sailors
on board the ships there are about
5000 Ia Sevastopol
The wounded Admiral Pisarevski is
one of the naval heroes of the Russo
Turkish war He was on board the
Viga with Rojestvensky when that yes
sci was torpedoed by q Turkish mon
itor.
Captain Hurley BETTER.
BOSTON, Nov 27.-Daniel j. Hurley