The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-07

On Wednesday evening, June 2S, the
battloship Knia2 Potcmkin, of ohc Rus
sian Black sea fleet, appeared in the
| harbOr uf Odessa, flying the red stand
ard of revolution From all that
could bo learned the crew had protest
cd against the quality Of soup served
| them. and presented "A rcmOustrlncc To
the commander The bearer Of the pc
| utiun was shot. The crew arose. killed
the officers. with few exceptions. and
threw the bodies into the sea. The
| officers spared were necessary to nayl-
gate the vessel When the ship ap-
pcarcd AT Odessa the town was In re
volt Thousands Of workmcn had LEFT
| The factories and wor" riutng The
mutuuus crew of the KuiaH Putrmkin
sent the body of the dead sailor ashore,
where II was viewed hy thousands. Tho
| loyal imperial troops and Cos4arks at
| tempted tu drive tho people from
the uuays and wharvrs. aud the pco-
| pie resisted II is believed that thou
| sand were slain and thousands wuund.
| ed. Tho muinOus crew of the ship
sent "A wcll-dircctrd she'll into a squad
n, Cnsso,ls killing a number and
| wuundnr many That nighl many OF
the sailors from the ship landed aud
gourh, bcsiJr the rioters AIl night
| long the BATH" ragged. Fire was added.
and the great warehouses along tn"
sea front were destroyed. the loss
reaching over Sl2 uuD OOO roublos. "a
rouhlr Is lli, e. L. $. money! The
| ear issued an ukase declaring that a
revolution existed. and the city was
plpcpd in a state Of siege
| Admiral Kruger. commander Of the
! Black sea squadron was made aware
of the condition OF AFFAIRS. and pro-
credcd toward Odessa.
On the night Of July the GcnrGl
| Popicdounstz steamed into h. harbOr
Her crew had rcyoltcd and were in
possession of the vessel The captain
had committed suicide. The mu',nrers
scst a message to the ear demanding
full pardon and constitution for the
country
| Admiral Kruger. after remaining in
the vicinity Of Odessa for several days,
| proceeded with three warshIps 10 Sc
bastopol. and held council with other
udmlrals and captains. At its concIu-
sion II was announced that IT had been
decided to lay up the entire fleet and
To nut .he machinery of the vessels
out of gear. TIL, officers aud sailors
were authorized to 80 ashore If they
wished. An order was also ISSUED Civ
ing leave of absence for two months to
the naval reseryists of the period OF
1856 and 1858.
In addition 70 uugcarlug the squad
ron the Catharine H.. which Is an
chor,d in thc roads was disarmcd
II H. stated nv officers of Admiral
Krurer's sauadrnn that when the
squadron arrived In the Odessa roads
the admiral signalcd TO the Knia2
pot,ml,in asking her TO ioin the fleet
Immediately The Kpiaz Potrml,in re-.
pIisd. "No wish the admiral to come
aboard Of us"
Admiral Kruger did not answer this
vheroupon the Knia2 Potemkin. which
was cleared for action. passed at full
sne.d along the line Of the yuuadron
so close that the faces of those aboard
of bar could he clearly discerned Her
commander bushy-bcarded man,
wore civilian dress as did several
others of those aboard of her. Ad.
miral Kruger then signaIcd the squad.
ron to return 10 Scbastopol wherrupon
,be KrIaz potcmkln displaycd the sig
nal 1--WE remain here"
Commander Gu2eyItch of Ihn Georgl
pobledouosetz slrnaIrd "My machinery
is disabled"
Admiral KrIccr reppatcd his order
"Nako for Sclastopol"