The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-29
Officers Of Black Sea Flagship
Murdered and the Vessel
Is Seized.
SHELL FIRED INTO ODESSA.
Guns Trained on the City-Rioters
surn Warehouses and Shipping.

Tic Eat,lrshlp kniaz Potenkln Ta'r't.
rh,.h, a t:,inboat and Collier In Their
r,,sr.sion -R,ssla all E.rnblems Lowered
and ,cIFlax.R run Ip-MutIny Follows
h,iins or sailor VINO Complained
Of the :,ooa-iIis Bod! Exhibited TO the
prop,c, and Further Inrames a City
Nrcad, In Re, olt Threat From the
shin. TO lombard Calls for Fleet.
s,,..,. Gi,', Dssol ftfss 10 THE SUN
ODESSA. June ?s-The most sensational
DEVELOPMENT that has yet occurred OF the
revolutionary spirit which the misery OF
the people has produced in Russia has burst
forth here with startling suddenness'
The crew of the battleship kniaz Potem-
kin Tavritchesky, the flagship OF the Black
Sea- feet. broke into open mutiny, k''led
,ho;r ofbccrs and now, with the assistance
Of equally desperate striking .aborers
ashore. hold the city at their mercy
RED FLAGS OVER THE SHIPS
Late last night the battleship arrived
in the bay from Sebastopol, accompanied
by a torpedo boat, both flying the red flag
Of revolution instead of the imperial and
national standards They ignored the sig
nails from shore. and when the port authori-
ties sent a launch to communicate with them
the boat was driven of 10y the torpedo
boat, which threatened to sink it II the or
der was not obeyed
All night the torpedo boat patroled
around the flagship which lay anchored
Of the town. When morning came it
WAS some time before the populace realized
What had happened, the numerous rumors
being ascribed to the malevolence Of the
strikers. who throughout yesterday kept
the city in an uproar
The r,mors. however quickly crystal
Hzed into fact when the torpedo boat,
With her guns cleared for action, ran into
the harbor and seized the Russian collier
ccal and took her alongside the battleship.
BODY OF MURDERED SAILOR SHOWN.
AZ about the same time an armed pin
race, which had been launched 10y the
hatteship. steamed to the quay, where
it landed all open coffin containing the
body Of a seaman to whose uniform a
written paper was attached. This paper
stated that the mans name was Omelchuk,
and that he had been shot dead by the
chief officer for complaining about the
tad quality Of the soup served the crew.
1t was added that Omelchuk had been
murdered for telling the truth, and that the
whole crew had avenged his death by kill
ing all the officers.
THREAT TO BoMBARD ODESSA.
As the news spread large crowds con-
sisting mainly Of riotous strikers and their
following. flocked TO the quay and passed
with barred heads, respectfully saluting
the dead The police, supported by Cos
sacks, tried to disperse the crowd and
remove the body but the crowd surrounded
the coffin and defed them to touch It..
Some scuffling followed, but before there
was definite result the Kniaz Potemkin
Tavritchesky hoisted signals that the body
was to be left on the quay, that it would
b retaken on board later for burial at
rundown with full naval honors, and that
II the authorities interfered the battleship
would Immediately lombard the city.
Ibis threat, emphasized by the sight
81 the muzzles of the ships twelve inch
guns levelcd at the port. had is effect The
police and troops were called of, and the
coffin remained, surrounded by the SYM
fathizing. angry crowd.
GOVERNOR CALLS FOR A FLEET.
Meanwhile the battleship was rapidly
ealing from the Fsperanza while the au-
'horlties conferred on how to act At
neon the Governor ordered all work in
The harbor to cease, and later he directed
that all the shops and public places should
tie closed. He had meanwhile telegraphed
10 st. Petersburg and Sebastopol asking
The authorities at the latter place to send
q feet.
TWAS evident that the authorities realized
'hHir he'ple@-ness Any attempt at force
would have undoubtedly led to u realization
~ the nlltineers' threat to lombard the
CITY Moreover, there is reason to believe
they distrustcd the loyalty of the troops.
who, APART from their natural sympathy
with their comrades of the navy in the cir
cvms'ances producing the mutiny, have
long been piled by revolutionary agents
arguments in behalf of a social uprising.
The holiness OF the strikers was markedly
Increased by the presence of the mutineers,
who we're reckoned as allies and who the
strikers helped by sending men to assist
In coaling the battIeship.
CITY IN PANIC.
Therefore, beyond posting strong guards