Arizona republican., 1905-12-01

with the outside world came to a stop. The most disquietinS are circulated regarding the dis satisfaction of the guard regiments. two of which the workmen boast have defin- itely resolved not to fire upon the peo- pie. The government still manages with the aid of administrative officers along the line to keep communication with Sevastopol, the manager of the Moscow office himself working at the key.
 The contents of cipher dispatches re- ceived by the emperor from Admiral Birileff minister Of marine, are care fully guarded. The navy department is closed, not only to the public, but to the officers, except those nthe general staff. No official statement on the sub ject of the battle of Sevastopol has been issued, and the public remains in the dark. It is rumored that although two cruisers and transports were sunk in yesterdays battle all the mutineers surrendered. Vice Admiral Chouknin in command of the loyal vessels, par ticipated in the engagement. General Gakomelslly, commander of the seventh corps with 21,O00 infantry, was in chief command ashore. One account printed here says that 5000 men perished on both sides. The lead CTS, it says, have already been execut- ed. Two battalions have been blown up, it is added, and mines have been
 laid in tho roadstead.
 According to the Slovo, the mutt neers themselves began the attack af. ter waiting until 3 o'clock in the af- ternoOn for a reply to the demands of the mutineers, which included the con- vocation of a constituent assembly and the immediate realization of the re- forms promised in the imperial mani l festo. Lieutenant Schmidt opened fire ] on the city from ten vessels.
 ] Vice Admiral Chouknin replied from the loyal warships and General Baron
 Meller Gakomelsky from the southern
 forts with the coast artillery The
 mutinous sailors used rifles and mach inc guns upon the entrenched infantry.
 The fight, the Slovo says, lasted for two and quarter hours. The muti~
 neers made a heroic struggle but the fire was too heavy and when the Otch-
 akoff, battered to pieces and on fire, sank with the cruiser Dnieper and d transport, Lieutenant Schmidt, who
 was mortally wounded, surrendered the mutinOus squadron and the mutinous ! sailors on shore hauled down their flag
 to the Brest and RielstOk regiments. According to the Russ, however, Ad-
 miral Chouknin and General Gakom- elsky called on the mutineers to sur render, whereupOn under the orders of
 Lieutenant Schmidt, the mutinous yes | sels responded by hoisting the battle
 flag.
 1 When the battle began the batteries
 on the north side. which were suppos- cd to be loyal, instead Of firing upon
 the mutineers joined cause with them
 and directed their fire on the city and
 on the south side batteries. The Brest
 regiment thereupon stormed the north
 ern batteries with fixed bayonets, and the guns were soon turned upon the ships and the barracks and the mutt neers.
 The Listok says the conspiracy which led to the mutiny went on under
 the. noses of the officers, and that even
 Vice Admiral Birileff, the minister of
 marine, who was at Sevastopol a fort
 night ago, suspected nothing. The Sailors waited until they were assured ! of the support of the troops, many of whom, however, refused to go over to l the mutineers when the die was cast. During the first three days, the mu-
 tineers were orderly. They sent dele
 gates to the shopkeepers requesting them not to close, as there would be