The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-01

mutiny, murder and refusal to assist the
authorities to save the port from burning.
On the other hand II would be extremely
risky to shoot some $50 men when maj GRITTY
Of the crews Of the Black Sea feet are known
to be at least inoipiently disaheoted.
The Situation in the city is greatly i'm
proved The Cossacks have the rioters we'll
in hand and the inoendiarism has ceased
OUTBREAK AT CBoNsTADT.
ST. Petersburg. June so.-The boat
service between st. Petersburg and Cron-
stadt, the naval port and fortress, was
suspended this afternoon. and Cronstadt l.
now isolated by a large military force.
fight began in the dookyard there
this morning between the workmen and
sailors on one side and tho soldiers on the
other, Workmen stoned the Cossaoks and
troops who had been stationed on tho quay
in anticipation OF just such trouble.
This afternoon firing began. and II |,
supposed that the rioters obtained fire.
arms.
The sailors struck gainst working ashore
az laborerw. even for pay. and demanded
that they be allowed to resume duty on
board or leave tbs service. One officer is
in the hospital as result Of his injuries.
THE TROUBLE SOON OVER,
The troops soon had the mutineers under
subsection, but the worlmen > strike con-
tinues.
The troops at Peterhof, the imperial
residence where the Gar is now living.
have been reinforced.
The worst sort OF rumors prevailed on
the Bonrse to-day as to the condition N
affairs in the provinces.
telegram from Reval gives news Of dis
orders at the seaport OF Hapsal In con-
nection with the railway strike Reen-
forcements of Cossaoks have been sent
from Reval.
FINLAND MILITARY DISTRICT ABOLISHED.
The Military Council has decided to do
away with the Finland military district The
post Of commander in chief Of that district
is abolished and the fortresses and mill
tary organizations Of Finland will be In
oorporated in tho st Petersburg military
district.
1t is reported that the Russian volunteer
cruiser Saratoff has been burned at Odessa.
MARTIAL LAW DECLARED.
An imperial decree has been Issued de-
claring MARTIAL law in the Province Of
Erivan, Transcaucasia, and in the towns
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laieff dstrcts
To the Viceroy of the Caucasus is given
special administrative and military powers,
rendering him absolute In these districts
Steamship communication between Sc
bastopol and Odessa has been stopped for
two days.
WHY THE porEMkIN FIRED
LONDON. July IA despatch to the
Standard from Odessa yesterday said that
the firing OF two 24-pound shots last
night by the Potemkin was owing to the
foolish temporary detention by the military
authorities of four Of the fifteen mutineers
sent ashore to bury their comrade Omel-
chuk. One shot, fairly aimed, fell harm
lessly but dangerously near the spacious
Cathedral Square, which was filed with
l,5Oo soldiers. The other shot fell llttls
short of the Cossacks' barracks,
A general exodus was in progress at l:45
p NJ. when the despatch was sent Thirty
thousand persons had left within the last
forty-eight hours. Many members OF the
British colony were sending their wives
and families away. The commandment, the
Civil Governor and the police master wero
absolutely inaccessible. The correspond
ent said he spent four hours this morning
in vain attempts to obtain speech with one
or all of these authorities.
Forty-five men. alleged by the polics
to be incendiaries, were killed last night in
Primorskaia street. which tanks the
inner bay.
QUIET IN lIBAu.
A despatch to the Daily Moh from Libau
says that the town is quiet. There is great
reticence regarding the mutiny.
The rioters are now in their barracks,
guarded by Cossacks and infantry with
machine guns. Two hundred OF them
escaped to the forests.
1t is reported that 1000 sailors raided tho
armory and sacked their officers quarters
TROOPS REMAIN LOYAL
According to some accounts there has
been no serious trouble ashore at Odessa
since the reinforcing of the troops, although
fires are still burning in the harbor district
One correspondent describes the rioters as
cowed, Not a shot was fired Thursday
night or throughout Friday. The troops
are entirely loyal.
Four batteries of artillery, we'll supplied
with ammunition, are stationed at Iangeron
Park.
Another correspondent telegraphs, how
ever, that thousands of desperate men
tried on Thursday night to rush the mill
tary Gordon across the entrance to the
port. The troops at the word Of command
unhesitatinRly opened fire, killing 10 and