Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-11-27
SEVASTOPOL
IS IN REVOLT.
Russian Soldiers, Sailors and
WOrkmen lin Rebellion
Troops Fire on Officers

SEVASTOPOL, Nov. 27.-The long
expected mutiny of sailors. who have
been on the verge of revolt for months,
has come and Russia's stronghold on
the Black sea is in danger of falling
completely into their hands.
The situation is very critical. All the
shore equipages, numbering 1000 men,
are in open rebellion, having driven
away or taken their officers prisoners.
The Brest regiment of infantry has
gone over in a body to the mutineers.
General Neplueff, the commander of
the fortress, is a captive.
The Bialystok. regiment, the only
other regiment in the city, received the
mutlneers with cheers, but thus far it
remains loyal.
Some of the artillerists have also
Joined the men in revolt.
The Euxine fleet is standing in the
offing and is still obeying the orders
of Vice Admiral Chouknin, but the
crews are disaffected 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-
da with great energy since the st. Pc
tersburg strike was organized to save
the Cronstadt m%utineers.
During the night eight sailors at the
barracks seized, disarmed and expell-
ed their officers. They then assembled
a great meeting. Rear Admiral Pisa
revski, commander of the practice
squadron, supported by a 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
ball in his shoulder.
Later they were Joined by the work
men of the port and in complete order,
the sailors carrying the banner of st.
SO LII Nv WIZ IRh hb6Ps
marched to the barracks of the Brest
regiment. The officers of the regiment
threatened to fire upon the m%utineers,
but General Neplueff, a colonel and
five other officers surrendered and
were sent under escort to the marine
prison.
Being REINFORCED by the rank and
file of the entire regiment, the mutt
neers and workmen 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 a machine gun battery.
The mutineers 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.
The sailors from the barracks sig
nailed their comrades aboard the war
ships to join them and also sent a dep
utation to Vice Admiral Chouknin, re-
questing 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
criminality of their actions and the
dreadful penalties to which they had
subjected themselves, declined to ac-
cede to the request.
The city is panic stricken, and the
inhabitants are fleeing. The m%utineers
have stopped the trains in order to
prevent the arrival of troops from
Simferopol, and many persons left on
foot and in cabs, wagons or any other
kind of vehicle available.