Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-07-06
MUTINEERS KILL
sLAv OFFICERS
One Of Biggest BattIeships in
the Black Sea Fleet Is Scene
of the Mutiny.
THE is SERIOUS
Reported That the Black Sea Fleet Is
Coming to the Rescue-St. Peters.
burg Dispatch Minimizes
Event.

Washington. June 80. American
Consul Heenan at Odessa today cabled
the state department as follows:
Russian warship KniaZ Potonkin
and one torpedoboat arrived yesterday
evening. All officers murdered at sea
and bodies thrown overheard. Men
threaten to lombard town if interfered
with. Situation precarious. Black sea
fleet expected today"
The battleship knieZ Potonkin (Pot- Z
emkine) is a heavily arlnored turret
ship OF 1880 tons, having a speed of
about seventeen knots. She was COM
pleted in 1902 and belongs to the Black
sea fleet. She carries a crew of 636
men.
Story is Discounted.
ST. Petersburg, June 3O.-The only
news hat was received here from
Odessa regarding the naval mutiny is
that the crew of the battleship Kniaz
Potemkine is reported to have mutinied
because of bad food furnished to sail
ors. Eight sailors We're oun guilty of
mutiny at Sebastopol and sentenced
today to three years Imprisonment.
Late advices from Odessa
that the mutiny occurred on account of
the summary shooting of a sailor who
demanded better food. by order of
the commander OF the battleship.
Odessa. June 1.-The crew of Il
battleship in the roads have mutinied
and murdered their officers. 1t is re-
ported that the mutineers are threat
ening to lombard the All work
at the port has been stopped.
Much Quieter at LODI.
Warsaw, June 2S.-Conditions at
LODI are unchanged. excepting that
most of the workmen have returned to
work. Martial law still prevails. Uni
Nersai condemnation of the strike
movement has had the effect of quiet
ing the situation.
a strike was declared today at the
coal and iron mines and ~foundries II
factories in the districts of Dombrowa,
StrZemieszyce and Sosnowiec.
Strike Spreads Fast,
st. Petersburg. June 2S.=Dispatches
from odessa say strikers everywhere
have been successful. They have stop
ped all traffic. Mobilization in ST
Petersburg and Moscow began at mid
night. Workinen are grumbling and
trouble is expected. Excitement arts
ing from the events at Lodz and War
saw has spread to cities in the Jewish
pale in all old Polish provinces along
the western border of Russian Poland
proper.
Strife Spreads to Odessa.
st. Petersburg, June 2S.-Th wave of
disorder rolling over Russia has APP
peared at Odessa, where q general
strike. accompanied by bloodshed and
disorders, has broken out. There We're
several collisions between the military
and the strikers last night and yester-
day in two of which volleys We're fired
by the troops. No report of the extent
of the casualties has been received. the
official statement dealing only with the
initial encounter Monday night declar-
ing that two persons were killed therein.
There was another yester-
day afternoon n a number of attacks
We're made on individual policemen. A
press dispatch received last night stated
that 400 armed rkm barricaded q
suburb and repulsed the attack of a
company of Cossacks. Reinforcements
of three companies of CoSsackS were
sent to the suburb, but results of their
attack on the strikers is not yet known.
There is little news from Poland, but
copies of the Lodz Gazette giving an ac-
count of the demonstrations are eager
ly read. A telegram to the official
agency gives the number of the killed
and those who died of their wounds on
Friday at 1854. 1t adds that others were
killed Saturday and Sunday. and the
complete number of victims cannot be
stated definitely.
Other accounts give a total estimate
of 500 dead at LODI.
.
JAP FLEET OFF vLAplvosToK-
Vladivostok, June 2s.-Jaranese y~ar-
ships, believed to be torpedo, boats
were seen on the horizon today.
Paris, June 2S.-Baron Rosen, the
. new Russian ambassador to the Unit
. ed States. and Baroness Rosen sailed
from Cherbourg today for New Yorl
on the Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Doesn't Want the Job.
st. Petersburg, June 2S.-Vice AZ
-z;~1 fNLD,lxNin 1n1ar M 81,
!. Black sea fleet. has declined to accep
: the post of minister of marine.
e Japanese Win Skirmish.
i TOXIC, June 30.-The wal department
+ has given out tine following tele
cram:
: ."The enemy. some five companie
e strong. with six guns. attacked ou
troops in the vicinity of Changhiatie,
., twelve miles northwest of Quangpin
. and Gwangping and were repulsed O
n June "a. Our cavalry occupied Ku.
re- yong, ten miles north of Kyongs Yon,
M in northern Korea. June g."
p Rumor Of Great Disaster.
ST. Petersburg, jun 30.-A rum,
h. spread throughout III city that Gener
NJ Kuropatkin had been killed. This n
NOR was connected sometimes with
report that 1000 Russians had be-
cut off by General Nogi's army al
that General Kuropatkin had be,
for prisoner.
ed, Nothing confrmatory Of these r
Dix mors has been received by the gener
to staff or in press dispatches.
ith The members Of the general stan s.
Of no reports Of special Importance ha
ell been received. A report from Genel
egg Linevitch indicates that the Japane
the advance continues steadily. and I'll
h Russians vanposts. under preC&l
yer are retiring fighting. III
q a
led. TRv To Xiii WARDEN