The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-17
ST. Petersburg, Nov. e.-lt is re-
ported that a force Of Uhlan cavalry
sent to Cronstadt from Peterhof
and the artillery men of the fort
ress have joined the insurgents.

st. Petersburg. Nov. 1O.-This city
was n'a Juror of excitement all day
yesterday over the news of the mutiny
at Cronstadt. Every one of the exag-
gerated reports of the affair received
credence in many quarters; half the in
habitants of the capital believed that
the mutiny was successful: that the
troops sent from here had Joined in the
revolt: that the entire garrison of st.
Petersburg would follow suit INC that
the town of Cronstadt had been burned
to the ground. together with the sur
rounding forts.
TIN place was represented as being
in the hands of 5000 sailors who had
murdered their officers, seized the ar
senal and bombarded the imperial pal
ace at Peterhof acros the bay. Butch
cry was said to have prevailed in the
streets all during the day. and the
rumors even went to the extent of say
ing that Father John of Cronstadt had
left the bed OF which he was supposed
to be dying to lead the mutineers.
Many of the sensational reports were,
of course, entirely false, but sufficient
details have been received to prove
that about 5000 sailors and Il battalion
of artillerists from one of the forts
INDUCED in a mutiny which was only
put down by about 1000 Cossacks and
troops of the imperial guard hastily
dispatched from st. Petersburg and
from the garrisons at Peterhof.
Before the arrival of the troops the
sailors, many of whom We're drunk,
having plundered the spirit shops, had
set fire to the market and to several
III of houses. The authorities be-
ment of the guard has been dispatched
to Cronstadt.
Say Mutiny Is Crushed.
The government officers at Cronstadt
telegraphed the general staff at mid
night that the mutiny had been
crushed; that there was no likelihood
of a renewal of the revolt today; that
reports to the effect that members of
Lhe guard had Joined the revolt were
false. and that there was no truth in
the report that the mutineers had
seized the arsenal and forts.
The governor in his telegram said
that many Of the mutinous sailors
tried to escape in boats to the main
land. but that they were captured and
were brought back to Cronstadt. He
gave no estimate of the casualties.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press who is on the ground said that
the officers estimate the casualties at
200, which is certainly very conserva-
tive in view of the report being brought
in by refugees who fled from the town
to the mainland. At this critical juno
AoAS IAASIS 10 III Will 1ou0 AL 6OS-
circles to minimize the serious
ness of the mutiny, and it is said hat
IL a battalion of the artilleriStS Joined
the sailors in open revolt the mutinous
spirit must have been contagious.
1t is admitted that while the Cossacks
and the guard stood the severe test of
shooting upon their fellows in another
branch of the service, there is fear that
the mutiny will have "a a effect On
the morals of the troops, which already
has been badly shaken by the revolu-
tionary propaganda. AS o o as the
news of the mutiny was received here
on the 18th and 18th the equipage of
the sailors guard were locked in their
barracks, and the barracks were sur
rounded by Cossacks. N sailors were
furious with rage, n shouted from
the windows that they We're ready to
join their mutinous comrades.
st. Petersburg, Nov. Sit is reported
that Cronstadt is in flames. The Brit
ish embassy here has requested General
Trepoff to protect British subjects at
Cronstadt.
Intense excitement prevails here ow-
ing to the alarming news from Cron-
stadt. According to reports the mu-
tir" of sailors occurred during the night
and was followed by a regular battle
with troops, during which machine
S5ullS CIV uSSO. "OTkIfl0l LOOK sizes
with the sailors and hundreds were
killed or wounded.
In Sight Of Cars Palace.
Later the torch was used and the
town is now in lanes. It is reported
that the glare of the fire can be seen
from the windows of the emperor's pal
ace at Peterhof.
Inhabitants of Cronstadt are in a.
panic. Boats to st. Petersburg stopped
running and telephone and telegraph
communications ave been severed. It
Is impossible now to secure details of
the happenings.
Later Reports Make It Worse.
Later reports from Cronstadt only
magnify the horror of the situation.
The mutiny was complete, O only the
sailors but the gendarmes of some of
the forts joining in the insurrection.
The few soldiers and sailors who re-
manned loyal fought all night against
the mutineers and workZnen.
Spencer Eddy has telegraphed to the
governor of Cronstadt requesting pro-
lection for American interests there.
HOPE OF THE PEOPLE is
AT LAST FULLY REALIZED
st. Petersburg. Nov. S.-Both Count
White and the emperor have made an
otbar c,1rrorIor II iHonoro1 T,o-zA -