The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
St. Andrews Flag Flying.

St Petersburg, July 2, a. m.-"The St. Andrews flag is now flying from the masthead of the Kniaz Potemkine."
 An odessa dispatch received here at o'clock this morning reports in these VI rds the surrender of the battleship by her mutnous crew and adds that a steamer has gone out to the Knaz Po- telrkine with supply of provisions.
 his was the first definite statement received in St. Petersburg regarding the surrender of the battleship. and the dis r; tch, which leaves so many details yet to le cleared up. Is accepted here with caution, and until it Is fully established tha, an adequate guard has been placed 2. U; I'd the battleship and command re- s.'-ed to her commissioned officers, ap- p p-ehension that the revolt will break Q II again will not be ended
 During Saturday St. Petersburg was without definite knowledge as to whether the crew of the Knaz Potemkine has returned it's allegiance or whether the revolt still continued and perhaps had spread to other ships and the inability of the government to announce an end of the uprising gave rise to the darkest re- ports. The few dispatches which arrived yesterday through the official agency were evidently carefully censored and lacked reference to the mutiny; but the details they gave about the hurried em- placement of coast artillery in positions commanding the harbor and of the re- fusal of the authorities to allow the sailors of the Kniaz Poteml<ine to pur- chase provisions seemed to bode ill.,
 United States Minister Heenan at Oddessa. who Friday announced the sur render of the Kniaz Potemlkine, yester- day sent panicky dispatch to Ambassa- dor Meyer beginning
 Reports Terrible News.
 Terrible news" It gave a report that other ships of the Black sea fleet had mutined and declared. though not defin- itely. that two warshps evidently the Kniaz Potemkine and the Georgi Pobie- donosetz were in the harbor. but not mentioning whether the revolt continued.
 Although 1t seems apparent that the submission of the sailors of the Kniaz Potemkne to Vice Admiral Krugers squadron on Friday was only temporary and that the mutineers had changed their minds after their return to the harbor and the departure of the squadron. Whether the crew of the Georgi Pobie- donotsetz was spared disaffection Is not known definitely, but the Kniaz Potem- kline evidently vacillated long time as to whether they would continue the con- test or throw up the sponge.
 It is reported here that 300 men desert ed from the Kniaz Potemkine during Sat- urday and threw themselves on the mercy
 
 mutineers too shorthanded to fight and work their ship. The report continued that the vechls' crew declined an invi- tation to come aboard and join the forces of the Knaz Potemkine and that the surrender of the battleship therefore was inevitable.
 Hang Every Fifth Man. It Is not known what punishment Is in store for the mutinous sailors. though 1t is reported that the government has de- cided to hang every fifth man. The chief mutineers. however. who were under the leadership of former ensign named Mahksutin, returned to Constantinople, and those remaining are probably only their tools.
 Cronstadt was fairly quiet. The strike of the longshoremen at one time seemed to be settled. but the employers declared their inability to pay the wages the com I.a ~-4I Ut