The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-07

and the city Is enveloped in a thick
cloG5 of smoke. Several explosions oc-
CURED on the port during the night and
fierce conflicts took place between the
troops and rioters.
The dead are now reckoned In hun
dreds. The hospitals are ov~eriicwing
with wounded and medical aid is quite
mad uate.
All shops have closed and business
and traffic is suspended. The streets
are occupied by troops.
Many residents are leaving Odessa.
The body Of the sailor rescued on board
the battleship Kniaz Potemkine is still
on the quay where it was landed yes
terday. The dead mans comrades ac-
lively fought on the side of the rioters
against the troops.
Fears of Civil War.
The government is in a state APP
preaching panic over the events at
Odessa. and gravest fears are enter
tanned that mutiny among the blue
jackets may spread to the army.
be won owe to the cause of their
comrades of the navy. other troops sent
against them might throw down their
arms or Join the mutineers. and with
the support of over 100 900 workmen
Odessa would become the center from
"illtI Il civil war "Oulu De WdStu
against the government. Rumore are
rife in this city that officers on board
ships belonging to the squadron of
Vice Admiral Kruger, which left
Sevastopol for Odessa Tuesday. hav
shared the fate of the officers Of the
battleship Kniaz Potemkine. and have
been murdered by the mutineers. 1t
is added that the mutineers are In pos
session of other warships of the squad
ron. If so the mutiny has control Of
more thar one-half of the ships Of
the Black sea fleet. The admiralty does
not confirm the report.
What appears to be certain from re-
ports received at the various embassies
here is that Odessa was. at least for a
time. practically in the hands of strik-
ers. who erected barbados from which
the police and troops were powerless to
7islodge them. Indeed one consul at
Odessa reports the troops refused to
fire IN the rioters. Nickolieff a neigh
boring town of Literal, is reported to
be in the possession of a mob.
Warships to the Rescue.
Sebastopol.Ju GA battleship and
cruiser left during the night with ord
ers to steam at full speed for Odessa.
Lodz, June 29.-About 10, 900 additional
troops have arrived here. The city is
quiet.
Troops Will Never Fire on Mob.
st. Petersburg. June 29.-In view Of
developments at Odessa, is filled with
stories of disaffection and seditioh
among troops. Even guard regiments,
it is reported. say they Will never again
fire upon the people. Ccssacks alone,
ly reliable. That disaffection and dis
content among the soldiers is wide
spread admits of little doubt, but the
situation is hardly as black as painted.
Up to the present time there Is no rea-
son to believe that the asst bulk of the
army is not loyal. Shortly after noon
An untimed dispatch was received here
reigned at Odessa. Inhabitants, panic
stricken. were huddled together in
houses.
The streets were filled with frenzied
workmen fighting the troops. Ware
houses, quays and some shipping in
the harbor was in flames. A correspond
ent of the Associated Press who for
warded the dispatch had to make his
way to a telegraph office through dense
smoke which covered the city like a
pail. He heard volleys fired every few
minutes. In the darkness the mob was
beginning the work of pillage and
plumber. Indicating, in a dispatch filed
last night but delayed by authorities,
the correspondent added that blue
jackets with machine guns had been
landed from the battleship Kniaz Po-
temkine in the hands of the mutineers,
who then fought with strikers behind
barbados against the troops. One
hundred were killed. Hospitals are
crowded with wounded. There are ru-
mors. a CORRESPONDENT said, that some
of the 81 Tiers had Joined the mutinous
sailors, but he was unable to confirm
the report.
Modelling More Troops.
Washington. June 2?.-The state de-
partment received a cablegram from
Ambassador Meyer at ST. Petersburg
saying that all extensive mobilization
had been ordered in the districts of
kieff, st. Petersburg. Warsaw and
Moscow because Of the necessity of inn
mediately increasing the forces in the
far east. 1t Is expected that between
100, 900 and you, 900 men will be called
into service.
Outbreak at Libau.
Libau, June 29.-Russian sailors here
mutinied last night and attacked the
government stores. seized arms and
fired into officers quarters of the in
fantry and artillery. Cossacks We're
brought to the scene of the fighting,
but the result is not known.