The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-30
MEYER WAS THRONE
SO IMPERILED
Romanoff Dynasty Nearer to FAD
Now Than Ever in It's
History.
MUTINEERS YIELD;
NOT A SHOT FIRED
Black Sea Fleet Arrives and
Rebel Ship Gives Up
at Once.

Rebel Ship Gives Up
at Once.
Washington, June 30.-Mr. Heenan,
the American consul at Odessa, In a
cablegram to the state department.
dated today at 2:35 pm, says:
''Fleet arrived IL O'Clock today. The
Prince Potemkin surrendered at once
without firing a shots
Paris, June 3O.-4:15 pm.-Offcial
advices from Odessa say three war
| ships of the Black sea fleet have ar
rived there for the purpose of taking
measures against the mutinous crew Of
the battleship Prince Potemkin.
St. Petersburg, June 3o.-Eight thou
sand imperial sailors, together with the
| workmen at the yards and docks of the
naval port of Kronstadt, today suddenly
ceased to work and mutlnied. One Of
| ficer was killed.
Brief dispatches from Odessa confirm
the news of the bombardment of the
city yesterday. It is announced also
that the mutineers on the battleship
Prince Potemkin have notified the au-
thorities that the city will be shelled
more vigorously unless the soldiers
cease to harass the strikers.
Indications today are that another
tineers and is waiting with the Prince
| Potemkin to receive the cars fleet in
battle.
Twelve Thousand In Mob.
Dispatches from Odessa today say:
| MODS estimated to number $4,000
persons attacked the patrols of troops
in the streets yesterday and the fight,
ing continued into the night. Several
hundred persons were killed or wounded.
I The hospitals are crowded with
wounded. N
HThe petroleum reservoirs were set
on fire and exploded. All traffic in the
. streets is stopped.
! "The volunteer cruiser Saratof and
nine ships have been burned
i Odessa Is Blockaded.
"since midnight the Russian battle
ship Prince Potemkin has established
blockade Of the port in regard to all
steamers flying the Russian flag. Not
one is allowed to enter or depart. Six
Of these steamers are now anchored in
the roads under the battleship's guns.
The port thus is in the extraordinary
position Of being blockaded on the sea-
Landslide is impossible owing to a mill
tary Gordon which seals up every APP
proach to the harbor.'
i A dispatch filed at Odessa last eve.
ming at 7:30 o'clock and received here
this morning, says the battleship Prince
Potemkin was then opening fire on the
n shore.
Six officers Of the battleship were
} murdered by the mutineers, eight have
been liberated, and the remainder are
prisoners on board.
Five hundred rioters have been killed.
The strike at Voznesensk, province Of
Vladimir, continues The town resem,
cavalry are quartered in the houses and
courtyards and are bivouacking in the
streets. The governor of the province
has arrived at Voznesensk from Vladi-
mir, capital of the province.
/ Situation Is Desperate.
Not since the unsuccessful insurrec-
ton in December, 1925, when portion
of the guard regiments Joined in an at
has the situation of the autocracy and
> the Romanoff dynasty been so serious.
, Either the open revolt will be
stamped out in few days OF the flames
hope of control.
; At the admiralty it is said that Rear
Admiral Kruger squadron is expected
to arrive at Odessa today. No explana-
tion is offered for the delay of the
squadron IS sailing from SevastopoI, nor
of the nature of Kruger's orders.
Rebels Firing on CITY.
It is admitted, altho great reticence
night the Prince Potemkin was firing
on the city The admiralty thinks the
mutinous crew was probably drunk.
The officials consider it possible that
the crew were supporting the strikers
and revolutionists ashore against the
troops. Turnout the day the soldiers
and police had evidently refrained from
attempting to interfere with the strik.
ers under the threats of the mutineers
of the battleship to use her guns against
them.
A1tho it is possible quiescence Of the
soldiers was due to fear, the authorities
think they are unreliable, and regi-
ment Of dragons and brigade Of az
tillery have been sent to Odessa from
Kherson. The troops should have ar
rived at Odessa this morning. With
these reinforcements and the city un-
der martial law, it is believed the mill
tary governor will be strong enough
to attempt to suppress the rioters by
force.
Unite Troops and warships.
The plan is believed to be for the
troops to crush the disorders in the
city while Kruger squadron holds
, the entrance of the harbor.
1t is apparently questionable whether
Kruger will engage the Prince Potem.
kin If she refuses to surrender. az
firing on the vessel might be too dan
gerous test for the sailors on board
his ships. Besides it would involve
necessarily the destruction Of the bat
tleship costing several millions, and
damage to the city. Admiral Skryd-
loft g plan of starving out the mutin-
Gus crew is more likely to be followed.
| The Mutiny at Libau.
At Libau the mutinous sailors to
the number of about 5000 were finally
Il