Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-03
hutineers on Potemkins Sail from Cd,
Toward Roumania.
OTHER CREWS READY TO SURRENDER
COnsulates Bssieged with People Anxious
for Passports
SHIPS HELD TO TAKE FOREIGNERS AWAY
No Relaxation of Military Precautions
at Odessa and Papers Not Al
lowed to Publish the
Daily Happenings.

SEBAsTOPOL, July 2, via St. Petersburg,
July 2.-Immediately after the Black sea
squadron arrived here Saturday a council
OF admrals and captains was held on
board the flagship Rostislav. Vice Admiral
Kruger presiding. The council resolved to
ungear the machinery and authorize the
officers and men to go ashore The Katerine
ii is here and has been disarmed.
The Black sea squadron which went TO
Odessa consisted Of two divisions, COM
manded by Admiral Kruger and Admiral
Vyshorevetsky, respectively. The formers
division included the Rostitsav and the
snope, and the latters the Georgi
Pobieddonosetz, the Tria Sviatitelia, the
Dvenadvat Apostoloff and the torpedo
cruiser Kasarski Several torpedo boats
accompanied the squadron.
On arrival in the roads the flagship
signalled the Kniaz Potemkine to join
the squadron, to which the battleship re-
piled: I'VE ask that the admiral should |
come on board us No answer being
given, the Kniaz Potemkine cleared for
action and steamed at full speed along |
the whole fleet 1t passed so close to !
the other vessels that even the features
of. its commander, who wore a thick beard !
and was in civilian clothes, were clearly |
distinguishable. Several among the crews
report that they saw at least thirty men |
in civilian costume on board the Kniaz |
Potemkne
Admiral Kruger sgnalled to the squad
ron: Head for sebastopol," and at the |
same time the Kniaz Potemkine displayed !
the signal I'VE remain here
Commander Gazevitoh Of the Georgi !
Pobiedonosetz signalled that the maChin- |
cry of the vessel was disabled Admiral
Kruger repeated his order to make for
sebastopol, when the Georgi Pobiedonosetz
replied: we remain here" 1t then
steamed alongside the KniaZ Potemkine
and hoisted the signal I'VE wish to hand
you our officers"
This was the last signal seen by the
squadron before heading for Sebastopol
Captain Goiikoff and all the officers OF
the Potemkine except five who were en-
gineers, were killed June 2s on the voyage
to Odessa.
II is stated that 800 workmen from the
Sermovo works were on board.
During ths disorders in the port OF
odessa the Kniaz Potemkine obtained sup
plies from the cruiser Otchakoff.
The captain of the transport Vecha was
made a prisoner by a ruse, The kniaz
Potemkine signalled to MIN to come on
board He did so and was bound and
put ashore. The crew of the Necha then
declared common cause with the crew of
the Kniaz Potemkne, as did also the
crew OF one of the torpedo boats.
MutIneers Leave Port.
ODESSA, July $50 p. m.-The Kniaz
PotemIine sailed yesterday apparently in
the direction OF the Roumania coast and
nothing has since been heard of It. With
its departure the situation for the moment
has taken a more favorable turn. The cor
respondent of the Associated Press has just
been told oflcally that the mutnous crew
l,ag, 2v,for Cd fIa
ernor general of it's intention to surrender.
Vice Admiral Kruger's squadron having
left for Sebastopol the Georgi Pobiedonosetz
is the only warship remaining here.
The only immediate danger from mutinous
sailors now appears to lie with the Kniaz
Potemkine.
The authorities announce that they will
issue a proclamation to tranquilize the
population, as public excitement and the
exodus of people continue.
The telegraph ONCE is crowded and the
consulates are overwhelmed with applica-
tions to wise passports.
The British consul has arranged with four
British steamers and Norwegian
steamer to remain of the port so as to be
IN readiness in case OF danger TO receive
foreign subjects. The captains of the
steamers agreed to remain until the situa-
tion became clearer.
Military precautions have not undergone
the slightest relaxation. The newspapers
are under the military censorship and do
not contain the slightest reference to the
happenings In the harbor. An unconfrmed
report says that the Kniaz Potemkine
transferred number of revolutionists, in
cludinE some students and some Jewish
girls, TO a British steamer. the name OF
which is not given.
The crew OF the Georgi PobedonSez sent
forty men ashore this morning as hostages
and have asked the emperor's forgiveness
for having mutnied, pleading that they
have not damaged the ship.
There is still no news here of the where
abouts OF the Knaiz Potemklne.
The governor has issued proclamation
saying that the danger of. castrophe has
passed and that everybody must keep quiet
and the strikers must return to work,
The manufacturers are hopeful. They
think that the situation is improving and
that the men will resume work tomorrow.
According TO some reports, the sur
render OF the Georgi Pobiedonosetz was
conditional upon the crew being in
Sformed as to what their punishment
would be-
The vessel Hes in the inner harbor in
a position very unfavorabe for lombard
ing the city. It is completely under the
heavy guns now mounted In the boule-
ward overlooking the harbor
Rebel ship on ROumRniR,
LONDON, July 2-Iloyd's agent az
Kustenjl, Roumania, in a dispatcl dated
$40 O'Clock tonight, says the Kniaz Potem-
kline and torpedo boat No POI are anchored
of that port and that another steamer is
in the offing. apparently watching them.
ST. PETERSBURG, July $50 a. M
The unprecedented spectacle OF a powerful
modern battleship cruising around in the
Black sea in the hands OF crew who
under the rules OF international law cannot
be regarded as other than pirates. and OF
the admiral in command OF the rest OF the
Euxine fleet frankly eonfessing his in
ability to cope with the situation and
; ordering the nres OF his warships to be
lContinued on sseond PagsO