The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-11-27
Russian Soldiers. Sailors and
Workmen In Rebellion.
TROOPS OPEN fIREmIHEIROFFICERS
70. rsssssss Ne. s.ssAi.s IN Pre-
ssssiss nsesiss military hs.sss
Pres asst@sss ssiii Lsysi
90 the sssF,

completely Into their hands,
Ihe situation 10 very critical All the
silor- eaulpagcs, numbering i.Opp men.
arr Ia opeh r~t-liian having driven
away or taken Ii-ir oliic.rs prisoners,
The nrrsl rslin.ni ~ infantry has
900. over Ia beiy 60 the mu,inerrs.
GENERAL Neplneff. the commander 81
the FORTRESS. L. a captive.
The nialyslok regiment the only
oih-f regiment In she city. reviewed ih"
muiine-rs with ch-rrs. bat thus Gar IL
rrmains loyal
Some ~ the ariillefisis have aiso
joined the nl-n Ia revolt.
Tie Ensinr fleet il standing In the
ofiins aud IL siiii ohcyinE IN. oricrs
of Nic- Admiral Chonknin. but The
crews arr disaff~ri.i and th-nr i
grave doubt whether they can h. ~
strained from Joining the mniin~f.
and greater doubt that They will iir-
upon them
There IL every evidence that the mti'
tins was deliberately aud perfectly
planned 10y ~. ss-lai r"volutionari''.
who have ls-rn pushing their propagan
ia with srrai energy since the 81 i'c
i-r.hurg strike was organized Ia save
the cron.iadt mutin~ns.
During the night eight salon. NJ the
barracks sclss-i. iisarmr,i and .Xiirll
81 th-ir oiiorr.. They then assembled
q gn'at meeting Rear Admiral Pisa
r-vski. commander ~ th. practice.
squadron. SUPPORTED hy company
from the Br~i regiment. went 10 III.
meeting and when II refused a. de
prr.. ordered the troops 60 nre. In
stead Of shooting IN" mutinc-rs. how.
ever two shots rang out. aud Captain
Stein 81 the company fell dead and
Rear Admiral Pissr-yski received
hall IN his shoulder.
Tn. sailors then. with the aid 81 the
Social Democratic leaders. having
learned lesson from the less prudent
mutin.-rs nj Cronstadt. elected officers
and decided upon a programme. pl.dg
Ing themselves not only not 20 plllage.
XIII or drink vodks. but 10 take meas.
uifN W IffNfui ItNhslruis
Later they were Joined by the work
men Of the port aud in complete order.
the sailors carrying the banner OF ST
George and the workmen red nass.
marched 10 the barracks of the Bre-t
regiment. The officers OF the regiment
threatened to fire upon the mutineers.
hut General Neplueff. colonel and
1--WE other officers surrendered and
were sent under escort to the marine
prison.
Belng reinforced by the rank and
file OF the entire regiment. the mutt.
neers and workmen formed a process.
sion composed .; 10000 men and
marched through the city. Al Novis-
silshev palace the procession encounter
al several companies of the Bialystok
regiment with n machine gun battery.
The mutineers approached. their bands
playing the national anthem. and the
soldiers received the procession with
full military honors. presenting arms
and exchanging cheers. But the Bia
lystok men resisted the appeals Of the
mutineers 10 join them and. obeying
the orders Of Commander Schulman.
marched Off toward the road leading
Ia Balaklava The battery. however.
remained with the mutinecrs and par
ticipated in the meeting.
After the meeting the procession
formed again ana went to the barracks
of the Bialystok regiment. where there
were other companies. but these com
panies also declined the invitation of
the mutineers to join them.
The sailors from the barracks sig
nailed their comrades aboard the war
ships to join them and also sent dep
utation TO Vice Admiral Chouknin, re-
questing him to come to the sailors
barracks and hear their grievances.
But the admiral In n short speech. in
which he pointed out the madness and
criminality of their actions and the
dreadful penalties to which they had
subjected themselves. declined to ac-
cede to the request.
The city is panic stricken, and the
inhabitants are fleeing. The mutineers
have stopped the trains in order TO
prevent the arrival of troops from
Simferopol, and many persons left on
foot and in cabs. wagons or any other
kind of vehicle available.
The mutinous sailors have not sub
mitted and have received promises Of
support from the crews Of the battle
ship Panteleimon, formerly the Kniaz
Potemkine, and the cruiser Otchakoff
and are in complete possession Of Ad-
miralty point, where the barracks are
located, but there have been no further
disorders.
The sailors who mutinied number
about 1000 and belong to various
equlpages from the Twenty eighth to
the Thirty-sixth. Including the sailors
on board the ships there are about
5000 in SevastOpol.
The wounded Admiral Pisarevski Is
one of the naval heroes Of the Russo
Turkish war. He was on board the
Viga with Rojestvensky when that ves-
sci was torpedoed by Turkish mon
Tor.
Kafir Postmen on Bicycles.