Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-30
SITUATION STILL MOST CRITICAL
Shipping, QuayS and Central Railway Sta
tiOn Burn During the Day.
CONFLICTS WITH TROOPS
Hundreds Killed and Wounded by Machine
Guns Of Soldiers.
ADMIRAL KRuGERs FLEET ON THE WAY
ships Leave Sebastopol mt O'Clock
Thursday Night-st. Petersburg
omciaIs Alarmed by
the Delay.

LONDON, June so-The Daily Express
prints the following dispatch from Odessa,
timed midnight:
"a second mutinous warship is reported to
be at Cape Fontsine, ten miles from here.
"a transport with Russians from Port
Arthur and a Russian steamer were held up
by the Kniaz Potemkine at o'clock and
compelled to lie up under its guns for two
hours.
"At o'clock the rebel warship steamed
two miles Off, but shortly afterward re-
turned to it's former anchorage and fired
several shots at the suburbs of Langrand,
where there is detachment Of Cossacks.
1t then swung around until It's guns pointed
to the center of Odessa and fired blank
cartridge.
"a steamer which the Kniaz Potemkine
stopped was seen to burst into flames.
"A bomb thrown in a street this evening
killed six persons.
''The city penitentiary, In which there are
1000 prisoners, had a narrow escape from
being blown to pieces last night. Five men
had just succeeded in placing number OF
powerful fuse bombs in the outer wall when
they were arrested"
Reign of Terror in streets.
ODESSA June @.-Evening.-A semblance
of order has been restored, but the situa-
tion is still most critical.
The Central railway station was destroyed
by fire this evening many persons being in
jured and taken to hospitals. The populace
is still in a vengeful mood and unless the
situation is handled with the utmost caro-
anything may yet happen.
Thus far the only incident reported this
evening besides the burning of the Central
railway station is the explosion of bomb
in private house by which several persons
were injured, but II is impossible TO get
precise information or PERMISSION TO visit
the actual scenes of conflict. Sensational
accounts, which cannot be definitely con-
firmed, are current regarding Wednesday
nights rioting. In these accounts II is
stated that no fewer than 1000 persons were
killed The troops faced position Of COM
plete anarchy. thousands of desperate in
cendiaries trying to set fire to every build
ing They were compelled to adopt the
! sternest measures and employed machine
guns against the mob.
It Is alleged that at O'Clock this morning
a large body of rioters tried to enter the
central part of the town by way OF Polish
hill, and that a terrific fusillade was kept
up by both sides with rifles ano revolvers. 1t
is also alleged that hundreds were killed
and that when the mob tried to ascend the
steps near the Church of st. Nicholas to
reach the Boulevard st. Nicholas. Cossacks
| and other troops fired repeated volleys into
the crowd with terrible results, wagonloads
of dead being carried away. Many lives It
| is said, were lost in the endeavors of the
| military to stop incendiarism. The con-
| fagration extended for over mile and
| thousands of tons of railway sleepers and
| all the trestles supporting the elevated rail-
| road surrounding the port, together with all
| the contiguous buildings, were consumed.
the troops in the meanwhile firing volleys 10
compel the rioters to desist 1t is stated
that three officers OF police. ten policemen.
twenty-three Cossacks and ten infantry SOL
diers were killed in these encounters.
| Funeral of OmiItchuk.
| The funeral of Omiltchuk, which has just
been held. became an imposing popular
! demonstration which fortunately was with
| out disorder. A procession of many thou
sands of persons followed the body from
the harbor along PreobrascnsiSy street to
| the military cemetery. The coffin, which
was covered with the st. Andrews flag and
on which there were numbers OF wreaths.
was carried by eight sailors. The process
sion was headed by priests Neither police
nor troops were stationed along the route
| 10 the cemetery OWlnB 10 n wise ulEeCtlOn
| by the authorities and by which the possi-
| bility OF a collision was averted. In the
most unruly section of tile city the popu-
| lace treat the proclamation warning people
| TO remain indoors after o'clock in the
evening with the greatest derison and con-
| tempt and freely announce their intention
to burn all public buildings in the course OF
| the night.
| Cossacks guard all approaches TO the
town and troops patrol the streets and
guard public buildings and especially the
banks. within and without.
AS showing the strong military hold over
| the city, many councillors were prevented
by troops from reaching the town hall to
attend a meeting of the municipal council.
1t is quite impossible as yet to obtain
any accurate estimate of the number of
killed or injured. Nothing had yet been
| heard of Admiral Krugers squadron.
Shipping and Quays Burned.
| Practically the entire harbor was de-
| stroyed by the fires started by the mob
| last night. All the warehouses, with large
| quantities of merchandise, as well as four
or five Russian steamers. were burned.
| The losses are estimated at many mill
| lions OF roubes. The remnants OF the
| wharves and warehouses set on fire last
night are still burning today and the city
I is envelOped in thick cloud of smoke.
! Several explosions occurred in the port
during the night and fierce conflicts took
place between troops and rioters. The dead
are now reckoned in the hundreds. The
hospitals are overfowing with wounded per-
sons and the medical aid available Is quito
inadequate. The shops are closed and busi-
ness and traffic is suspended. The streets
are occupied by troops. Many residents are
| leaving Odessa.
! The crew Of government transport
| which arrived here today from Nickolient
mutinied, seized their officers and Joined
the crew Of the batteship Kiaz Potem-
kline, TO whom they turned over the cap
tain and other officers OF the transport
| II Is reDorted that IN. foreiRn eona,,ts