The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-07
RUSSIANS FIGHT
AGAINST RUSSIA
Seizure Of Battieship by Mutt
neers May Have Far Reach
ing Consequences.
TROOPS REGAIN CONTROL
Naval Battle Is Imminent and General
Disaffection Is Spreading Among
the Soldiers and Sailors
Elsewhere.

Washington. July American Con-
sui Heenan at Odessa cabled the state
department last Wednesday as follows:
Russian warShip kniaZ Potonkin
and one torpedoboat arrived yesterday
evening. All officers murdered at sea
and bodies thrown overheard. Men
threaten to lombard town il interfered
with. Situation precarious. Black sea
fleet expected today
The battleship kniez Potonkin pot
emkine) Is d heavily armore turret
ship of 12,4S0 tons, having a speed Of
about seventeen knots. She was COM
pleted IN 1902 and belongs to the Black
sea fleet. She carries a crew of 636
men.
London, July 1.-The Daily Mail
prints the following from it's Odessa
correspondent, timed 1920 Thursday
night:
THE Kniaz Potemkine opened fire
on the city tonight. The first shell
struck 9 house in Nyesjinskaya street,
and the second fell on a brewery. In
the walls of boil buildings large holes
six yards wide by three yards high
We're torn. So far there has Deer no
more firing"
London, July Should the report
that the mia Potenkine is lombard
ing Odessa be confirmed the incident
probably will precipitate a critical in
ternational situation. and the foreign
consuls there will almost surely demand
the protection of warships If they have
not already done so: and. as the treaty
of Paris bars any but Russian or Turk
ish men Of war from entering the Black
sea, the Dardanelles question might as
a result be revived in a novel and I'M
expected shape.
St. Petersburg. July lit is re-
ported that the volunteer fleet cruiser
:Saratoff has been burned at Odessa.
Admirai kruger's squadron is ex-
pected to arrive at Odessa tonight. His
orders are to summon the KniaZ Potem-
kline to surrender. and upon her refusal
to sink her, after which he is to assist
In restoring order In the town.
London, July 1.-The Odessa cor
respondent OF the Daily Telegraph in a
dispatch filed at 1920 o'clock Thurs
day night says that the kniaz Potem-
kline is firing on the town II that
Admiral kruger's squadron is not in
sight.
ST. Petersburg. July 1.-The emper-
or has issued the following addressed
to the ruling senate
I'm order to guarantee public safety
and to terminate the disorders at
Odessa and ~neighboring localities we
have found it necessary to declare a
state of war in Odessa and district and
to invest the commander of the troops
in the military district of Odessa with
the rights of military authority and
special rights of civil administration
for the defense of orders and public
tranquility"
ST. Petersburg. July IA dispatch
which arrived here early this morning
from Sebastopol announced that a
squadron of battleships, the Tri- Swat
telia. Sinope and Rostislaw. with a
cruiser and several t~orpedoboats, only
started for Odessa at s o'clock last
evening.
the squadron at Odessa. but it is diff
ficult t Oconjecture the reason for de-
laying departure two days at such a
critical iuncture.
Odessa. July IA sernblance OF or
der has been restored. but the situation
is still most critical.
The central railway station vas de-
stroyed by fire last evening. AMY per-
sons being injured and taken to hos
pitfalls. The population is still in a
vergeful mood, and unless the situation
is handled with the utmost care any
ching may yet happen.
Thus far the only incident reported
besides the burning of the central rail-
way station is the explosion Of a bomb
in u private house by which several per
sons were injured, but it is impossible
to get precise information or permission
TO visit the actual scenes OF the con-
dict.
Sensational accounts. which cannot
be definitely confirmed are current re-
garding Wednesday nights rioting. In
these accounts it is stated that no fewer
thar a thousand persons We're killed.
The troops faced a position of COM
piete anarchy, thousands of desperate
lncendiaries trying to set fire to every
building. The troops were compelled to
adopt the sternest measure and en-
ployed machine guns against the mob.
1t is alleged that yesterday q large
body Of rioters tried to enter the CEN
trail portion of the town by way of
Polish hill. and that a terrific fusillade
was kept up by both sides with rifles
and r~evolvers.
1t is also alleged that hundreds were
killed and that When the mob tried to
ascend the steps near the church Of st.
Nicholas Cossacks and other troops
fired repeatedly with volleys into the
crowd with terrific results, wagon loads
If lead being carried away. Many lives,
it is said, We're lost in the endeavors OF
the military to stop incendiarism
The conflagration extended for ovel
4 mile, and thousands of IONS of rail
road sleepers and all the ~trestles sup
porting the elevated railroad surround.
ing the port. together with all the con-
tiguous buildings, were consumed, the
troops in the meanwhile firing volleys
TO compel the rioters to desist. 1t is
stated that three officers of police, ter
policemen, twenty-three Cossacks anC
ten infantry soldiers were killed ir
these encounters.
The funeral of Omiltchuk. which has
Seen held, became ar imposing popular
demonstration, which foi .unately wa:
without orders. A procession of man,
thousands of persons followed the bod,
along Preobrajensky street to the mil
ltary cemetery.
Odessa, July Hundreds of rioter.
were shot and killed by troops during
last nights outbreak. Martial law ha!
been proclaimed.
Practically the entire harbor wa.
Quilted by fires started by the mob las
night. All warehouses, with large guam
sites of merchandise. as well as foul
Or five Russian steamers. were burned
Troops are rapidly restoring order
Probably 300 rioters were killed an
several Cossacks slain.
The losses are estimated at many mil