Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-01
FLEET REACHES ODESSA At NOON
Red Flag is Hauled Down Without Firing
Shot.
REPORT FROM LONDON is CONTRADICTORY
1t Says Mutinesrs Have Been Joined by
Grew Of Another Battleship.
DISORDER At CRoNSTAOT AND uBk1
Dissatisfied Seamen ut These Ports
Make Trouble for the AuthOri-
ties, which il soon
Settled.

ODESSA, June 9O.-Without firing a gun
or making the slightest show of resistance,
the mutineers the Kniaz Potemkine
hauled down the red flag ana surrendered
the battleship to Vice Admiral Kruger's
squadron which arrived here at noon to-
day.
1t was an anxious moment for Odessa as
the squadron of FIVE battleshlps and seven
torpedo boats with their crews at quar-
ters and their decks cleared for action,
steamed within range of the Kniaz Potem-
kina the flagship flying signals which read;
Yield or be sunk"
The display of force was too overwhelm-
ing for the mutineers and all thought of re-
sistance was abandoned Admiral Kruger
ordered the Ekaterina IL to place a crew
on board the Kniaz Potemkine and the
other vessels of the squadron Immediately
sailed away.
The mutineers will be transferred to the
Ekaterina II, which is now lying alongside
the Kniaz Potemkine, and they will be
taken to Sebastopol.
The terms of surrender cannot be learned
as boats from the shore were not allowed
to approach, but 1t is thought that the
mutineers received promises that the pun
ishment prescribed by the naval rules would
be mitigated to some extent The Ekater-
ina II remains in the harbor. The city is
still in a state of feverish anxiety All the
hotels are guarded by troops and further
reinforcements have arrived All reserva-
tions on outgoing trains have been taken
for days ahead.
During the demonstration after the flu
neral of the sailor Omiltchuk yesterday
ki1lad nd
wounded. Many arrests have been made
Contradictory Report from London.
LONDON, July IA dispatch to the Daily
Mail from Odessa, dated early this morn
ing. asserts that the Kniaz - mkine has
not surrendered The ,dfe@Sa Pays:
1t was reported by1lL.S 44t4e -+Ia.- =
the Kniaz Potemkine.1ad surrendered un-
eS.onditiolnally; butdt~1s now confirmed that
II was joined BY the battleship Georgi Po-
boedonoset, whose officers were made pris-
oners. Both vessels are anchored in the
roads ana are using searchights vigor-
tant.
The commander of the troops has received
a telegram from the government ordering
him to sink the rebel ships without regard
20 possible bombardment.
I have information regarding this second
mutiny on absolutely reliable authority.
The dispatch to the Daily Mail is timed
II :35 o'clock this morning, but nothing was
received up to 6 o'clock this morning con-
firming it. None of the other special dis
patches from Odessa published this morn
ing is timed later than o'clock last even
ing.
Small Mutiny nt CrOnstadt.
CRONSTADT, June 3O.-The mutiny of
the sailors is over though the strike of
workmen continues. There have been no
further casualties
Hundreds of workmen paraded here to-
day and roughly handled several police off,
GERS and a naval officer The workmen
were fnall dispersed by troops. who ar
rested thirtyfive.
MutinOus Sailors Surrounded.
LIBAU, June 3O.--About 1000 mutinous
sailors are surrounded in a small wood
near the port by infantry, reinforced by
machine guns. One thousand of the
mutineers already have surrendered and
| given up their arms.
The mutiny started Tuesday night when
the sailors of the first equipage. as the
| naval units are known in Russia, re-
| volted because the food was bad. They
| were Joined Immediately by the Sixth
Ninth Thirteenth and Fifteenth equipages
5000 bluejackets in all.
The guard at first tried to oppose them
! killing one and wounding seven, but the
! sailors got the upper hand. They seized
| the guards. broke open stores, securing
| arms and ammuution. Pandemonium fol-
| lowed throughout the night The mutineers
wrecked the barracks, attacked the quar-
| ters of the officers and fired volleys at
| random until morning. The city was ter
| rorized when troops and artillery arrived
| Wednesday morning. All entrances TO tho
city were closed and gradually the sailors
were driven into the wood, which they
| have since held.
Much firing. mingled with the humming
of machine guns, has been heard but
every one is forced by the police 10 keep
! off the streets and away from the ports
some distance below town. Nothing is
definitely known except that 1000 mutineers
! have surrendered.
The revolutionary agents have seized the
opportunity to distribute proclama ions
| from house to house.
| 5 D. m.-The mutiny of bluejackets here
| has ended. The sailors, after parley with
! the commander OF the troops, agreed TO
surrender their arms and return to duty
upon the promise Of better food,
! The number Of killed or wounded during
! the ighting is not yet obtainable
Order has been restored here. The city
I is being patrolled by troops and marines.
situation Much Improved.
| ST. PETERSBURG, July Is a, m,-The
! first news from Odessa of the surrender ot
! the Kniaz Potemkine to Vice Admirh
| Kruger's squadron reached here through
! the Associated Press dispatch from Wash-
ington conveying the text Of cablegramI
/ sent by the American consul at Odessa Nj
| Heenan, as with the declaration OF maru
law General Kabanoff had shut down on
/ dispatches. Even the foreign embaf
here we're without advices during the
The Associated Press dispatch annoY
| the surrender of the battleship wa
up till o'clock this morning.
At the ministry of the interior
ISOLATED Press had been informd
day afternoon that the Kniaz'
with a mutinous crew, probably
without a man on board capa
eating the ship, had weighed
started seaward. The presu
the battleship met the squa