Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-12-07
DID NOT SURRENDER.
MutineerS at SebastOpOl Lot Day Of
Grace Expire.
AUTHORITIES DOUDTARNYS LOYALTY
Prospects Of Another General Strike
Are BecOmlAG More Apparent,
Moscow and - other Cities
Being now AReetedJ

st. Petersburg, Nov. 29.-The las
day Of grace accorded the mutineer'
at Sebastopol expired at midnigh
with no signs Of surrender on the par
Of the men, The hills towering abov'
the harbor of the Russian stronghold
In the Black sea may resound Wednes
day morning, as they did In the days
of the Crimean war, with the roar Of
musketry and cannon, should the gov
eminent attempt to carry out its an
nounced intention Of crushing the re-
volt with the mailed fist
The rebellious sailors are playing q
waiting game and apparently have
full confidence that the guns OF the
feet will not be turned against them,
II they have not actually disregarded
the summons to haul down the red
flag they seem determined to make
the authorities show their hand.
Whether Gen. Nepluoff, the COM
mandant Of the fortress, who was re-
leased by the mutineers Tuesday and
who relieved Gen. Baron Meller Gako-
moleskie, will dare to accept the chal-
lenge Of the mutlneers and stake the
discipline and loyalty not only OF the
doors at his disposal, but Of the whole
army on the cast Is, however, doubtful
Dispatches from a score Of garrisons
In Russia show that the land forces
Of the empire are in state OF discon-
tent and any order to the troops to
fire upon their comrades in the sister
branch Of the service might possibly
precipitate q general and widespread
mutIny, On the other hand, ! would
DO difficult 10 starve out the sailors by
a regular siege, as provisions and water
can be obtained by them and>as they
areunder the guns of not unfriendly
'warships
The report that the whole fleet had
gone ever To the Ynitlneefs Nader the
command Of the Lieut.. Schmidt. The
revolutionary commander Of the cruiser
Otohakoff, is incorrect, though the
officers of the other ships as during
Vlce-Admiral Kruger's abortive dem
onstration against the mutiners on the
Kniaz Potemkine (now the Pantelei-
mon) at Odessa, probably will be I'M
able to obtain obedience Of the men
for the carrying out of any measures
against their comrades.
The staff quarters at Sebastopol are
guarded by Cossacks and the officers In
the streets are accompanied by escorts
Of Cossacks, the only branch OF the
service, the fidelity Of which Is abb
solutely unQuestioned. Even the mem
bers Of the guard regiments who are
pets of the imperial family and super
latively paid and treated as compared
with the members Of the other regi-
ments, are joining in the revolutionary
movement. Two hundred and nifty
men of the guard regiments who were
said to have been leaders in spreading
the revolutionary propaganda were ar
rested at their barracks Sunday night.
1t is reported that the sailors of the
guard equipages from which the crews
for the imperial yachts are drawn will
be removed to St. Petersburg on &C.
count of disaffectlon among them.
The rumblings Of another general
strike are becoming louder. The post
and telegraphic officials at Moscow
already have gone out and the strike
has spread to 70 other cities.
The general workmens council has
summoned a conference Of the leaders
throughout the empire for Thursday
to discuss the possibility Of nation
al strike in sympathy with the locked
out workmen Of st. Petersburg There
Is strong feeling against such
strike. however, not only ON account
of the poverty Of the workmen, but
also because It would interfere with
the great strike planned for January,