Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-06-29
REVOLT ON
A WARSHIP.
Captain and Officers Murdered
and Thrown Over
board.
IN FLAMES.

WASHINGTON Jiine 2o.-Thomas
IL. Heenan. American consul at Odes-
sa, has cabled the state department in
substance as follows:
THE Russian warship Kniaz Potem-
kline snd one torpedo boat have arriv-
ed here. All the officers were mur-
Tered ut sea and their bodies thrown
~3verboard. The men threatened to
lombard the town if interfcrcd with.
The situation is precarious. The Black
sea feet is expected at once to quell
the mrtiny."
A special dispatch says that the mu-
tiny occurred on account of the sum
mary shooting of a sailor by order Of
the commander of the battleship. The
sailor, it Is stated, presented a petition
signed by the crew demanding better
iood.
A special cable from Odessa says
hat all the shipping in the harbor is in
flames and that the mutinous crew on
the battleship Kniaz Potemkine fired a
shell into the town, killing four Cos
sacks and w%ounding seventeen.
The red flag of revolution is hoisted
at the masthead of the Kniaz Potem-
kline, Russia's most powerful battleship
in the Black sea, which now lies in the
harbor in tire hands of m~utineers.
The captain and most of the officers
We're murdered Snd thrown overheard
in the open sea, and the ship is com
pletely in the possession Of the crew
and a few officers who have thrown in
their lot with the mutineers.
The guns of the Kniaz Potemkine
command the city, and in the streets
masses of striking workmen who fed
before the volleys of the troops are
now lntisIned by the spectacle of open
revolt on board an imperial warship
and are making a bold front against
the military.
All day long firing has been heard in
many quarters of the city. A number
Of barricades have been erected, and
tumult and disorder reign.
Late last night. %perceiving a picket
Of Cossacks stationed at the Richelieu
monument. the Potemkine fired a
shell. killing four and %wounding TWEEN
|ty of them.
1t is rumored that the men Of four
other battleships have mutinied at Sc
vastopol and that two of the ships are
OH the way to join the Potemkine.
Late last night n huge mob broke
through the military Gordon round the
town and looted two large customs
warehouses.
The Potemkine has moved closer to
the breakwater. with her guns still
trained on the city.
The whole of the quays and the
buildings around the harbor as well as
much shipping are in flames. Mobs
of incendiaries by armed force pre-
vented the fire brigade working. The
troops are completely terrorized and
are afraid to approach within range of
the Kniaz Potemkine's guns, which
threaten a disastrous bombardment.
The city is appallingly Illuminated by
burning buildings, and terror prevails
everywhere.
1t is thought that 1t may become nee
essary to summon foreign warshfps for
the protection of the foreign colonies.
The fighting has resulted in the loss
Of seventeen lives, including three POI
licemen.
During the day one of the torpedo
boats which accompanied the Kniaz
Potemkine came into the harbor and
seized the Russian steamer Esperanza.
The steamer was laden with 1900 tons
of coal. which the battleship has taken
on board.
The governor has telegraphed for a
squadron to be sent from S~evastopol.
Ever since the war started ugly re.
ports about the crews of the Black sea
fleet have been current. Men have
been shot and even officers court mar
tailed for disobedience. and at Sevas-
topol twelve sailors We're condemned to
three years Imprisonment for mutiny.
No better evidence OF the spirit of the
crews is needed than an official an
nouncement made by the admiralty
that Admiral Nebogatoff and the other
officers who surrendered In the sea of
Japan would have TO stand trial by
court martial upon their return. Prac-
tically all of the crews of the vessels
which surrendered came from the
Black sea.
London reports say that much Brit
ish shipping is now in the hnrbor of
Odessa. Between 400 aud 800 British
residents are engaged in business there
for British firms. and on their account
considerable anxiety is felt lest the
town be bombarded.
Gcnernna cir 10 nn.