The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-30
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LONDON, June 3O.-The Odessa CORE
spondent of the Telegraph in despatch
sent Thursday night. says:
THE Kniaz Potemkin Tavritchesky is
now firing on the town No flee. is in
sight"
The Odessa correspondent Of the Daily
Mail says that Thursday night the Kniaz
Potemkn Tavritchesky fired two shells.
The first struck Z hou'N in Nyesjenskaya
street and the seco!d =. Jrewery. Both tore
holes six yards by three in the bulldnEs.
The firing was not renewed.
The Governor ordered the gas and electric
lights to he extinguished and the city wss
in total darkness. Large bodies Of troops
have arrived 1t is reported that there aie
now 10000 soldiers of all arms in tt vn.
A tugboat arrived in the afternoo
having on board commission to invest-
gate the position. She proceeded, flying
a Red Cross flag, to the opposite side of
the bay, and reported that the two war
ships were lying opposite the little fountain
at the harbor end of one of the main streets
SECOND MUTINoUs wARsHIP. ~
The Express prints an Odessa de
saying that second mutincus warship !.
reported at Cape Fontaine, ten miles from
Odessa
A transport with Russians returning
from Port Arthur and Russian steamer
were held up by the Kniaz Potemkin Tavrit-
chesky at o'clock in the afternoon. and
were compelled to lie under the guns Of
the battleship for two hours.
At o'clock the hatteship steamed two
miles Off. She returned shortly to her :, =
mer position and fired several shots at Tire
suburb of Langeron, where there is de-
tachment of Cossacks. She then swung
around until her guns pointed at the center
of the city and fired blank shot.
The steamer above mentioned was seen
to burst into flames The city penitentiary
in which there are 900 prisoners, narrowly
escaped being blown to pieces Wednesday
night.
Five men succeeded in laying number
Of fuse bombs against the outer wall. They
were captured however. They said they in
tended to release the prisoners. but IL the
bombs had exploded a ma jority Of them
would have been killed.
A bomb thrown in Il street Thursday
afternoon killed six persons
AUTHORITIES lose THEIR GRIP.
ST.. PETERSBURG, June pa despatch
received from Odessa Tonight says that
the authorities there have been defeated
and that the populace is taking orders
from the revolving crews of the warshps
The city is partially ahame. A battle
between the ships held by the mutineers,
who have been reinforced, and Government
ships is awaited.
Banks and commercial houses are being
questioned by agitated clients regarding
the situation at Odessa The accepted
account Of the trouble is offset by a state
ment that there has been a successful
mutiny on three battleships.
Another statement declares that the
crews Of the battleship Alexander IL.
Probably the Ekaternia H., the Alexander
ii. not being in tn. Black Sea feetl and
two torpedo gunloats killed their officers
Odessa. where the men are actually riot
ing.
FEAR OF REVOLT on OTHER SHIPS.
Vice Admiral Kruger, with four warships
from Sebastopol is due to arrive at Odessa
tonight. He has been instructed to call
on the kniaz Potemkin Tavrtchesly to
surrender, and il she refuses to sink her,
and to then help the troops to repreas the
disorders in the city,
1t is much doubted, however, whether
his orders can he carried out. Even the
officials here admit that 1t ia questionable
If Admir-! Kruger's men will fire on their
comrades, and discuss the possibility OF
their joining the mutiny. Should they do
40 and should an organized force cooperate
with the rioters there is every likelihood
of part at least of the troops joining them.
MurISY SPREADS TO BALTIC.
The mutiny has reached the Baltic. The
sailors at the imperial naval barracks at
Libau revolted last night on the pretext
that the food served to them was not fit to
eat.
They secured rifles and ammunition and