Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-10
Mutinous Sailors Con.
quered and Leaders
Deported.
CITY FULL OF TROOPS
Murder BY BLACK Hundred in
st. Petersburg Tomorrow
Threatened.

Cronstadt. Nov. 10. (Noon) ALI is
quiet at Cronstadt today. The mutin-
Gus sailors have all submitted and
leaders TO the number of several hun
dred have been deported from the is
land. Others are thoroughly repent
ant. Troops are pouring into the city
from all directions by water.
Artillery Brought In.
Beside machine guns, other street ar
tillery and a battery of quick firing
field guns arrived here on scows from
St Petersburg and were debarked
shortly before noon at the steamboat
landing. Any further disorder at pres
ent is utterly out Of the question.
The mutineers and rowdies gutted
the Tartar and Jew markets and or
Pavloff street near the barracks of
Seventh fort equipage" TO which the
mutinous sailors belonged destroyed
10 modern business blocks and a num-
ber of smaller stores.
EIres burned Out.
Fires burned themselves out during
the night and today the buildings are
only heaps of smoking ruins. There
was little attempt to check the fires
as the firemen shared in the general
decentralization and many of them be-
came intoxicated.
Mutineers Overcome. |
Cronstadt. Nov. 1O.-The heavens re- |
flected the glare of smoldering fires |
as a correspondent approached Cron-
stadt at o'clock last evening. Upon
landing. however hurried inquiry re-
vealed the fact that the troops and
the loyal sailors apparently had the
upper hand
Fighting had ceased in the streets
and the town was quiet, but fears were
expressed that there might be further
trouble later. Last night patrols were
engaged in hunting down and captur
ing the mutineers.
started in Afternoon.
The outbreak started Wednesday af
ternoon when the sailors of the "Sev-
enth Fort Equipage" revolted. and. it
is rumored. killed some of their Off
GERS. They marched out of the bar
racks and Immediately plundered four
spirit shops
Crazed with liquor. they returned
and seized their arms and then went
ON the rampage. firing promiscuously
upon the troops and the loyal sailors.
FIFTY Dead.
Later they were joined by many of
their comrades and fighting continued
from midnight until morning. when the
terror-stricken inhabitants began to
flee The lowest estimates place the
number of dead at so.
Several regiments with eight ma
chine guns from st. Petersburg and
Oranienbaum were landed yesterday.
Condition StnI Critical
St. Petersburg. Nov. 1O.-American
Consul General Watts received the fol-
lowing dispatch last night from Con-
sular Agent Wigius. at Cronstadt:
sailors aided by mob commenced
rioting here. several houses were SET
ON fire and shops were robbed. The
situation remains critical"
Plan IA Murder.
St Petersburg. Nov. 1O.-Stories are
being induStriouSly circulated that a
regular ST. Bartholomew massacre of
Jews and intellectuals has been plan
ned by the black hundred" of ST. Pc
tersburg for Saturday night No real
danger is anticipated as the police
have received most rigid instructions
TO suppress any attempt at uprising. II
Ministry Announced. Il
s.. Petersburg. Nov. 10. a. m.-Thc
following appointments 10 the new
ministry arc officially announced:
Ivan Shipon. who was Count de
Witte's assistant in the ministry of
finance and his associate NJ Ports
mouth. finance minister.
NJ. kutler. assistant minister of the
interior as minister of agriculture.
NJ. Timiriazeff. assistant minister of
finance. as minister of commerce.
NJ. Nemechaieff. president of the
Southeastern railroad as minister Of
communications
NJ. Filossofon. controller of the en-
pire.