The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-02
RUSSIAN FLAG FLYING.
Definite News of the Surrender of
the Mutineers.

the Mutineers.
St. Petersburg. July , , a m.-"The
St. Andrews flag is now flying from
the masthead of the kniaz POtemkine."
An Odessa dispatch received here at
O'Clock this morning reports i'm these
words the surrender of the battleship
by her mutinOuS crew, and adds that a
steamer has gone out to the Kniaz
POtemkine with a supply of provisions.
This was the first definite statement
received i'm St. Petersburg regarding
the surrender of the battleShip. and
tails yet to be cleared up. is accepted
here with caution, and until il is fully
established that an adequate guard has
been placed aboard the battIeship and
command restored to her commissioned
officers. apprehension that the revolt
will break out again viii not be ended
Gave Rise to Dark Reports.
During Saturday st. Petersburg was
without definite knowledge as TO
whether the crew of the Kniaz POtem-
{ kline had returned to its allegiance or
Whether the revolt still continued and
perhaps had spread to ether ships. and
the ina bility of the government to an
nOUnce an end Of the uprising gave rise
TO the darkest reports. The few dis
patches which arrived yesterday
through the official agency were
evidently carefully censored and
lacked reference to the mftiny.
but the details they have about
the hurried emplacement Of coast
artillery in positions commanding the
harbor and of the refusal of the au-
thOrities 10 allow the sailors of the
Kniaz Potemkine to purchase provi-
SiOnS seemed 10 bOde i'll
American Consul Heenan at Odessa.
who on Friday announced the surrender
OF the Kniaz Potemkinc. yesterday sent
a panicky dispatch TO Ambassador
Meyer beginning terrible news 1t
gave a report that other ships Of the
Black sea fleet had mutinied and de
cIared. though not definitely that two
warships, evidently the Kniaz Potem-
kline and the Georgi Pobiedonosetz.
were I'm the harbor but no mention was
made as to whether the revolt contin-
ued.
Temporary Submission.
Altogether. it seems apparent that
the submission of the sailors of the
Kniaz POtemkine TO Vice Admiral Kru-
gers squadroB on Friday was only
temporary and that the mutineers had
changed their minds after their return
10 the narbor and the departure of the
squadron. Whether the crew Of the
GeOrgi PObiedOnOSetZ was spared dis
affection is not definitely known but
the Kniaz Potemkine evidently vacil-
Cronstadt was fairly quiet yester-
they would continue the long contest or
throw up the sponge.
serted from the Kniaz POtemkine dur
ing Saturday and threw themselves on
the mercy of the authorities. thereby
leaving the mutineeTs too short handed
to fight and work their ship. The re-
port continued that the VechTs crew
declined an invitation TO come aboard
and join the forces of the Kniaz Potem-
kline and that the surrender of the
battleship therefore was inevitable.
One Out of Five
II is not known what punishment is
I'm store for the mutinous sailors.
though it is reported that the govern
1nent has decided to hang every fifth
man. The chief mutineers, however.
who were under the leadership of a
former ensign named Makhsiutin. es-
capped to CoBstantinople, and those re-
manning are probably only their tools.
at one time seemed settled, but the
day The strike of the longshoremen
Cornstadt increase the difficulty of the
employers declared their inability to
nav the wages the commander of the
district had promised the workmen,
and the strike is still unended.
The events AZ Odessa, Libau and
ST. Petersburg, July 1.-The Union