The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-10
CRONSTADT
 IN TURMOIL Mutiny of Troops and
 Sailors. WILD STORIES ARE HEARD Situation Sufficiently Serious Without txAggerati0n. Witte and the Emperor Compelled to Make Further Concessiens-Tre- Do6 Relieved and Universal
 ssRrase Granted.
WILD STORIES ARE HEARD

St. Petersburg, Nov. 10.-This city was in a furor of excitement all of yes- terday and late into the night over the news of the mutiny at Cronstadt. Every one of the exaggerated reports of the affair received credence in many quarters, and half the inhabitants of the capital believed that the mutiny was successful and that the troops sent from here had joined in the revolt; that the entire garrison of St. Peters burg would follow suit today, and that the town sf Cronstadt had been burned to the ground. together with the sur rounding forts.
 The place was represented as being in the hands of 5000 sailors. who hao murdered their officers, seized the arse nal and bombarded the imperioi palace at Peterhoff. across the bay. Butcnery was said to have prevailed in the streets all during the day. and rumors even went to the extent of saying that Father John of Cronstadt had left the bed on which he was supposed 70 pc dying to lead the mutineers.
 Many of these sensational reports were. of course, entirely false, but suf- ficient details have been received 10 prove that about 5000 sailors and q battalion of artiilerists from one Of the forts indulged in mutiny wnicn oniy was put down by about 1000 Cossacks and troops of the Imperial Guard, mas end from the garrison near Peterhon' and that machine guns had to pc em- ployed
 Spirit shops Piundered.
 rassora the arrival of the soldiers tha sailors. many of whom were ufnhh o, iiouor. plundered the spirit shops and had set fire to the market ana to several groups of houses.
 The authorities became so alarmed that the Paul regiment of the Guaro was despatched to Crons,aa. a os cronstadt teiegraphed the general stan at midnight that the nautiny had been crushed: that tnere was no hkehnoou ,s,f any renewal of khe revolt today: fhat reports to the effect that members or the guard had joined the mutineers were false and that there was no truth in the reports that the mutineers naa seized the arsenal and the forts.
 The Governor said that many of the mutinous sailors tried to escape Tn boats toS the mainland. but that they were captured and were being brought back to Cronstadt. He gave no esti- mate of the casualties.
 The correspondent of the Associated Press, who is on the ground, however.
  cas,,alties at 200, which is certainly very conservative in view of the re- ports brought by refugees who ned from the town to the mainland.
 No Attempt to Minimize.
 At this critical juncture there Is no attempt made in the Government cir- cIss to minimize the seriousness of the muIiny and it is admitted that If battalion of artillerists joined the sailors in open revolt the mutinoIs spirit must have been. contagious It is also admitted that while the Cos- sacks and the guards stood the severe test of shooting upon their fellows in another branch of the service there Is d fear that the mutiny will have bad effect upon the morale of the troops which already has been badly shaken by the revolutionary propaganda
 As soon as the news of the mutiny was received here the 17th and the 18th equipages of sailors of the guard were locked in their barracks and the barracks were surrounded by Cossacks. The sailors were furious with rage and shouted from the windows that they were ready to join their mutinous com radeS.