Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-30

Quiet at Lods.
Telephone 694.

have applied to their respective govern
ments to send warships to Odessa
Quiet at LodH.
LODI, June 29-Lodz today is quieter
than It has been for months past. The con-
tinuance of martial law makes life and
property safer than since the strikes began
in January and insures excellent prospects
for the resumption of work In practically
every factory in the city.
Today is a holiday. The people are
promenadng the streets and attending
church as usual on such occasions and
thousands of workngmen and their families
are picnicking in the nearby woods.
Mill owners are looking forward to at
least several weeks of steady work, giving
them chance to fll orders that have piled
up owing TO the strikes Martial law has
permitted the authorities to announce such
measures as will make the resumption of
disorders practically impossible.
The streets deserted after O'Clock at
night and theaters, concert halls and wine
shops are closed Otherwise the life of the
city is proceeding quite normally and with
the exception of numerous patrols of Cos
sacks and infantrymen in the streets and
the military detachments stationed at the
biggest factories there Is no sign of the
terrorizing days of the past week.
AS the result of the strikes since Jan
uary the workingmen have gained increases
In wages averaging 20 per cent, and now
they apparently have decided to work
quietly for the present.
KruEer's Fleet Delayed.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 3O.-3:45 a. m.-
A dispatch which arrived here early this
morning from Sebastopol announced that
squadron of batteships, the Tri Sviatite-
EinOna x.yttb
and several torpedo boats, only started for
Odessa at o'clock last evening.
This explains the nonappearance of the
squadron at Odessa, but 1t is difficult to
conjecture the reasons for delaying de-
parture two days at such a critical juno
ture.
The emperor has issued the following
ukase addressed to the ruling senate:
In order to guarantee public safety and
to terminate the disorders at Odessa and
neighboring localities we have found 1t
necessary TO declare a. state of war in
Odessa and district and to invest the conf
mander of the troops in the military dis
trict OF Odessa with the, rights of military
authority and special rights of civil ad-
ministration for the defense of order and
public tranquility.
It is reported that the volunteer fleet
cruiser Saratoff has been burned at Odessa.
Admiral Kruger's squadron is expected to
arrive at Odessa tonight. His orders are
to summon the Kniaz Potemkine to sur
render and upon its refusal % sink it..
after which he is to assist in restoring
order in the town.
Martial Law Declared.
state of siege has been declared in
Odessa. The confagration is sweeping
along the harbor front, the sailors and
strikers refusing to permit attempts to ex-
tingush the flames. Three uninsured ships
~ he Oan boan
destroyed. The offices of the port admin
istration, stores of the Pan-Russian, Kosh-
kin and Russian companies and many pri-
vate establishments and great number of
wood yards have been burned and the fire
is now consuming along the lone lines of
railroad cars containing cargoes unloaded
from foreign ships. Many ships succeeded
In leaving the harbor.
The surviving officers OF the battleshr
Kniaz Potemklne number eleven, instead OF
eight. number Of them were sent ashore
today by the mutineers. They confirm the
details of the mutiny cabled to the AS
ISOLATED Press yesterday.
The newspapers have suspended publica
tion and all regular life and business art
at q standstill.
Government Distrusts Troops.
The government is In a state approaching
panic over the events at Odessa and the
greatest fears are entertained that the mu
tiny among the bluejackets may spread t
the army. Should some OF the troops a
Odessa be won over TO the cause of thei
comrades OF the navy other troops sen
against them might throw down their arm
or join the mutineers and. with the supper
OF over 10000 workmen, Odessa would be
come the center from which civil war woul,
be wased against the government
Rumors are rife in this city, however
that the officers on board the ship
belonging to the squadron OF Vice Admira
Kruger, which left Sevastopol for Odess
Tuesday according to one report, and 10
a practice cruise, according to anothe
story, have shared the fate OF the Officer
of the KnlaE Potemkine and have bee
murdered by the mutineers.
It is added that mutineers are in posses
sion Of the other warships OF the squadron
II so the mutineers have control OF NOR
than half the heavy ships OF the Black Sc
feet, the other battleships said to be in tn
hands OF the mutineers being the Tchesm'
snope and the Tria Sviatitelia (three apos
tles). The admiralty. however, does nc
confirm the report OF the mutiny on boar
Admiral Kruger's other ships.
St. Petersburg. in view OF the develop
ments at Odessa, is filled with stories c
disarfection and sedition among the troops
even the guard regiments, It is reporte,
say they will never again fire upon III
people The Cossacks alone, according
these tales. are absolutely reliable. Thu
dlsaffection and discomfort among the so
diers is widespread admits OF little doub
but the situation is hardly as black 9
painted Up TO the present time there is I
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