The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-12-01
5000 DEAD AT
SEVASTOPOL
Leaders Of Rebels Executed,
Says Report
2 BATTLESHIPS BLOWN UP
Forts Battle With the Revolutionary
Fleet and Put warships Out of
Action--Revolt Not Yet
Crushed.
2 BATTLESHlPS BLOWN up

st. Petersburg, Nov. 3o.--The No
vosti says that 5000 men persisted on
both sides in the conflict at Sebastopol.
The leaders of the mutineers, IL is add
ed, have already been executed, two
battleships have been blown up, and
mines have been laid at the entrance Of
the roadstead.
The navy department is closed, not
only to the public, but to officers, except
those of the general staff. No official
statement ON the subject OF the battle
at Sebastopol yesterday has been issued,
and the public remains in the dark, com
PEELED to be content with the countless
rumors which are in circulation. One
semi official story is TO the effect that.
although the 0tchakoff,. the Dneiper
formerly the st. Petersburg), and
transport were set on IRE and sunk dur
ing yesterdays battle, all the mutiEeers
have not yet surrendered.
Vice Admiral Choukin was in com
mand OF the loyal vessels, some OF
which, including the Pateleimon (for-
merly the Kniaz Potemkine), the Ros-
tislay, the gunboat Captain Sacken, and
the cruiser Pamyot Agova, participated
in the engagement. Gen. Baron Meller
GakomelslSie, commander of the seventh
army corps, with $1,000 infantry and
artillery, was In chief command ashore.
According to various reports from pri-
vate and governmental sources, the
troops on the shore opened fire on the
rebel cruiser Otehakoif. which immedi-
ately returned the challenge. The cruis-
err then bombarded the town and the
Notifications for about two hours, but
was finally set on fire with shells, and
il now a burning wreck of Admiralty
Point. Lieut.. Schmidt, her commander,
was captured by loyal torpedo boat
while trying to escape, is said to have
been mortally wounded
One report declares that the Brest
and Bielostok regiments carried the
camp Of the mutinous sailors on shore
by storm.
According to a more detailed story
purporting to come from the admiralty,
the battle began at o'clock, when Lieut.
Schmidt, not receiving q reply to the
demands Of the mutineers, opened fire
from a fleet of ten ships, to which the
northern batteries of Fort Alexander,
artillery posted on the shore, and sew
eral vessels which had remained loyal
replied.
During the battle the sailors on shore,
intrenched in the barracks, defended
their position with machine guns and
rifles against the attacking infantry.
After an engagement lasting two and a
half hours, with the Otchakoff riddled
and on fire, and the cruiser Dneiper and
another vessel sunk, Lieut.. Schmidt sur
rendered.
According to this same report the
Panteleimon was injured below the
water line and a torpedo boat is ashore
on the rocks.
No details Of the casualties or Of the
damage suffered by the town are OBJ
tainable by the admiralty, but owing
to the confined space in which the action
was fought it Is improbable that the
town escaped without heavy damage.
The demands Of the mutineers are said
to have included, besides the fifteen pro-
posals dealing with service conditions,
the convocati0n OF constituent assem-
bly, and the complete realization of the
liberties promised by the imperial mani
festo.
The situation is very alarming. Rus
STA is a complete blank so far as direct
news is concerned, oil telegraphic COM
munication with the interior having
ceased. The workmen's council has de-
creed that the general post Office in ST.
Petersburg shall close at 3 o'clock this
afternoon, when communication with
the outside world may cease.
The most disquieting reports are in
circulation regarding the disatfection Of
the guard regiments, two of which, the
workmen boast, have definitely resolved
not to fire on the people.
Great Anxiety m Warsaw.
Warsaw, Russian Poland, Nov. 3d.
The deadlock in the postal and tele-