The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-11-10

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~. PETERSBURG. Nov. io.-The
laval and military fortress OF cnon
uadi. twenty miiss east ~ the capital.
p la the hands - nuiinecrs. Many ~
f,e sailors thcr- have rrvollri. over.
,wcf-.i the oficrr and many persons
m. exported a. havs bern killed.
Tho mulinr-rs oct frc 90 the town.
, dcnse pail ~ smoke hangs over u
iad the duil glow % ar. IL s~sn
through the falling snow. Eight gov
iruni-ni military drpo,s are Anamc.
u T. impossible for anybody 10 enter
li- town The telegraph pole. on the
lnr 10 ~. Petersburg have becn cui
lawn for a distanc. % four miles oul.
tide tho town. ~ that trlcgraphlc -om.
nuniratisn II cut %. aud the Telephone
gas also erased TO work
me last event which !. known 20
tavc taken place before communica.
ilun with the fortress vas severed was
10. arrival M Cronstndf Of boat from
-. Petersburg with i5o sailors who
iad b'-n arrested during the riots la
he capital last week.
General Trcpofr has resigned the gov
irnor gcncrai.hip 81 81 Petersburg and
tis last Official net as chief n police
was 10 collect thcs. 100 sailors from
tarious ~. Petersburg Jails aud send
hem under arrest 10 the naval authori-
les at Cronstndt
They were loaded on n steamboat.
which siarfei for the fortress. on the
way the sailors oyerpowered the crew
md took control ~ the boat. which mr..
rived at cronstadt flying n red fag.
The emblem 81 revolution was seen
from shore. and mass OF soldiers
and sailors assembled Go welcome the
mutineer-. Two hours later the town
tnd fortress were entirely In their pos
ees-ion.
All the sailors In the pace and on
The warships there are reported 10
have Joined the mutIny. The officers.
with the help 81 troops stationed there
for Just such an emergency. made a
desperate resistance. They fought the
nutinccrs Ia the streets, and many
were killed and wounded.
The sailors plundered the govern
ncnt spirit dcpots. They secured sew
rral machine guns. which they used
O gninst the troops. The inhabitants
II the town have fed aud desperate
lighting Is reported.
Hundreds OF women and children
look refuge on the last steamboat that
left the place.
The warships have been ordered out
of the harbor. md troops have been sent
from st. Petersburg TO restore order.
The heavens reflected the glare of
fires at Cronstadt last night.
The outbreak started when the sail
ors OF the seventh fort eluipage" re-
VOTED and, II Is rumored killed some
Of their officers. They marched out OF
The barracks and Immediately plum
dered four spirit shops. Crazed with
liquor, they returned and seized their
arms and then went on the rampage.
firing promiscuously upon the troops
mud the loyal sailors. Later they were
,oned by many Of their comrades. and
lighting continued from midnight until
The lowest estimates place
the number OF dead at fifty.
During the rioting machine guns
were employed against the mutinous
sailors, who had been joined by bat
TALON of artillerymen from the fortress
and which raised the total number Of
mutneers to 1900. II is difficult to
ascertain the number Of casualties, but
officers place the figures at 200. Many
wounded persons are In hospitals. The
sailors say their chief grievances are
poor food and clothing and an INSULT
cient amount Of liberty from barracks.
Many &c the mutineers have sur
rendered, but several hundred are still
holding out in the eastern section Of
the town. They have thrown up bar
rcades, but are surrounded, and ma
chine guns are posted at all the streets
leading to their stronghold. 1t is ex-
pected that the remainder of the mutt
neers will submit
1t is semiofficially stated here that
the car is about to grant autonomy
TO Poland.
The resignation Of General Trepoff is
officially announced. Trepoff has left
st. Petersburg to assume the office of
governor of the imperial palace at Pc
terhof
No successor to Trepoff has been APP
pointed in the Office of minister Of po-
lice for the empire, which has been
abolished.
The Grand Duke Nicholas has been
appointed to the military command of
the capital.