Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-07-03

wolves all wage earners -Four nun.
dred arrests have been made The
hospitals are crowded with injured
The report that the ba,tleship on
which the mutiuy occurred is bom-
harding tho town, is not confirmed.
1t Is reported a provisional govern.
ment nas been established. A reign
OF terror prevails. Serious internA-
tional complications will follow II for
eign shipping is damaged.
| LONDON, June 29,--An Evening
standard dispatch from Odessa says
the troops show no restraint in firing
on the crowds, and thousands of in
nocent bystanders must have been
Killed and wounded. The Black sea
heet. whicn is expected to give battle
to the battleship kniaz Potemkin.
which lie In the hands OF a mutinous
| crew. has not yet arrived. The Har-
ris, Dixon company advises that a
cargo unloaded from the British snip
Granley has been burned on the
quays. Loyd's agent wires that 22
foreign steamers are loading every
thing they can preparatory to put.
ting to sea aurriediy II necessary.
ODESSA. June 29.-The situation
Is growing worse, the mob being prac.
tically In control OF the town. The
wharves, containing quantities of
merchandise destroyed. The wound
ed are estimated a, 800. Many sol,
diers are on the verge OF Joining the
rebels, many refusing to DIRE on the
people. The harbor front has been
destroyed. the damage being sstImat-
ed at $4,000
LONDON, June 29.-The foreign of.
fice has intelligence to the effect tnat
the bulk of the Russian Black sea
fleet is now In the hands of the mu.
tinous seamen and that revolution on
the water Is more desperate than on
the land. News from Odessa today
continues to grow rapidly worse. The
Infatuated people fired the wharfs and
troops are being slain by bombs
from the warship held by the muffin.
Gus crew. The loss Of life Is alarm.
ing and each succeeding hour brings
new reports Of disaster in the cars
realm.
LlBAU, Russia. June a0.-Infantry
WITH machine guns Is besieging 1000
mutinous sailors In the woods near
the port OF Alexander. Five thou.
sand sailors mutlned Tuesday against
the bad food being served. Fighting
is still going on, but results are not
known. Thousands have surrendered.
ST PETERSBURG, June 30.-A
dispatch from Cronstadt states that
5000 Russian sailors and workmeu at
the naval dock yards suddenly refused
TO work, and q state Of mutiny ex-
lists. One oficer has been killed.
ODESSA, June 3O.-There is al
temporary lull in the lighting, but a
renewal Of hostilities is liable to oc-
cur at any hour. The battleshlp Po-
tempkin. with the mutinous crew on
board, is In the ofing and In absolute
control OF the roadstead. Six Rus
sian merchantmen made an effort to
leave but the Potempkin's guns forced
them to coma alongside and anchor.
The reason the crew Of the battleship
Aired on the town was because they
suspected tneir comrades ashore were
being attacked. However, the dam.
age by shells WAS slight At noon to-
day 4 rumor that the Black sea fleet
was approaching caused q panic. and
thousands Of people started to leave
the town. pressing into service every
kind Of vehicle.
WASHINGTON, June SO.-The
state department today received dis
patches from Consul Heenan at Odes.
ga which indicate that the fighting
has been resumed. It says the fieet
mas not yet arrived. Many Russian
steamers have been burned and the
surrounding harbor destroyed by Ore.
The mutinous battleship crew began
firing on the town at 6 o'clock. Am
bassador Meyer at St Petersburg tel.
egraphs that nis Information from
Odessa shows that between 500 and
1000 rioters were killed.
ST. PETERSBURG, June SOL
Flames of revolution appear to be
aglow all over the empire. This aft
ernoon dispatches from Cronstadt are
more thrilling and alarming than the
awful news from Odessa. This after
noon 5000 imperial sailors. together
with thousands OF workmen at the
yards and docks of Cronstadt revolt
ed and a state OF mutiny exists there.
Thousands OF revolutionists are re-
ported from all the surrounding coun-
try.
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