The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-12-05
EITHER KILLED OR
SENT TO SHORE

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very circumstantial account of the ma
val battle off that port. When the mu.
tineers inaugurated their movement
on the. feet, the battleship Rostts-
laff, the cruisers Pamyat and Merk-
urya, the torpedo boat Kaplcan AMI
the destroyer Saken refused to join
1t with their crews. declaring that
they were loyal to the czar. On the
o,her vessels the rising was simultan-
eous and all OF the officers we're eitn-
er killed or compelled to go ashore In
small boats.
Commanded by the warrant officers
the warships In the hands of the mutt
neers then attacked the loyal vessels.
but these latter were fought with
great skill and within half an hour
the rebel destroyer Svirepyj had been
sunk as well as the rebel torpedo
boat When the commandant of the
coast battery saw that some Of the
warships remained loyal he opened
fire ON the enemy and his shells being
served with accuracy were of great
assistance. The Otchakoff was soon
afire amidships and her crew took to
the boats. This apparently immediate.
ly discouraged the other mutineers
who also abandoned their vessels, and
tried to escape, but were Intercepted
by the loyal torpedo boats and the
crews then surrendered without any
further fight.
simultaneously with the naval fight
the Bialstock regiment stormed the
barracks wherein were Quartered the
mutinous troops After a short and
sharp encounter fifteen hundred In.
| surgents surrendered, giving up ten
maxim guns and all OF the munitions
In their possession
A mine transport vessel with two
hundred torpedoes on board was do.
| liberately sunk by her commander
during he battle as he feared 1t might
be struck by shell and great damage
done.
st. Petersburg, Nov 30.--l1:45 o. m.
With the entire telegraphic system
| of the country paralyzed. as result
of the strike OF the operators; with
the postal system again absolu ELY
with the government channels for in
formation closed to the people. this
city is passing through dark hours
that are having a depressing effect
upon official and peasant alike In
fact, never before In the history of
the nation has there been a condition
akin to the present, and the future
seems absolutely hopeless.
Not only Is the. news from Sebasto-
pol of the grayest character, but from
every army center Of Importance
comes word that the troops are no
longer loyal. Even the bold Cossack
horsemen, the men who in years gone
by have effectively crushed all dis
satisfaction with the reigning dynasty
are wavering between their allegiance
| to "the Little Father" and their suf-
fering countrymen. and several of their
crack squadrons are tonight reported
TO have defed their officers, despite the
fact that the latter are the cream of
the service and .'blood of their blood"
What Is the fate OF the Manchu-
rian army of General Linevitch? That
Is a question that at this hour Is on
the lips of every Russian here in the
capital. Distressing rumors are abroad.
some of them OF such a nature as to
be well night incredible, if they were
not viewed In the light Of the de-
velopments of the past fortnight. One
report. set on foot at the Army club
Is that the entire army revolted late
today; that officers and men, Joined
in the movement for republic, and
that the higher STAFF officers, among
whom are numbered some of the old
est and proudest blood in the ancient
monarchy, have been killed by the
men whom they led to battle against
the soldiers of Japan.
These rumors are not confirmed and
can not be at present, because there
are no means of communication open.
But they are having the effect of inn
pressing the people and causing them
to worry as to the outcome. 1t is even
reported that an entire squadron of
the Imperial Guard has been placed
under arrest at the palace because of
the betrayal of plot to fire on the
royal family. That the czar and his
family are In very great danger is ad-
mitted by their most loyal subjects.
and 1t is now believed that he will
fee before many days have gone by.
Another report, received just as this
is sent, is, to- the effect that the mutt
neers have again succeeded in gaining
the upper hand in Sebastopol. -
Mav Laua Qaixad Gtaasaar
Vienna, Dec. 1.-Word has been re-
ceiyed here from Batoum, Russia, that
the mutineers there have seized an