The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-07

A"'e Deeu enoed, and the one AT Com
stadt has been put down, the GU look
Is still black. The revolutionists whcsa
hands were suddenl forced by the pre-
mature rising at Sveaborg apparently
are u~ndaunted al these initial reverses
and intend 10 persist in their program
calling a general strike Saturday o.
Monday.
one OF the leaders of the revolution
lists with whom the Associated Press
spoke last night, boosted that the word
had gone forth and that the fire of re-
volt would spread 10 the corners OF
the empire. His closing words were:
Now watch Revel, Rigal, and L.
bau.'
London, August "A dispatch to the
Reuters Telegram company from ST..
petersburg says that an extraordinary
conference Of all the revolutionary
bodies today decided on an immediate
general strike, the exact date and hour
10 be settled at n meeting tonight, and
that III the meantime the railways and
factories have been ordered to prepa:e
for further events.
st. Petersburg, August 2.-When the
hrIng began at Cronstadt last nigh,
there ensued a wild panic in the i'm
perlal palace at PeterhOff, as the palace
lies under the guns of the fortress.
All preparations had been made In
advance 10 Tee to TsarkOe-Sel but the
report af1Oat yesterday that the emper-
or and his family actually had fled IN
the middle CT the night was denied
later at the ChancellOry. It was ex-
planned, however, that on accOun; OF
"dampness' at Peterhoff, arrangements
had been made for the return of The
imperial family to Tsareskoe-Selo.
st. Petersburg, August 3.-The crew
OF the Russian cruiser Asia, which was
sent TO AbO, has hoisted the Red flag.
The vessel has left in the direction Of
S~veaborg.
st. Petersburg, August News
reached here late today to the effect
that the crew of the armOred cruiser
Pamyat AZOva mutinied off the Es-
! thonian coast, and are now in full pos
session of the ship, which has sailed
nOrthward in the direction of the Fin
nish gulf.
1t is stated that the captain and tour
| other officers of the armored cruiser
Pamyat Azova were killed by the ,nu-
tineers. The news of the mutinv on
board the Pamyat AzOva is fraught
with enormous possibilities.
Ambassador Meyer has received a
| dispatch from the American consul at
Reval saying that the Pamyat Azova
entered that port this afternoon with
| the red flag at her mast head. Should
this cruiser, under the flag Of the mu-
~tineers, sail to the northward and ap-
! pear in the presence of the main squad
ron in the gulf of Finland, the loyalty
| of the crews of these vessels would per-
! haps be put to a stronger test than
they could stand. Although the Admir-
atty asserts that the squadron off Svea-
borg did not waver in its allegiance,
there is something about the reports OF
| the action Of the ships, which warrants
the suspicion that all is not right
| aboard. Only two ships fired on the
mutineers, the others remaining on TIE
horizon as if the admiral were not sure
| that they could be depended upon.
The mutiny of the Pamyat .AZoya
may possibly raise international CON-
| plicaIiOns, as in the eye Of the law this
| cruiser, like the kniaZ POtemkine. in
| the Black Sea in the summer of 1905,
is a pirate. There is reason to believe
| that the German fleet has orders COW
| ering just such a contingency as this
| and tina it would not hesitate 10 put
an end to the renegade cruiser as A
| danger &c commerce.
Later.) Grand Duke Nicholas re-
! ceived Il message shortly after mid
night saying the loyal portion Of The
| crew of the cruiser Pamyat AzOva had
| made prisoners of the mutineerS and
turned them over to soldiers on sncre.
St. Petersburg, August 2.-During the
night mutinOus sailors. soldiers and
| Sappers and miners seized Fort Con
stantine at CrOnstadt, but were sub
s%eQuently ~dislodged and compelled 10
| surrender after heavy fighting with he
loyal regiments.
The government this evening issued
the following account of the CronstadI
affair:
yesterday evening disorders broke
| out at Cronstadt. Sailors Of the fourth
equipage Of the fleet left their barracks
! after II O'Clock and Joined a crowd
awaiting them in the street. They
proceeded toward the residecn or the
commandant of the port A detach-
ment of infantry was Immediately
| summoned. and fired on and dispers-
ed the crowd. simultaneously he
agitation displayed itself in other
equipages of the feet. Sailors began
10 assemble outside OF their barracks
| but were persuaded 10 return 10 their
quarters. Meanwhile the members ~
the populace, had reassembled and pre-
cipitated themselves toward the ar
| senal in an endeavor TO force the gates
but they were again dispersed by the
| infantry and quick firing guns. Evi-
IDENTITY the movement was planned as
Al the one Of the appearance OF
] -;o+ar- . rcd aao ras h0israd on The