Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-03
RII.LETIN.

BULLETIN.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. S.--Grand Duke
Nicholas received message shortly after
midnight saying that the loyal portion Of
the crew Of cruiser Pamyat Azova had
made prisoners of the mutneers and turned
them over to soldiers on shore.
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 3.-1:15 a. M
Although the mutinics at Sveaborg have
been ended and the one at Cronstandt has
been practically put down, the outlook
is stir black The revolutlonists. whose
hands were suddenly forced by the pre-
mature rising at Sveaborg. apparently are
undaunted at these initial reverses and
intends to persist in their program Of call
ing a general strike on Sunday or Monday.
one Of the leaders OF the revolutionists
with whom the Associated Press spoke
last night, boasted that the word had
gone forth and that the fire of revolt would
spread to the corners of the empire. His
closing words to the correspondent were:
Now watch Reval, Riga and Lbau."
Red Flag ON Cruiser.
The news of the mutiny on board the
cruiser Pamyat Azova off the Esthonisn
coast. is fraught with enormous possi-
bilities. The crew of this vessel rose and
killed the commander and four officers.
Ambassador Meyer has received a dis
patch from the American consul at Reval.
saying that the Pamyat Azova entered that
port with the red flag at its masthead.
Should this cruiser, under the flag OF the
mutneers sail to the northward and ap-
pear In the presence OF the main squad
ron I'm the Gulf of Finland, the loyalty OF
the crews OF these vessels would perhaps
be put to a stronger test than they could
stand Although the admiralty asserts
that the squadron off Sveaborg did not
waver i'm its allegiance, there is something
mysterious about the reports of the actions
Of the ships which warrants the suspicion
that all is not right aboard. Only two
ships fired on the mutineers, the other re-
naming On the horizon If the admiral
were not sure that they could be depended
upon.
GermRny May Take "a Hand.
The mutiny on the Pamyat may possibly
raise international complications, as in the
eye OF the law this cruiser, like the Knaz
| Potemkine in the black sea in the summer
of 1905, is a pirate. There is reason to
believe that the German fleet has orders
covering just such contingency as this
and that it would not hesitate to put an
end to the renegade cruiser as a danger to
commerce.
When the firing began at Cronstadt
| Wednesday night there ensued a wild panic
in the imperial palace at Peterhof, as the
palace lies under the guns of the fortress
All preparations had been made in advance
to fee to Tsarskoe selo, but the report that
the czar and his family had fled. in the mid
die of the night was denied 1t was ex-
/ plained that on account of "dampness" at
/ Peterhof arrangements had been made for
! ba Of ba ,I ~
koe Selo.
Martial Law at CrOnstadt,
Martial law was proclaimed at Croustadt
during the day and all day long reinforce
ments have been landing there from the
mainland. No one is permitted on the island
without pass, and although tho cores
! pondent Of the Associated Press was thus
equipped he was held up and searched upon
| debarking from a rowboat The cores
; pondent found that at o'clock yesterday
evening there were about 1000 mutinous
| sailors barricaded i'm their barracks, which
were surrounded by troops.
The correspondent made tour Of the city
and penetrated TO the bridge connecting
with Fort Constantine. He saw sailors
laughing from the windows Of the barracks
at the besieging soldiers across the way
Everywhere there were heavy patrols on
the streets. but otherwise the thoroughfares
were almost empty. The people are afraid
/ to venture out
While passing the arsenal at 4 o'clock in
the afternoon the correspondent heard a
ragged volley, which he subsequently
learned had cut short the lives Of six pris-
oners who had ybeen sentenced to death by
the drum-head court marial which began
sitting at II o'clock i'm the morning IL was
declared that 300 sailors who had sur
rendered during the night had been shot
earlier in. the day, but It was impossible to
obtain absolute confirmation Of this state
ment.
Many KILLED and wounded.
From eye witnesses on both sides the
correspondent learns that in addition to
the officers previously mentioned the
losses on the side Of the loyal men were
six soldiers and two sailors killed and
about twenty OF both arms wounded, The
losses on the side OF the mutneers could
not be obtained. but they were not heavy.
Three workmen were killed and six
wounded In addition 10 Nine. Jacobl A
sister of Colonel Alebandroh, who threw
herself between her brother and some
sailors when the latter swarmed into their
house at the beginning Of the outbreak,
was brutally stabbed 70 death.
The UTMOST ferocity was displayed by
both sides. One Of the workmen killed
cried to the patrol: Don't hre on the
people" but the oficer in command turned