Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-19
SAPPERS' MUTINY
SOON SUPPRESSED
But Only After Sanguinary Con-
fict in Which Some Seventy
Five Men Were Killed.
MUTlNEERS LACKED OFFICERS
soon Waycred and ElcJ~--Trouhlc Has
Broken Ont Among the Troops
Al Enluga,

st. Petersburg. June 19.--Detils Of
the mutiny OF sappers at KieV show
that it was suppressed only after
bloody engagement at midnight June
II between the mutineers and loyal
troops in which about Z men We've
killed or wounded
Kiev is one OF the cities whore
revolutionary ideas have made the
greatest nronls upon the army and
tho military revolutionary organlza-
ton is very powerful. IN several Of
the southern provinces arrangements
for the strike had boon making Tor
months under the leadership OF an eX-
perienced organized, Nj. Loskot, who
was u member OF the first parla-
mcnt
The decision OF the railway staff at
St Petersburg to refrain from DEM
onstrations was disobeyed by the hot
headed sappers. At midnight Of June
II, 500 men at given signal left their
beds, disarmed the Sentfies hurriedly
dressed, obtained possession of their
rifles, broke Into the armory, secured
some loaded cartridges and then
marched to the camp square and 1red
a Volley in the air, The officer on
duty Capt. Akuloff. ran out and add
dressed them, nrst advising them to
dispense. He then called out another
battalion drew the men up and or
dered the mutineers Ia surrender.
Upon their refusal to do so, Capt.
Aknloft ordered the troops TO fire
and fell dead himself at the Ilrst
volley.
The fighting continued for several
minutes. Half q dozen others were
killed and about so were wounded. FIN
ally the inutineers, who had 40 off,
MI Ia
and fed. Two hundred and nifty were
captured, but 1913 eluded pursuit and
hid In the city.
The mutiny at Kiev was arranged
by Shefchenko, n revolutionist Of good
family, who entered the army as a
| volunteer for the purpose OF Under
| mining discipline, and won over many
of his comrades but when he raised the
standard of revolt they We're frightened
and the little band OF ringleaders was
overpowered. All the mutineers will
be tried by court-martial.
The men employed In big factory
at Kiev struck after the muttny, but
1 they have not yet been Joined by the
| employees of other factories.
Cen. Sulshomlnoff, the commander OF
! Iiev. Is taking the post energetic
| mea sures to arrest the leaders OF the
movement, Hundreds OF houses have
| been searched. ahd 80 citizens have
! been dfftSleu, htlpilS lIltii NilS NH''N'
| OF a newspaper.
The numerous arrests We're made in
! KIeV and a number of bombs We're
| found but order is now restored.
The city is In the hands OF the mill
tary.
The Novoe Vrernya in an article this
morning upon the mutily at kiev at
| tributes the scditon IN the army mrs.
| 10 the corruption of the soldiers IN tn,
| Jananese prisons: second. TO the pres
ence of Jews IN the army; and, third
10 the leniency hitherto shown by tbs
military authorities. The paper claims
| however. thar the propaganda has
made but slight progress, -
Trouble has also broken out among
the troops of the Third infantry ulvl'
| sion stationed at Kaluga. Gen. Or
loft. who suppressed the insurrectior
IN the Baltic provinces, left st. Peters
| h1trp last night to take charge Of the
| garrison at Kaluga.
| No information Is available as e
the nature Of the trouble, strict cen
sorship is kept on all press dispatehe!
since the dissolution OF parliament. Th'
| dispatches of the Associated Press iron
JIiey, detailing the mutiny there, wer'
turned over TO the censor and hel'
from 10 to "a hours before they wer'
delivered
The workmen OF Moscow are beoom
ing restless and the commandant
that city has brought % companies o
infantry into the place to overawe th'
men. Several big meetings or work
men I'm the Moscow suburbs have beer
broken up.
Wholesale arrests continue in st. Pc
The preparation Of the registration
lists for the election Of members OF TN
new parliament has already begun