The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-31
MUTINOUS CREW OPENS
FIRE ON VLADIVOSTOK
Torpedo Boat Sailors Attack
Town Forts and Four
Warships.
SHELLS STAY IN THE Street
Bursting Projectiles Deluge City and
Harbor till Vessel Flying the
Red Flag is Riddled.

Vladivostok, oct 3o.-Vladivostok
was bombarded and a torpedo boat
riddled with shells today during the
progress Of a desperate little naval bat
tie started by mutinous sailors.
Buildings were shattered in the town
and several persons killed in the
streets. In the excitement the heavy
guns IN the fort and the soldiers sta
toned there opened fire on the harbor
where five warshps were engaged in
a close range fight, regardless of the
shipping a anchor
The mutineers finally were subdued.
but not before several officers and
sailors had been killed and wounded
and the town thrown into a panic.
The naval battle came as a sequel
to the meeting of a battalion of sap
pers who yesterday fired on the bar
racks. Machine guns were turned on
the mutineers and several were killed.
Fierce Battle Begins Suddenly.
Early in the day the torpedo boat
Skory, the gunboat Mandschur, and the
destroyers GarsovOz Smelly and Serditz
were lying peacefully at anchor out
side the harbor. Suddenly there was
q disturbance on the Skory. A little
later its anchor was hoisted aboard,
red flag run to the mast head, and the
torpedo boat steamed into the harbor.
Without warning 1t opened fire on the
town and forts.
Before any one realized what had
occurred shells were exploding in the
streets and torpedoes bursting under
the forts.
As quickly as they could get under
way the gunboat and destroyers fol-
lowed the Skory into the harbor. BY
this time the artillery in the forts had
opened on the torpedo boat The other
boats also attacked it with every gun
they could bring to bear. The fight
lasted until the Skory was battered
helpless and most Of its mutinous crew
killed or wounded.
Torpedo BOut Fights Hard.
Before it was rendered helpless the
Skory inflicted considerable damage on
the other warships as well as on the
town and forts.
Those of the mutineers on the tor
pedo boats who escaped the deluge Of
shells leaped overheard and swan
ashore where soldiers were waiting to
capture them. The Skory was beached
to prevent its sinking.
Among the men killed were Captain
Kurosch. commander of the torpedo
boat Smelly, and Lieutenant Stoer. com
mander of the Skory; Lieutenant Vassi-
lief, commanding the Serditz. was
wounded.
Vladivostok has been declared in a
state of siege. 1t is believed agita-
tors including a number of Jews in
cited the mutiny on the Skory.
News StartIes st. Petersburg.
St. Petersburg Oct. 30.-Two abort
i've mutinies at VIadivostok one in the
army and the other in the navy have
again drawn attention to the conditions
existing in the two branches of the
service The revolutionists have re-
sumed their active propaganda among
the soldiers and sailors or Russia. and
they have been aided by the efforts
which are being made to restore the
discipline which became slack during
the revolt of 1906.
The efforts of the officers in both
branches to this end have been at
tended with considerable success. but
the tightening of the reins of control
have aroused the discomfort among the
more lawless spirits notably in the
technical contingents OF the army and
the feet