Show PLUNGED KNIFE INTO HIS BACK Commander of Port of St Petersburg Slain at the Admiralty Works Refused Workmen a Holiday and la Stabbed to Death His Murderer Escaping In the Crowd and Will Probably Never be Discovered St Petersburg Vice Admiral Kuz much commander of the port who was very unpopular with the workmen work-men was assassinated hero Monday by workmen whose May day demonstration demon-stration he had attempted to stop The admiral was killed at the new admiralty works a government Institution Insti-tution where most of tho 2000 men employed there reported for the duty at 5 oclock They wanted Immediately Immediate-ly to march out In a body and celebrate cele-brate tho Russian May day but finally final-ly agreed to work until 2 oclock in tho afternoon The admiral however made a speech to the men saying that ho could not ogrce to their leaving work at 2 oclock and the matter was loft open At about 930 a m according to an officer who was at the gate of tho works the admiral was emerging from a small shop In the works when n workman who had been concealed around the corner of the building leaped on Kuzmlch from behind and drove a long dagger Into his back The admiral fell forward on his face which was badly cut by stones and died Immediately The assassin fled Into a large forge where he was lost among the men employed there The works were promptly surrounded by troops and > police but the search for the murderer was unavailing his comrades com-rades professing Ignorance of his Identity Iden-tity |