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Show SERIOUS DISORDER AT RUSSIAN POST Twelve Thousand Persons Participate , in a Riot in Which Many Are Wounded. BERLIN. April 27. The Lokalanrelger has published details of the recent disorders disor-ders at Kronstadt, Russia, which began In a brawl between troops and marines, and duilng which It was ha Id that some officers offi-cers had been killed. The paper says the trouble deveiopd Into a regular riot In which 12,000 persons took part. The rioters riot-ers tore up paving stones and wrecked houses. An attempt to quell the disorder with he fire brigade failed the fire apparatus .being destroyed by thn infuriated mob. Several police officers were wounded. Finally Admiral Lavroff, In command of the fortress at Kronstadt, arrived on the scene with a party of armed men, who fired point-blank volleys at the rioters riot-ers and restored order. |