| Show RW REVOLT OF THE AND AHO NAY gigantic conspiracy to seize dussias Rus sias three great sea fortresses uncovered soldiers Bold lar at korg revolt on an ac count of mistreatment of a comrade only four companies Comp anle of ef the th infantry remaining loyal bloody conflict follows A gigant gi gantle Sc military aiming at the tha simultaneous capture of rasmas three great sea fortresses Cron Seba sevastopol sebastopol and svenborg sveaborg Svea borg arranged by the revolution ary military league was prematurely sprung here night by an at tempt to arrest members of a corn com pany of kippers who had mutinies mutinied muti inu nied tinted on account of the death of one on of their comrades alleged to have been due to til ill treatment the entire garrison of the fortress fotre at svenborg sveaborg Svea borg flamed out instantly in revolt all the artillery men and sap pers garrisoning the place were I 1 in n holved only tour four companies of 0 in fantry men remained loyal the mu tinkers seized forty machine guns and practically all the quick and light artillery in the fortress but even with this aid were unable tc t hold the main fort against the dosal try the fighting continued all night bight long wednesday morning a detachment of civilian revolution revolutionaries arlea entered thim th marine barracks on island hoisted tho the red flag and were ere joined by all tho the marines nine cruisers tor boats and destroyers lying in the harbor opened fire on the barracks barrack this fire was aas answered from the third story windows of the barracks with machine guns guas and rifles the torpe torpedo dc boats and distio ers which were lying closer to the shoie were subjected to such a lot hot fire from the he barracks that their creais were anere driven below docks decks the finally steamed out and joined in the bombardment with the tha cruisers this sea attack was in operation cooperation co with attacks attack by co eos backs and infantry front from tile the land sid abich began at 9 0 clock in the morning and continued throng throughout bout the aw arl 01 olf div finally to toward the evening ei ening the lie firing ceased and the authorities announced that the bar racks had bad been captured various rumors rumor are hard rg regarding arding the fate of tile the who were at svenborg sveaborg Svea borg g and in the unda barracks according to one rumor almost all the officers find and according to another almost all the junior officers elded with the he mutineers muti the marines at are said to have convened ened an elective court martial which condemned several officers to instant execution the red guard atho bo were cognizant of the plot dispatched an expedition tion by a special train as soon its as the revolt broke out to cut the railroad track of the city in order to devent prevent the arrival of reinforcements A general strike was declared wednesday afternoon and was obeyed by the workmen of all the factories |
