| Show OF THE gigantic conspiracy to seize three great sea fortresses uncovered sold ere at svenborg sveaborg Svea borg revolt on ac count of mistreatment of a corn rade only four Com panlee of th infantry remain ng loyal bloody conflict follows A gigantic conspiracy aiming at the simultaneous capture of russia s three great sea fortresses Cron sebastopol and svenborg sveaborg Svea borg arranged by the revolution ary military league was prematurely sprung here tuesday night by an ati at i tempt to arrest members of a corn pany of sappers who had mutinied conj account of the death of one ot their comrades alleged to have been due to treatment the entire garrison of the fortress at flamed out instantly in revolt all the artillery men and sap pers garrisoning the place were in only tour companies of in pantry 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 they were anable to hold the main tort against the loyal try the fighting continued all night long wednesday morning a detachment of civilian ente reil the marine barracks on island hoisted the red flag and were joined by all the marines nine cruisers tor boats and destroyers lying in the harbor opened fire on the barracks this fire was answered from the third etory windows of the barracks with machine gun and rifles the torpedo boats and destroyers which were lying closer to the shore were subjected to euch a hot fire from the barracks that their crews were driven below decks they finally steamed out and joined in the bombardment with the cruisers this sea attack was in operation cooperation co with attacks by cossacks and infantry from the land side which began at 9 clock in the morning and continued throughout the whole day finally toward the evening athe firing ceased and the authorities announced that the bar racks had been captured various rumors are heard regarding the fate of the officers who were at svenborg sveaborg Svea borg and in the unda bar racks according to one rumor al most all the officers and according to another almost all the junior officers elded with the mutineers the ma rines at are said to have convened an elective court martial which condemned several officers to instant execution the red guard who were cognize ant of the plot dispatched an alon by a special train as soon ag the revolt broke out to cut the railroad track outside of the city in order to prevent the arrival of reinforcements A general strike was declared wed afternoon and was obeyed by th workmen of all the factories |
