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Show REVOLT OF THE Gigantic Conspiracy to Seiza Russia's Three Great Sea t Fortresses Uncovered f 1 Soldiers at Sveaborg Revolt on Ac- ! count of Mistreatment of a Com- j rade, Only Four Companies of th i Infantry Remaining Loyal Bloody Conflict Follows. , J Helslngfors. A gigantic military 9 conspiracy aiming nt tha simultaneous ti capturo of Russia's thrco great so fortresses, Cronstrndt, Sebastopol and i Sveaborg, arranged by tho rovolutlon- ary military league, was promaturol sprung hero Tuesday night by an ati R tempt to arrest members of a com' OT pnny of sappers who hnd mutinied on jf account of tho death of ono of tholr jg comrades, alleged to havo boon duo to S Ill-treatment. S Tho cntlro garrison of the fortress a nt Sveaborg flamed out Instantly in 8 revolt. All tho nrtlllcry men and sap- il pors garrisoning tho place woro In- M volvcd. Only four companies of ln- jj fantrymon remained loyal. The mu-PP', fj tlneers seized forty mnchlno guns and. ( 1 practically all tho quick fir era and jj light artillery In tho fortress, but ovon a with this aid tl.ey wero unablo te hold 1 tho mn In fort against the loyal Infan- m try. Tho fighting continued all night 1 long. 1 Wednesday morning a detachment of civilian revolutionaries onterod the marine barracks on Skntudon Island, holstod tho red flag nnd were joined by all tho marines. Nino crulsors, tor. pedo boats and destroyers lying In ths harbor oponed fire on tho barracks. This fire was answered from the third tory windows of tho barrncks with machine guns nnd rifles. Tho torpedo boats nnd destroyers which woro lylnj closer to tho shoio were subjected to such a hot flro from tho barracks that tholr crows were driven below deoks. Thoy finally steamed out nnd Joined In the bombardment with tho cruiser.' This sea attack was In co-operation 1 with attacks by cossacks and lnfantryj ' from tho land side which began rJ. 9 o'clock In tho morning ond cLluued 4 throughout tho vholo dny.Klly, to- M, ward tho ovonlng. tho llrjflRascd and the authorities onnounefBniat tho baxv racks had been cnpturcK Various rumors nro heard regarding tho fnto of tho officers who wero at Sveaborg and In tho Skatunda barracks. bar-racks. According to ono rumor almost al-most all tho officers, and nccordlng to nnothor nlmost all tho Junior offlcors, i sided with the mutineers. Tho ma-r j rlnes nt Skalunden nro said to havo 1 onvened nn elective court martial which condemned ovoral officers to Instant execution. The "red gunrd." who wero cognisant cognis-ant of tho plot, dispatched nn expedition expedi-tion by n special train ns soon ns th rovolt broko out, to cut tho railroad track outsldo of tho city Invorder to prevent tho nrrlvnl of reinforcements. A general striko was doclarod Wednesday Wed-nesday afternoon and was oboyed by tho workmen of nil tho factorlos. |
