Show PLAN TO CAPTURE TH REE fortresses july 31 A gigantic military conspiracy aiming at the simultaneous capture of dussias Rus sias three great sea fortresses sebas and svenborg sveaborg Svea borg arranged by the revolutionary military league was prematurely sprung here last night by an attempt to arrest members of a company of sappers who bad mutinies mutinied muti nied n account of the death of one of their comrades alleged to have been due to ill the entire garrison of the fortress at svenborg sveaborg Svea borg flamed out instantly in revolt all the artilleryman artillerymen artillery men and sappers garrisoning the place were involved only four companies of infantry men remained loyal the mutineers muti seized forty machine guns and practically all the quick and light artillery in the fortress but even with this aid they weri unable to hold the main fort against the loyal infantry the fighting continued all night long the heaviest firing was beard from 10 in the evening until 1 in the morning this morning a of civilian revolutionaries destroyed the marine barracks on udden island hoisted the red hag and were joined by all the marines cruisers torpedo boats and dest lying in the harbor opened fire on the barracks the fire was answered from the third story windows of the barracks with machine guns and rides the torpedo boats and destroyers which were lying closest to the shore were subjected to such a fire from the barracks that their crews wen driven below deck they finally steamed out and joined am the bom bar dment with the cruisers this sea attack was in operation cooperation co with attacks by cossacks and infantry from the land side at 9 in the morning and continued throughout tho whole day finally toward evening the firing ceased and the announced that tho barracks had been captured at 1 in the afternoon tho cossacks cleared the square in front of abo palace facing svenborg sveaborg Svea borg and then drove tho public from the entire waterfront for the purpose of preventing the sending of assistance from the city to svenborg sveaborg Svea borg the exact situation at svenborg sveaborg Svea borg Is not known rumors are in circulation that the entire fortress has now fallen into the hands of the insurgents but they lack confirmation it is be cleved that this cessation of fighting is only a prelude to the renewal of the battle between the mutineers muti and the troops an authoritative estimate of tho killed and wounded cannot bo ob bained but the casualty list on both sides must be heavy for the fighting was waged with desperation various rumors are heard regarding the fate of the officers who were at svenborg sveaborg Svea borg barracks according to one rumor agnost all the officers and according to another almost all the junior officers sided with the mui inders the marines at are said to have convoyed an elective court martial and condemned several officers to instant execution the wives and families of tho officers on duty in the fortress were put ashore by general and were not molested by the revolutionists tho red guard who cognizant othe plot dispatched an expedition tion by a special train as soon as the revolt broke out to cut the railroad track out of the city to prevent the arrival of reinforcements A general strike was declared this afternoon and was obeyed by all tho workmen of the factories |