Show CUT OFF reinforcements aug 1 a m al day long a small steamer has been transporting the families of officers to town dihe women and children jn an utterly pitiable condition svenborg sveaborg Svea borg at the time of filing i dispatch is quiet the intentions of the rebels are not known the pasi alon on udden island is in favor of the mutineers muti who commanded the entire island until 8 p jn at this point th e sailors vere yf elding many of them were deserting they were dressed in civilian clothes tae destroyers in the roadstead also are quiet th the e cossacks posted all over town without reinforcements the authorities can do nothing captain koch an ex officer of the army who was a leader of the novem ber strikes stopped the st peters burg express yesterday morning he was supported by revolutionists koca was joined by the red guard numbering eighty five men A j 10 the entire party went to hekla station and was tearing up tho track thus cutting oft the approach s of intended reinforcements reported to i be coming from Willm anstrand and i alborg the town has been relatively quiet many shops did not close before the usual alroe 1 i stray bullets later put a stop to traffic on the mater A girl was mortally wounded A further cause of the revolt is said to be in the tact that yesterday I 1 was the anniversary of a mining disaster caused by reckless officers in which a dozen men lost their lives the alborg manifesto of the outlawed parliament has been distributed among the cossacks who quietly put it in their poc liets numerous russian revolutionists have suddenly become visible in town the cruiser squadron including the battleship slava la reported to have sailed from reval yesterday tho telegraph svenborg sveaborg Svea borg Is reported in ruins the barracks and the cathedral are badly damaged as a result of the shells from 11 inch gune the number of killed and wounded probably Is overestimated over estimated j the royalists are expectant but the townspeople tear a bombardment should the squadron arrive st petersburg july 31 no report of the suspension of the great revolt of the garrison at fortress the gibraltar of the north has been received in st petersburg up to this hour the secondary uprising among the marines and troops stationed at barracks on the peninsula communicating with the mainland was crushed out at a late hour yesterday afternoon by loyal troops after heavy fighting in which nine cruisers destroyers and torpedo boats participates the sound of firing on the island and the fortress has ceased and in spite of the fact that the occupation of the entire water front by cossacks prevents the obtaining of positive news it Is announced at that the artilleryman artillerymen artillery men and sappers still are holding their positions the outlawing outlaying out laying islands and the fortress appear to be in their possession and they have practically all the machine guns quick firing and movable artillery of the fortress gen laiming the commandant of the fortress is holding on to the main fort on commander island with a force of loyal infantry A general strike was declared in by the socialist workmen today all factories have been closed the last direct despatch from the correspondent of the associated press which has just arrived here was 11 hours from the correspondent said that the red guard the armedi socialist legion was contemplating an armed uprising to attempt the release of the prisoners locked in the barracks owing to the cutting of telegraph alres by the expedition of the red guard which destroyed the railroad at the russian press Is receiving the freshest news 0 the mutiny by the roundabout means of telephoning to alborg and telegraphing from there to st petersburg entails a delay of several hours the military received a telegram from this morning from major general laiming announcing that the fortresses and artillery had opened alro on commandant aland the insurgents sur gents destroyed au tho artillery all the machine gung and took of one island some of the telegraph wires have been cut bajor general announced that he was on commander island with four companies of the garrison and two companies of sharpshooters sent from he does not give the number of cau premier also has received frequent messages concerning the muting he told a caller that the situation was critical to an extreme degree almost the entire fortress is in the hands of the insurgent forces and there were comparatively few loyal troops in ors the entire insurgent population is led by the red guard |