Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-08-03
FORTRESS OF SvEABORG (FINLAND)
IS IN HANDS OF SOLDIERS WHO
DEFY THE CAR.
SHIPS lombard VlCTORS.
While Other Bloodshed Is Reported, Mich
olas Orders Arrest of Douma Mem
bers Who Signed Manifesto.

CannOnade at SveaDOrg has now ceased.
The dispatch adds that the mutinous
sappers and miners and artillerymen oc-
cuped three forts on detached islets,
from which they conducted a cannonade
of the main fortress, the garrison OF
which was reinforced by two companies
Of infantry.
Prof. Maxim Kovalevsky, a member
of the outlawed Parliament from Khar-
kof, has received a message to the eff
feet that the crews of four warships at
Helsingfors have mutinied.
GENERAL STRIKE IN FINLAND.
STOCKHOLM, July 31.-Five hun
dred or more loyal troops at Sveaborg
fortress in Finland were killed by mu-
tineers there between midnight and this
morning. Many others were wounded.
The mutineers then took part of the
fortress which was later bombarded by
the Cars warShipS and many other
casualties are believed to have resulted.
The socialistc wOrkmen of Finland are
reported to have proclaimed a general
strike.
An outbreak of mutiny also occurred
at Skatudden today.
A special dispatch from Copenhagen
reports an outbreak among the sailors
at Helsingfors, Finland, during which
two officers were killed.
The mutineers, fully armed, after
wards proceeded to the building of the
laborers' association and were joined by
Cossacks, while on their way there.
This is the substance Of flood of dis
patches received here today from Elm
land.
NO END OF TROUBLE.
Meanwhile ST. Petersburg advices state
that the Armenians and Tartars have
begun a fresh and bloody conflict i'll the
south of Russia.
ceedings for the arrest of the members
of the lower house Of Parliament who
signed the VibOrg manifesto. The
charge is high treason. virtually.
That the struggle of the revolutionists
will rot and cannot await any general
sign from the leaders, who have been
urging cessation of hostilities for the
present, now seems more than certain.
OTHER MUTINIEs DAILY.
There have been mutinies daily among
the troops who are the main point Of
object of the revolutionists. The peas
ants are sacking and burning i'll many
Dlaccs, refusing to wait for orders to do
SO. All that remains, it seems, is a call
for general strike, to make the havoc
complete.
The grave outbreaks in the Sevski
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raids of soldiers meetings even in the
capital itself, which have been repooed
in detail Saturday, are only signs of the
general condition of things-straWs
showing how the wind blows
STORY OF THE MUTINY.
The mutiny of Sveaborg today began
ut midnight One dispatch received here
from HelsingfOrs says that the artil-
lrrvmen ioincd the Sveaborg mutineers.
+Hn+ int1 rnnoiDpH lOvo1
The artillery trained guns on the loyal
troops, 500 of whom were killed Or
wounded. The officers there were made
prisoners and the soldiers elected leaders.
One officer was killed, The Russian tor
pedo destroyer Finn later bombarded the
barracks and the mutineers.
HELSINFORS REPORTS.
HELSINGFORS, Finland, July 81
q u. MA serious mutiny has broken
out in the great island fortress of Svea-
borg, which defends the sea approaches
to Helsingfors. Since 10 o'clock last
night there has been heavy cannonade
at the fortress interspersed with volleys
of rifle shooting.
The sound of cheering among the SOL
diers was also distinctly audible in Hell
singfors. 1t all indicates that fighting
was in progress during the whole night
between the mutineers and the loyal
troops. Ii is impossible to reach the
fortress but it is reported upon authority
which is not doubted that there are sew
eral hundred dead and wounded.
CAUSE OF STRUGGLE.
The cause of the mutiny is reported to
have been the death of a soldier in the
battalons of Sappers and Miners.
His comrades said the death was due
to i'll treatment.
The dissatisfied troops rose and were
joined by the artillerymen. Together
they outnumbered the loyal infantry
troops who were supported by their otli-
GERS.
The infantry from the Skatudden bar
racks, which stands on the sea front i'll
Helsingfors, were Immediately ordered
out. Two torpedo vessels lying at
anchorage off the city thereupon opened
with their rapid firing guns against the
barracks shooting over the heads of the
people gathered upon the sea front and
causing tremendous panic.
REDS HIGHLY ELATED.
The greatest excitement prevailed but
the socialistic wOrkmen and the red
guard of Helsingfors were all highly
elated over the outbreak. They threat
ened to take advantage of the situation
and proclaim a general strike for the
purpose of tying up the railways.
At the latest report the fortress at
Sveaborg was completely in the hands
of the mutineers.
NEW CABINET A FACT.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 31.-The
Associated Press was informed from 4
high source late this afternoon that
Premier Stolypin considers the reorgani-
zation of the cabinet to be an accom-
plished fact.
The negotiations are terminated and
the premier entertains no doubt of the
acquiescence of the Emperor with the
conditions to which he has agreed, and
an official announcement of the reorgani-
cation of the ministry may be made to-
night or tomorrow.
TO PACIFY COUNTRY.
The Novoe Vremya says this involves
the retirement of NJ. Glitch glovivoff. the
minister of justice; NJ. Schwanebach.
controller of the empire. and NJ Kauf-
man, minister of education. and the en-
trance of Count Eeyden as controller of
the empire; Alexander Guchkoff. as chief