The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-02
RUSSLA'S REBELS
WANT MORE WAR
Revolutionary Bodies Declare for Immediate
General .SStrike--Bloody Outbreak at Cron-
stadt- -Sveaborg Mutineers Surrender.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 2.-Mutinous ,
sailors. soldiers and sappers and miners
in the night seized Fort Constantine at
Cronstadt, but were subsequently dis
lodged and compelled to surrender at
ter heavy fighting with the loyal regi-
ments.
A hundred men were killed and many
we're wounded, including Admiral
Boaklwisneff.
A correspondent Of the Associated
Press who attempted to reach Oron-
stadt, this morning from Orienbaum, on
the Gulf Of Findland, opposite Cron-
stadt, found the place almost in state
of panic. All communication with the
island Of Cronstadt was interdicted
People arriving there were searched and
arrested.
The sailors Of the Twentieth and 9th
or equipages, together with the sappers
and miners, pioneers and other units,
managed to rise in spite Of the sur
Vigilance Of the guard and other regi-
ments, which were stationed at the bar
racks, plainly indicating treachery.
This suspicion is heightened by the fact
that the commander disarmed the Sye-
osk regiment during the evening.
Bridge Taken.
A plot had been carefully planned
by which the mutineers obtained possess
sion Of the train steamer. Then, with
out lights they ran train to the bridge
separating the island from Fort Con-
stantine, which, with the evident con-
dfansH Of the ent sentne ha they had bo9o
Of the fortress artillery in the fort
Joined the mutineers, and those who did
not do SO were bound and gagged.
The mutineers then turned some Of
the guns of the fortress against the
camp Of the loyal troops in the city and
opened fire with the preconceived in
tention of covering the escape Of the
train steamer, which sailed around in a
protected position under the guns of
a Complete Surprise. -
Until the guns opened fire the whole
affair was conducted so quietly that the
commander Of the fortress had no sus-
picion Of what had happened. Upon
the first shot general alarm was sound,
'ed and 9th the entire garrison was was called
took up positions In the streets, which
were already filled with terror-stricken
inhabitants, a storming party, consist
ing Of three regiments Of grenadiers,
the Yenesei, Simonovsky and Vinland-
sky, was formed and led to the assault
After four volleys had been fired the
mutineers hoisted the white flag, and
those who refused to surrender were
hastily dispatched.
Meanwhile the waiting steamer sailed
off In the direction Of the Finnish coasts
Later msehine guns were posted in
the main streets. No mercy was shown
to those suspected Of being agitators,
and number Of innocent persons are
reported to have been killed.
Executions in Progress. ~
| This morning when the Grand Duke
Nicholas Nicho1aievitch, commander-in in
chief Of all the troops in the st. Peters
burg district, was Informed Of what had
transpired, he was furious, and, accord
| ing to information obtained at Orien-
bach, he Immediately ordered the mu-
tineers to be tried by courtmartial and
shot, and it is added that executions are
already in progress. ia b
Gear Ready for Flight. h
As the correspondent was crossing
from Cronstadt to Orienbaum he
saw the imperial yacht, Pole Star, lying