Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-04

n 1893.
Government Wins at SveabOrR.
HELSINGFORS, Finland, Aug. 3.-Svea-
borg fortress is completely in the hands
of the government this morning. The
prisoners, have been marched OUT and sent
TO SRatudden island, where they will await
trial.
The socialist red guard yesterday even
ing made an effort to bring about a gem
eral strike They marched in force to
the power house of the street railroad and
ordered the men to strike. Upon their re-
fusal the guards attempted to destroy the
buildings. The police and communal guards
were summoned and a fight followed, re-
sulting in the killing Of the assistant chief
Of police and several communal guards and
a number OF red guards. Cossacks were
summoned and separated the combatants.
The red guard consists Of the greater
part Of the Finnish proletarlat, while the
communal guards are made up OF the
middle and wealthy classes and are or
! ganized to maintain order and protect
property They are armed with rifles and
are under almost military discipline.
The government is handling the situa-
ton carefully, fearing that the movement
| may spread throughout the country. The
| Cossacks are used only in extreme cases
| ana tnen lnty ulSptiSt NlO"uS WIN AiioAt
| gentleness than they do in Russia.
| It transplres that the sharp firing heard
| from sveaborg between and o'clock
! yesterday morning came from the infantry
! endorsements dispatched there for the
| purpose of the construction of pontoon
! bridges from island TO island In order to
wrest the fortihcations from the mutineers.
I The troops were supported by cannonade
from the fortress on sandhamm island
l The attempt was successful and the gov
| eminent flag was hoisted at noon, showing
that the Sveaborg fortress was in the
| hands of the loyal!sts.
Some 1900 reinf6rcements Of troops have
| now arrived at Helsingfors.
During the night the telegraph lines
were cut, severing communication with vi
borg, and small railroad bridge between
here and Viborg was blown up. The bridge
was subsequently repaired.
Trains from St. Petersburg are arriving
here after great delay. one Of the rail-
road bridges has again been blown up with
| dynamite, but II was soon repaired
The casualties at sveaborg were many,
! but 500 Is undoubtedly an exaggerated
number.
The officers wives showed untiring devo-
, ton as nurses The wounded mutineers
uttered considerably, as they were i'll pro
| vded with medical supplies.
| A soldier who came from the Svesbors
fortress said that the casualties would be
| shown to number many more than 300, eN-
| pressing the opinion that the totals would
be run into thousands. The garrison con
sisted OF 5000 men.
The leader of the Red Guard, Captain
| Koch, has been arrested. A number of
workmen are on strike and the street
cars are not running, but there have been
no disturbances today.
Investigating Black Hundred.
| MOSCOW, Aug. Administer stolypin has
given orders TO investigate the remarkable
evidence that the Black Hundreds Of Mos
COW were aware in advance that NJ. Her
zenstein, the constitutional democratic
leader, was 10 be murdered at his country
residence near Terioki, Finland 1t de
volops that it was a correspondent OF the
Associated Press who asked St. Petersburg
two hours before the assassination whether
there was any truth in the report in cir
culation in Moscow that NJ. HeTzensteir
had been murdered, The correspondent
obtained his information from a local even
ing paper. the Matk The editor OF IN,
Maik has informed the police that he OBJ
tanned his information from the editor q
the Vieche a Black Hundred paper o.
Moscow. which has been publishing pro
yocative articles against the Jews an,
reyolutionaFies.
The growing restIessness among IN,
troops composing the sl,frisons In M
lsouthern provinces is being carefully