Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-08-02
CAUSES GREAT DISMAY
Muny at SVeabOfg an Unexpected Blow to Russian Cor
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st. Petersburg, Aug. 2.During the
night mutinous sailors, soldiers, sap
pers and miners seized Fl. Constan-
tine at Gronstadt but were subse-
quently dis1odged and compelled to
surrender after heavy lighting with
loyal regiments. Hundreds of men
killed, many wounded, including
Admiral Boak1wisneff. Some OF
the mutiners succeeded in boarding
the steamer and escaping to Finland.
1t is asserted that four mutinous war.
ships arrived at Cronstadt and that
the guns Of the fortress were trained
on them but fire had not yet been
opened. Il .ss. g} $3s IS "a. ss
st. Petersburg, Aug. o Startling
news reached here late today that the
crew of the armored cruiser Pamyat
5Azova mutinied off Esthonian coast
and is now in full possession Of the
ship which has sailed northward in
the direction Of Finnish gulf.
All muffin GERS at sveaborg have sur
rendered. & u s>sI
st. Petersburg, Aug. 2.-The great
est excitement prevails here as a re-
suit of the startling news from Svea-
borg and there is the deepest appre-
nension regarding the :-ituatio.s at
Cronstadt, as there is litti<. doubt that
the rising of the garrison of the "Gib-
Taltar of the Baltic" was a premature
attempt to execute a widespread mill
tary conspiracy, which involved the
setzing Of the fortresses of Sveaborg,
Cronstadt and Sebastopol as bases for
the revolving Black sea and Baltic
fleets. .f5':s1 #55@s &$ {
Both telegraph and telephone COM
munication with Cronstadt was cut
during the night, but no sound Of fir
ing has yet been heard. Although it
is learned that a summons to revolt
was issued there the chief point now
In doubt is whether the main part Of
the Baltic fleet, consisting Of a battle
ship and three cruisers, which we're
hurriedly sent from ReVal to. Helsing-
fors upon receipt of the news of the
mutiny at Sveaborg, has joined in the
rebellion. - -.
i.% There is no exaggeration in saying
that the blow coming thus suddenly
from an unexpected quarter has caused
dismay in government circles and the
feeling OF alarm is increased by the
bad news from the interior. The
strikes are spreading rapidly. The
whole of the Donets basin, the center
OF the mining and smelling industry, is
In the Grip Of the Strikers,
10000 walking out at Usokova, while
from the yiceroy Of the Caucasus
comes news that the garrison of Bee
lagar, commanding the famous iron
gate at Derbent, received the news of
the dissolution of parliament by kill
ing their commanding officer, Install
ing themselves in complete control of
the city and placing their sentinels
before the post, telegraph and other
buildings. ~
The revolutionists are wildly ju-
!bilant. Although the mutiny at Svea-
borg occurred Unexpectedly they in
stantly decided that they must take
Of it and Immediately pre-
'cipitate the general engagement be-.
tween the government and people for
which they have been preparing. They
express the most supreme confidence
that the military supports of the gov
ernment will break where they are
least expected and that the govern
ment will find, when the test comes,
the army divided against itself and
that units supposed to be loyal viii
fight on the side of the people with
the workmen's councils al
IS The workmen's councils here and at
MOSCOW have already issued warnings
TO the workmen organizatio through
out the country to hold themselves in
readiness to strike and the reyolution.
airy military committee Is acting with
energy They declare that the crews
OF the warships at st. Petersburg are
ready and that IL the Cronstadt squad
ron mutintes all the ships Id the Baltic
will soon be In their hands The Inn
perial palace at Peterhof Is under the
guns OF the Crenstadt fortress. Reyo-
slutionary emissaries have been dis
patched to the ports of Reval. Riga
and Libau and Il they are successful
the capital will BE immed iately
hemmed Ia by revoluti onists.
Heisingfors, Finland, Aug. 3. The
light between the inutineers ana the
loyal troops was waged during most
of the past night The cannonade was.
heavy, the firing OF the; guns furnish.
ms an spring spectacle to the
thousands lining the points Of vantage
on Observatory hill. The loyal miner.