The Jersey City news., 1906-08-02
Syeaborg Mutineers Bonn
barded by Battleships.
LOSE MAGAZINE And GUNS
Lack Of Stores Compels Surren-
der Of Insurgents.
TROOPS POURING INTO HELsINGFORS

Forty Thousand Soldiers Placed Under
Command of Army Leader In Fin
land-cruisers' Fire Damages Fortifi-
cations Of Sveaborg-Order Restored
In Barracks-Casuaities Caused by
Stray Shots From Battie-Cossacks
Decline TO Read Douma and Labor
. Manifestoes to Russian People-Ar-
rest of "Red" Guard and Other Rev.
oiutionists - No General Strike In
heIsingfors.
Helsingfors, Aug. 2.-The latest
news from the fortress of SVeaborg,
In which battle has occurred be-
tween mutineers and loyal troops,
tends to confirm the previous report
that the mutineers have surrendered.
The mutineers undoubtedly had the
upper hand until the battleships Slava
and Czarevitch arrived on the scene
and commenced to lombard Them
with such telling effect that the CEN
tral magazine was blown up and the
biggest guns in the hands of the revo-
lutionists were rendered practically
useless.
Commander Toget and 1000 loyal in
fantrymep then surrounded the bar
racks. They poured upon the revolu-
tionists continual fire, to which they
could not reply.
The mutineers were led to surrender
because of their lack of guns, their
need of provisions, which they had
failed to secure, and the arrival of the
warships.
Mutineers Raise White Flags.
An officer who had returned from
Sveaborg was asked about the conas-
tions there YES" he said in reply to
question, white flags have been
hoisted, but this may be ruse to get
the ships closer into shore. do not
know anything further"
More re-enforcements have arrived
here and have been hurried to effective
positions
The battleship Czarevitch and the
cruiser Bogatyr opened fire on the mu-
tineers at distance of fifty cable
lengths. The mutineers replied, but
their shots seemed to fall short. The
firing continued for two hours
The battle between the mutinous
forces and loyal troops In Sveaborg
fortress in this harbor was waged all
of yesterday and far into the night
The battleships Slava and Czarevitch
arrived from Reval and promptly join
ed the four cruisers and two torpedo
boats here In bombarding the rebel
batteries.
The postmaster at Sveaborg reached
Helsingfors with the report that the
mutinous force had surrendered.
1t was impossible to verify this or to
communicate with the islands on which
the fortress stands.
Explosion In Fortress.
While daylight lasted the smoke from
buildings burning inside the fortress
obscured the sky. A tremendous ex-
plosion within the fortress started a
rumor that the powder magazine held
by the rebels had blown up.
The cruisers fire has greatly damag-
ed the Sxeaborg fortiflcations.
The telegraph building here has been
ruined and the barracks and cathedral
have been badly damaged by the fire
of eleven inch guns
There was panic all day long among
the summer residents on the islands of
the archipelago, for many stray. bullets
and shells fell both on the islands and
in the city. A man sitting on the We
randa of the Yacht club was mortally
wounded, a servant girl was killed and
there We're many other casualties.
Order has been restored in the bar
racks at Skatudden island, which an
Overwhelming force of troops reached
by the bridge connecting the island and
the city. One hundred and ten sailors
and eleven civilians disguised as sailors
were disarmcd and are imprisoned
there
The dead and wounded brought to
Helsingfors number less than fifty, of
whom fifteen are dead. The number of
killed or wounded in the Sveaborg hos
pitals has not been learned.
Troops Pour Into City.
Troops are pouring into the city
now, for the damages to the railroad
bridge and to the branch line to Viborg
have been repaired.
General Baron Saltza, commander Of
the Twenty army corps, is on
his way from Villmanstrand. Thus
far no troops have been sent to Fin
land from Russia proper, but General
Saltza has been authorized tn draw on
all the garrisons in Finland There are
about 10000 Russian troops in the
grand duchy.
The city Is excited by the arrest Of
several of the Red guard, the Social
lists armed organization. and of other
revofutionists.
For more than week Russian revo-
luttonists have been working among