Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-02
WILD REPORTS
ALARM THE CAR
An Outbreak at CronStadt is
Reported Today.
MORE TROOPS IN UPRISING
Mutiny at Sveaborg, Finland, Has
Collapsed.
BUT STRIFE BEGINS ELSEWHERE
officers Among List of Cronstadt Cas-
ualties-Plans for General Strike
of Russian Workmen.
BUT STRIFE BEGINS ELSEWHERE

An official telegram from Hell
singfors to St. Petersburg an
nounces that all of the mutineers
of the fortress of Sveaborg have
surrendered, and that, by order of
the emperor, courts-martial are be-
ing instituted for the trial of the
men implicated.
A dispatch to Reuters Telegram
Company at London from St. Pc
tersburg says that an extraordinary
conference of all the revolutionary
bodies today decided on an imme-
diate general strike, the exact date
and hour to be settled at meeting
tonight, and that in the meantime
the railways and factories have
been ordered to prepare for future
events.
Startling news reached St. Pc
tersburg late today to the effect
that the crew of the armored
cruiser Pamyat Azova mutinied
off the Esthonian coast and are
now in full possession of the ship,
which has sailed northward in the
direction of the Finnish gulf.
The officers killed at Cronstadt
were Captains Ravianoff, De-
brovslsky and Shumoff OF the
navy and Captain Stoiynovsky of
the artillery. Admiral Beaklwi-
shelf was wounded in the back by
a bayonet thrust.
1t is stated that the captain and
four other officers of the armored
cruiser Pamyat Azova were killed
by the mutineers who captured
that warship
1t IS rumored that the emperor
and the imperial family have fled
from Peterhol, to Tsarskoe-Selo.
HELsINGFoRs. FINLAND. August .
There was no firing at Sveaborg and at the
other islands In the vicinity during the
night or this morning No definite news has
been received TO-DAY from the scene OF the
mutiuy.
The officials decline to make any state
ments, but IL is asserted from a reliable
source that the muuneers. with the excep-
ton OF few on the smaller Islands who
have guns, have surrendered
The prisoners are being landed IN patches,
guarded by loyal troops They are sullen
and seem to have little thought OF the pun
ishment which awaits them.
Six civilians, with their hands and feet
tied. We're sent ashore last night in the
midst OF hail OF bullets. Their Identity
Is not known. but II Is reported that they
will be shot Immediately.
No official report OF the casualties is OBJ
talnabie. but the best authorities say that
only nifty soldiers and I'VE officers were
killed and that 100 men were wounded
The town today has resumed its normal
aspect. Red guards keeping out of
sight.
Collapse of the Mutiny.
ST. PETERSBURG. August 2.-The col
lapse OF the mutiny at Sveaborg, coupled
with the breakdown of the plans of the rev.
olutionists 10 secure possession Of the Bal
nc squadron and provoke an immediate ris-
Ing at Cronstadt, greatly changes the situ-
alton. The spirits OF the government officials
have risen, and those of the revolutionists
are correspondingiy depressed. and the ar
ranEements for ordering general strike on
Saturday may be countermanded.
The strike I'm Finland is already failure
owing to tie fact that the more intelligent
OF the Firms did not support IL, as they real
lied that by placing themselves at the head
of a purely Russian revolutionary move
ment they might justify reprisals and jeop-
srdiZe their newly granted liberties.
The latest reports show that ali the ru-
mors to the effect that the Baltic squadron
was in the hands OF the mutneers were un-
true. When the butineers, who were led by
agitators from the shore and who believed
that the squadron was coming 10 their res
cue found that hope IN that direction was
crushed dissensions broke out among them
and they turned their guns upon each 9TH
er. Those who had determined TO die rather
than surrender fired into the RANKS OF their
more faint-hearted comrades who hoisted
the white flag.
The remainder escaped In boats. The
mutineers In the fortress, at intervals
during the day. fired shrapnel shells from
the nine-inch guns at the loyal troops on
Commander Island and at the battery on
Harakka Island. nearer the shore. The
troops manning the island battery were
regarded as being untrustworthy and
were sent 20 the mainland. The breech-
blocks OF the guns were removed and
Cossack pickets were left in charge OF
the fort. This was the most serious. mo-
ment for both sides. While anxiously
tttc OF fostltlc Sfudu-
ron the mutineers firmly believed that
the fight was on their side. and they We're
also informed that the crews of the war
ships at Hange had thrown their officers
overheard and were on their way 10 Join
IN the mutiny.
Commander Koch OF the red guard had
already ordered general strike and had
torn up the railroad. Nevertheless. Gen.
Won Saltza, with some OF the ist Finnish
Regiment managed 10 get in Helsingfors
from VilIamstrand. The loyal troops did
little firing that day or yesterday. After
the blowing up OF their magazine the
Dutineers used mortars
The mutiny practically ended when the