The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-01
SERIOUS REv()LTS Almost Entire Garrison of Great Fortress of Svea- borg Flames Out in
 Open Mutiny.
FIGHTING ALL NIGHT LONG
CIVILIAN REBELS SEIZE THE
 MARINE BARRACKS.

Cruisers, Torpedo Boats and DestrOyers
 Bo1nbard Them--RevOlt Said to be
 Premature Outbreak of Gigantic Miii-
 tary Conspiracy, Aiming at Simul-
 taneOus Capture of Russia's Three
 Great Sea Fortresses, CrOnstadt, Se-
 bastopoI and sveaborg-Entire Garri-
 son at DesdIagar in the Caucasus
 Mutinies and KilIs Its Commander
 and Eight Officers.
 Helsingfors, Aug. 1.-1;40 a. m.-syea- borg is entirely in the hands of the mu- tineers, who now have In their posses sion every kind of armament.
 Horrible scenes occurred during the might, when the flerc fighting was con- tinued. The heaviest artillery was used during the conflict.
 Several officers were killed or wound ed. The wounded were transported to Helsingfors.
 Colonel Natariff was bayonetted. He beggen in kindly tones for transporta- tion to the hospital, promising forgive ness in exchange Instead he was stoned and thrown into the water with a stone tied round his neck.
 London, Aug. IA dispatch received here by news agency from Helsing- fors dated July 31, says fierce fighting broke out again tonight In the Svea- borg fortress and is still proceeding.
 Helsingfors, July 31-A gigantic mili- tary conspiracy, aiming at the simulta- neous capture of Russia's three great sea fortresses, Cronstad, Sebastopol and Sveaborg, arranged by the Revolution ary Military league, was prematurely sprung here last night by the attempt to arrest members of company of sap V6I5 WIlO AolQ AlluLIAllSQ OlA ASSONlAN OA the death of one of their comrades, al- legged to have been due to ill-treatment.
 The entire garrison of the fortress at Sveaborg famed out instantly in re- volt. All the artillerymen and sappers garrisoning the place were involved. Only four companies of infantrymen re- mained loyal. The mutineers seized forty machine guns and practically all the quick-tirers and light artillery in the fortress, but even with this aid they were unable to hold the main fort against the loyal infantry. The fight ing continued all night long. The heav- fest firing was heard from 10 o'clock in the evening until 1 o'clock in the morn- ing.
 This morning detachment of civilian seized the marine bar ra cks at Skatudden Island, hoisted the red flag. and were joined by all the ma- rines. Nine cruisers, torpedo boats and destroyers lying in the harbor opened fire on the barracks. This fife was an sWered from the third-story windows of the barracks with machine guns and rifles. The torpedo boats and the de- stroyers, which were lying closer to the shore. were subjected to such a hot fire from the barracks that their crews were driven below-deck. They finally steam ed out and joined in the bombardment with the cruisers. This sea attack was in cooperation with attacks by Cos sacks and infantry from the land side, which began at o'clock in the morn- ing and continued through the whole day.
 Finally towards evening the firing ceased and the authorities announced that the barracks had been captured,
 At o'clock in the afternoon the Cos sacks cleared the square in front of the palace facing Sveaborg and then drove 5he public from the entire waterfront for the purpose of preventing the send ing of assistance from the city to Svea- borg.
 The exact situation at Sveaborg is not known. Firing can no longer be heard. Runors are in circulation that the entire fotress has now fallen into the hands of the insurgents, but they lack confirmation. It is believed that this cessation of fighting it but a pre- Jude to the renewal of the battle be- tween the mutineers and the govern ment troops.
 An authoritative estimate of the kill ed and wounded cannot be obtained, but the casualty list on both sides must be heavy, for the fighting was waged with desperation.
 There are various rumors to be heard regarding the fate of the officers who were at Sveaborg and in the Skatudden barracks. According to one rumor, al- most all the officers, and, according to another, almost all the junior officers, sided with the mutineers.
 The marines at Skatudden are said to have convened an elective court-martial which condemned several officers to in- Stant execution.
 The wives and families of the officers on duty in the fortress were sent ashore by General Laiming and not molested by the rev0lutionists
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