Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
LOYAL RUSSIANS
QUELL MUTINY
MANY PRISONERS DELIVERED
TO OFFICIALS
General Strike Is Expected and Agta.
tors Are Urging Peasants to
Destroy Property at Va
rious Places
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guns of the fortress. All preparations
had been made I'm advance to flee to
TsarkoeSelo, but the report that the
emperor and his family actually had
fed in the middle of the night was de-
MED later at the chancellory of the
imperial household.
1t was explained. however, that on
account of "dampness" at Peterhof ar
rangements had been made for the re-
turn of the imperial family to Tsarkoe-
Selo.
Martial law was proclaimed at Cron-
stadt during the day and all day long
reinforcements have been landing there
from the mainland.
Correspondent Held UP
No one is permitted on the island
without a pass, and, although the cor
respondent of the Associated Press was
thus equipped. he was held up and
searched upon disembarking from a
rowboat.
The correspondent found that at 6
o'clock yesterday evening there were
about 2000 mutinous sailors barricaded
in their barracks, which was surround
ed by troops.
The correspondent made a tour of
The city and penetrated to the bridge
connecting with Fort Constantine. He
saw sailors laughing from the windows
of the barracks at the besieging SOL
diers across the way.
Everywhere there were heavy patrols
on the streets but otherwise the
thoroughfares were almost empty. The
people were afraid to venture out.
While passing the arsenal at Al
o'clock in the afternoon the correspon-
dent heard a ragged volley which he
subsequently learned had cut short the
lives of six prisoners who had been
sentenced to death by the court-mar-
tial which began sitting at IL O'Clock In
the morning.
1t was declared that the 300 sailors
who had surrendered during the night
had been shot earlier in the day, but
it was impossible to obtain absolute
confirmation of this statement.
Six Soldiers Killed
From eyewitnesses on both sides the
correspondent learned Il at in addition
to the officers previously mentioned the
losses on the side Of the loyal men
were six soldiers and two sailors killed
and about twenty of both sides wound
ed. The losses on the side of the mu-
tineers could not be obtained, but they
were not heavy.
Three workmen were killed and six
wounded. In addition, Nine jacob,
sister of Col. Alebandroff, who threw
herself between her brother and some
sailors when the latter swarmed into
their house at the beginning of the out
break was brutally stabbed to death.
The utmost ferocity was displayed by
both sides. Cne of the workmen killed
cried to the patrol: Don't fire on these
people," but the officer in command
turned coldly away and gave orders to
shoot them down. Accounts of the
Cronstadt trouble have been largely
incorrect. The mutinous sailors never
went to Fort Constantine.
The plan of the uprising was con-
ceived by the revolutionary military
committee. While it was executed to
the letter, it failed because the infor- |
nation of the situation at Fort Con-
stantne and the arsenal was faulty. |
When the signal was given at II o'clock |
at night the sailors, sapperS and pio-
neers left their barracks and divided |
into three groups. The mission of the
first and smallest group was to kill the
officers, the second was to take pos
session of the arsenal and the third
was to seize the fortress and the train.
Crew Had Agreed in Advance
The crew had agreed in advance to
be ready. Revolutionaries cut the tel
egraph and telephone wires.
The horrible task of the first group
WAS accomplished hurriedly and 1t
then joined the second group which
was already on the bridge leading to
Fort Constantine. This is the only fort
directly connected with the mainland.
the other being detached islands. The
sentinels on Fort Constantine offered
no resistance. The artillerymen re-
mained neutral and submitted to i'm
prlsonment in the easements.
1t was at this time that the sappers
and pioneers who comprised the two
groups found themselves checkmated
The batteries of the fort were ar
ranged in two tiers.
The guns on the lower tier can be
swung on an arc Of 45 degrees, and
command only the sea, while those of
the upper tier are on pivots and can
be turned in any direction.
The magazine, however. while con-
tanning a full supply of shells for the
lower tier guns, had in it only two
shells for the guns of the upper tier.
When, therefore, the storming party
later brought up field and machine guns
the mutineers We're without the possi-
bility of using artillery and were COM
PEELED to surrender. Their flag. in
scribed with the words, Land and Lib
erty," which they hoisted on entering
the fort, was hauled down.
Mutineers Escape
About one hundred of the mutineers,
including all the revolutionary civil
ians, escaped in steamer which was
lying off the port.
To the sailors, who were practically
unarmed. their carbines having been
taken from the racks in their bar
racks by order of the commandant the
day before, fell the task of capturing
the arsenal.
This proved easy, but to their amaze
ment the men found it practically
empty with the exception of a few old
style guns, there being neither artil-
lery nor ammunition to be found
The sailors then made an unsuecess-
full attempt to release their comrades
of the seventh equipage. Then after
a hasty concentration they decided to
return to their barracks and barrlcade
themselves in.
In the meantime loyal troops were
closing in and several skirmishes had
occurred. The sailors had only auto
matte reVolvers supplied by the revo-
lutionaries.
During these encounters most of the
casualties occurred. once the sailors
were inside the barracks and the loyal
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