The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-15
REVOLT In URUGUAY
An Attempt at Revolution in
MOnteyediO Soon Suppressed.
FIFTY REyOLUTIONIsTs SHOT
WOuld-be Assassin OF President Sacasa Cap
t1red-Ihe Methodist Council Discusses
the Question of Education.
Especial to THE HEnA1D-Eram,u.r n,sr..O, !

Especial to THE HERALD-Examiner D,snatcb 7
NEW York, Oct. IA Herald cable from
Montevideo, Uruguay, says: The riot
winch only by the prompt action Of the
government was prevented from spreading
into serious revolt broke out q few
minutes before midnight on October II.
The rioters belonged to club organized for
the express purpose of getting up revolu-
tion They called themselves the Junta.
apparently after the victorious opposition
party IN Chilli As soon as the conspirators
lett their headquarters they proceeded
directly to the barracks of the artillery.
Immediately after the revolutionists en-
Tered the place, however. they were taken
prisoners. DIR. Psntaleon Ferez, their
chief, made bold attempt to escape from
his captors, but as soon as he ran toward
the barracks door he was fired upon and
ION pierced with bullets. In addition to
Iuose VINO nad entered the barracks there
were 2OO armed men without the building.
Ihese. upon learning of the shooting of DIR.
Farez and the other members retired to
the National club. "A battalion Of. soldiera
happened to pass by the club house a few
minutes later. Fire was opened upon them
from tne windows and doors of the build
Ing. The volley resulted in the wouudiug
OF three OF the officers of the battalion. The
troops returned the fire and with deadly
! erect fIfty- three prominent men or
the Junta party were killed. Many more
were wounded. When the firing tooLc
place the number of revolutionists had
oeen increased TO 600. A panic seized them
When they saw so many of their compani-
ons lying around them wounded, dying or
dead. The troops following up their ad-
vantage quickly put the whole crowd to
fight.
There seems not to be the slightest doubt
that tue intention of the Junta was to as
sasslnate President Obes 1t had en-
pIoyed twenty Sicilians to commit tina
crime The band of would be- assassins
were under the command OF an Italian des-
perado named Abatte. IL was he who muir.
dered DIR. Rocker. Owing TO timely dis
coVery Oh tue conspiracy the officers, who
are faithful TO the president have rallied
IN force around him, while the diseomftted
opposition party have been forced 10 fee
into the country, where they have sue
ceeded In organizing different bands OF
guerlllas. The police have started in pur-
suit OF the outlaws and will show them
very little mercy If they are overtaken and
oIef any resistance when called upon &c
surrender.
| The revolutionary movement is clearly
failure. Senators Aguire, Berre, Martin
ana Perese, who played prominent part
IN u are prisoners. The government sup
| porters declare that the Catholic clergy are
largely responsible for the revolt and that
they urged the Junta GU in its outbreak.
ConEre has placed MonEeYideo under
martial law; it has leaked out that $500 900
was offered the colonel Of the artillery TO
turn over the town to the rebels, but that
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