Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-21
TRAPPED ON AN ISLAND.
General Telles, With 1000 of
 Peixoto's Army, Penned.
SLAUGHTERED BY MAUHINB GUNS.
A Reported Naval Engagement In Which Admiral MeIIo Is Said to Have Been Vic torIOus-An Business at Rio JaneIro sus- pended-FightIng Grows Fierce.

torious-AH Business at Rio JaneIro sus-
 pended-Fighting Grows Fierce.
 LONDON, Dec. 2l.-The following dis patch was received from a\special core spondent in Rio de Janeiro, dated Dec. 1G. via MOntevideo, Dec. %:
 Since my last dispatch the insurgents have directed heavy rifle and machine gun fire on the shore front, driving the government troops from the custom house Largo da Paco and other points. Conse- quently all business in the city is prac- tically stopped. The banks are closed, and there is no communication between the shipping and the shore.
 ''The heavy artillery fire continues. On Thursday afternoon, when the garrison of Nillegaignon was dining, shell from q 10 inch Armstrong gun on Fort Sac Joao penetrated the easements, killing five men and seriously wOunding nine others. On Friday five men at Fort Nillegaignou were wounded.
 General TeIIes Trapped.
 'Nictherol is quiet, and only occasional shots from the batteries are fired against Cohras island. The government on Thurs Jay attempted to retake Govern2dor island, but the insurgents surrounded the in vaders, who comprised 900 men and some artillery, General Telles commanding cut ting off their retreat.
 ''The government troops, on landing, be- gan firing at a small insurGcnt hospital for contagious diseases, and then the main body appeared and advanced without see ing Admiral da Gama, who, with 200 men and four field guns, was concealed in the brushwood on rising ground. When the government troops were 30o yards distant the insurgent battery opened fire from the four guns, firing 600 rounds in two hours and nlSn directing haaxx- and rifle fire upon the enc my, killing and severely wounding many General Telles was one of the first wounded. The gov ernment troops broke immediately and fled ill all directions The insurgents had seven wounded
 Steam launches posted near the ford re port that no fugitives have yet attempted to recross to the mainland and it is thought probable that the government troops are entrapped and that they will surrender
 Rumorcd Naval Fight. During the skirmishes on the shore fronts during the past week the insurgents lost killed and h wounded, and the gov crnment lost 1000. It is impossible to as- certain the exact figures. Persistent ru- mors are ill circulation regarding a naval engagement that is said to have taken place between the Aquidaban and Repub- lCa and the Tiradcntes and the monitor lDdul3t, resulting III Int capture or the TWO latter. Admiral da Gama informs me that the Aquidaban and Republica will bom- bard Santos next week, General Saraiva attacking Sac Paulo at the same time.
 Admiral da Gama's manifesto has ellie ited many expressions of sympathy from the provinces of Minas-Geraes and Sac Paulo, the monarchists saying that the in surgent success means the restoration of the monarchy. The government is endeav- bring to make capital out of the manifesto and is calling upon the citizens to defend the republic.
 The general impression at Rio de Ja- neiro is distinctly favorable to Admiral da Gama. The cruiser Cid passed Ceara on Wednesday under the Brazilian flag II applied formally through the British minister to the Brazilian government for permission to supcrintend the Red Cross work of aiding the insurgent sick and wounded, numbering 230 The govern ment at first was disinClined, saying that Brazil never entered the Geneva conven- tiOn. Finally l was refused permission tO establish Red Cross corps for the insur- gents on the ground that the men, when cured, would again fight against the gov ernment. l am trying to obtain the details of the rumored naval engagement in the south"
 The dispatch concludes with the remark that further protection of foreign com merce is impossible unless the armed in. tervention of foreign powers prevents fur ! thrr fighting