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WORKMEN ran TO RESPOND.
They Did Not STRIKE but there Wa. NJ ,cl
Riotinx at Leghorr.

Gpyriyi. 1874 10 ne Uuit.i "ys.s
RoME. Jan. 1j.-The appeal issued by tho
Socialists OF Lcghorn to the workingmen, ask
ing them to inaugurate to-day general strike
as protest against ths policy Of repression
being pursued by tho Government In Sicily.
met with no response. except from the men
employed In some OF tho shIpyarls. 1t was
feared that the response to tho appeal would
be general ana that the idle woTkingmen
would engage in rioting. So fearful were the
shopkseperS that trouble would occur and
their places OF business be looted that many
OF them kept their shops closed. There was
however. no sign Of any disturbance.
The police had been strongly re forced in
order to quell disorder in its incipiency, and
the whole force was extremely vGilant.
The Pope is gaining strength daily. To-day
he walked In the gardens OF the Vatican. His
Holiness has sent in confidence separate in.
structions to each OF the SiciIian Bishops. call
ing upon them to preach peace to the people OF
the island and to morally intervene to bring
the troubles there to an end without taking ar
open official stand In favor Of the Government.
Toward evening the effects OF the Anarchist
appeals were apparent among workingmen in
several parts OF Ieghorn. Minor disturbances
were reported from three or four quarters
The most threAtening dem, mons rat i was
shipyards. The strikers gathered in Carl
baldi square. cheered for the Sicilian Social
lists and tho social revolution. and eventually
stopped all the tramcars and smashed in win
dowS with stones. company OF police ar
volley over the rioters heads. The mob dis
nersed hurriedly without Offering resistance.
The leaders were arrested.
10 II, was found in the street in I.cVhorn this
evening. The fuse was extinEuished and the
bomb was seut to the Central police office.
The arrests OF Anarchists at Cnrrara has led
70 the discovery OF an Anarchist plot, In which
f nh inaenendent Gronp; We're to taxi part:
and derail incoming and outgoing trains. The
second was to- barrlcade the streets and fight
against the advance OF the troops. The third
was to attack tho barracks AMI seiT. arms
enough for all three groups. The Anarchists
out, armed. and let loose to pilage and harm.
The premature encounter OF a hand ~ An
Carrarn on Saturday evening defeated the
plot. Troops now occupy the whole district
round Massa and tarrara. Many Of the sus-
rest; The presence of Il large military force,
ready to suppress every symptom Of revolt,
two towns, and late this afternoon trade pro-
ceeGed rs usual
slider the outbreak at CsrrAra. They decided
upon snerg.tic repressiye measures as Car;
rara Is centre OF rkinRmen's agitation and
the revolt from the auarrrs there to Ieghorn
and Spszn where II strong Anarchist senti-
rnra are being watched with special Vigilance
in order that every attem pt of the workingmen
to steal explosives may I've frustrated. The
rigorous policy at once adopted hy the Cabinet
Is regarded as Rguarantee that no further out
breaks will take place at tarrara. The news
papers. with few exceptions. approve Of the
Governments course.
A bomb with n burning fuse attached was
found to- might at the door OF the Nonarchist
Clue in leghoIn, policeman put out the
fuse and took the bomb to tn" police office:
ten, Nora di I.avriano. Commander MT hief
in Sicily plans to use the troops at his dis
losal To annihilRte brigandago on the island.
His campaign against the brigands will begin
at once
I.ONpoN. Jan. l5.-A despatch received late
this evening from Rome says
There was much riOting in LsEhorn this
evening. MobR stopped the tTamcaTs and othsr
traffic. The police were drawn up in tho streets
at several points to prevent tho different
groups OF rioters from coalescing, but they were
compelled to retreat. and troops were ordered
out. Hard lighting followed, Although no.
body was Killed. many were wounded. Shots
from the windows of dwellings occupied by
Anarchists wounded several soldiers The
military are patTolling the streets as re-
newal Of the rioting 10 feared"