The Globe-republican., 1894-01-12
BELLIGERENTS.
Insurgents Attack the Govern.
ment Forces at Rio.
They Lost Heavily and Did Not Gain .
Foothold Expecting Reinforcements
Socialist Riots in ROme-Fight
with the Police.
Fighting at Rio.

Fighting at Rio.
Rio DE JANIERo, Jan. 4, via MONTE
v1DEo. Jan. s.-Adm. da Cana still
holds out, stating that he expects the
Aquidaban and Republica with rein
forcements from the south. He appears
confident of the ultimate result and re-
ceived s12, 200 on Saturday from SYM
pathizers in order to pay his men.
There has been some rain recently
and the fighting has only been inter-
mittent. A fleet of insurgent tugs,
commanded by Adm da Cana, has been
brought along shore several times in an
attempt to drive back the government
forces and land troops. Although
the insurg ents fought with reckless
bravery their efforts were in vain. They
lost heavily, but did not gain even a
foothold. Desperate resistance was
offered yesterday afternoon and last
night to the government advances.
Five insurgent steamers were engaged
for hours. There was much noise. but
little blood flowed. 1t transpired that
some men got ashore by way of the
marine arsenal whose traitorous COM
mandent gave them permission to land.
The diplomats have refused to recog-
nize the belligerent status of the in
surgents, on the ground that the pro-
visional government has not a sufficient
standing.
Adm. Chavas, the minister of marine,
difference of opinion with Peixoto re-
garding the imprisonment and general
treatment of the naval officers suspect
ed of sympathy with the insurgents.
His successor, Adm. Meatto, is consid-
cred honest, though he has no special
ability.
Public opinion compelled Adm. da
CANA to issue the manifesto distributed
on Saturday. The manifesto denied in
these words the correctness of the in
ference drawn from the CANA mon
archistic manifesto of a week ago:
''The documents attributed to me were
falsifed in the printed copies. With
the victory of the revolution will come
the establishment of civil republican
government"
An unsigned manifesto denouncing
the employment of North American
mercenaries on the government cruiser
Nictheroy has been distributed. The
sentiment against hiring North Ameri-
cans to serve on Brazilian vessels is
very strong, even among friends of the
government, and to this sentiment is
due much of the trouble with the
Nictheroy'S crew. The recent dismis-
sal of several North Americans was due
probably to the popular prejudice
which existed against them The long
shoremen left the barges used in coal
ing the Nictheroy and joined the in
surgents. The fOremen who are re-
sponsible for the assertions have been
obliged to bring them back or suffeE
the penalty of imprisonment. The
Nictheroy is still in Pernambuco.
Riots at Rome.
ROME, Jan. S.-A crowd of workmen
assembled in the Tranver quarter and
marched to the center of Rome, bear
ing two red flags and shouting Live
socialism" Live the Sicilian mar
tyrs." The police were on guard at
the passage of Garibaldi bridge, and
ordered the crowd to dispense, but the
latter opened fire upon the police with
revolvers, and during the riot which
followed policeman was stabbed with
. dagger. Finally the police succeeded
in dispensing the crowd and in captur-
ing the two red flags and two anar-
chistS
The police seized about 1000 letters
at the house of Father Urse, cure of
Santa Lucia. The police found that
Urse was ignorant of the contents of
the letters and merely acted in the
capacity of keeping them in his house.
He was arrested. but later released.
Many of these letters are in cipher
from Cypriani
Hand-5ills in the evening were
thrown from the galleries of the the
aterS inscribed, down with the peo-
pies sweaters and taxes" live the
Sicilian martyrs" Several of the an
archists who threw these hand bills
were arrested
4 mob yesterday evening attacked
and disarmed corporal who refused
to join in their seditious cries, and
afterward brutally beat with cud-
gels some gendarmes who interviewed
A sharp conflict followed between the
police and rioters, ending in the dis
persal of the mob.