The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-01-02
RIOTING ITALIANS.
LawIess ROadmakcrs Create Great Excite
mont Near Palermo.

L8wJess ROadmakcrs Create Great Excite
mont Near Palermo.
Palermo, December SIT would seem
that the rioting and disorder which has
prevailed in several parts Of Sicily for
some time past is not yet at an end and
the arrival of strong re-inforcements of
troops is anXiOuSly awaited by all law
abiding citizens: At Trapani, far from
this city, news has been received of fresh
riot and 1T is said that the reports in cir
cuiatlon have so excited the people of
place The last riot, according to the dis
patches from Trapani, occurred at Castel-
ated about thirty miles from Trapani. It
app ans that at a given signal body Of
roadmakers lett work and altac zzed the Oc-
trol staff IN. The men We're evidently pre-
pared for the outbreak, as they had Sc
cured possession of a number IF cans OF
petroleum, which they had hidden by the
roadside with Il number OF revolvers heavy
Sticks and poles TO make pixies or scythes
were attacked. The roadnakers organized
of down with the Octroi," and death to
the M nj :ipal au horltias," marched On The
Octroi station, burned the senlry box and
two of the local Octroi onicers and then set
fire to the central Octroi offices, the tax
offices, and the record offices, destroying
all the archives and doing other damage.
The whole town was soon In a terrible
uproar, the peaceable citizens fleeing for
their lives or locking themselves in Their
residences, which they promptly barricaded
and prepared to defend to the utmost with
such means as they had at their command.
COnVicts I4iberN!e0.
The mob, in the meanwhile, had broken
into a number of wine shops, and, rolling
the barrels of wine and spirits out into the
streets, they soon drank themselves into a
state of madness and were ready for further
acts of violence At a signal from the lead
OF the mob the column was reinforced,
and, shouting and yelling like mad men,
and greatly reinforced by the laWlesS ele-
ment of the town and the neighDorhOod,
the dSOrderly rOadniakerS led the way to
the governmental prison, which they at
tackled with stones and Sledge hammers, in
spite of the gallant defense made by the
authorities Of the prison and guards and
keepers of that establishment. Finally the
mob forced in the doors, severely handled
the defenders of the prison and succeeded
in lberating all the prisoners, who joined
with the mob in drinking the stolen liquors
and acts of Violence After celebrating the
victory over the prison authorities the mob
attempted to destroy the residence of the
mayor, the banker and the postottice.
During all this tine the town had been
local police force being utterly unable to
cope with the mob. The houses of
number of citizens who We're obnoxious to
the rioters, were broken INTO and diSpoil-
ed OF Their most valuable contents and their
occupants Were compelled to nee for their
lives. In addition, much other property
was destroyed and number of people were
beaten and otherwise il-treated by the
rioters. Troops We're called out, but the
rioters had dispersed.
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