The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-10
BREAD R!OTS IN MILAN
All the Horrors and Sadness of
Revolution.
BULLETS BROUGHT PEACE
A thousand. at Least, Killed, and MANY
Wounded-The Mob Respected
Neither Converts Nor
Hospitals.

Lonuon, May lV.-A Milan Corre-
spondent of IN Daily News. tele-
graphing Monday. says: Calm reigns
again. This being so. it can do no
harm to say plainly. though it is by
no means certain to reach you, that
for h last two days this city has
its horrors and all it's sadness.
When the fury first broke put many
of the people who would have nothing
to do with h movement were caught
as 1t were In a trap. Here is an in
stance: When the soldiers were ad-
vancing to the charge against the first
barricade in the Via Torino a lady.
young. richly dressed n stin with
terror, was struck by a bullet in the
breast n fell dying.
another point a fine carriage, with
horses wild with fright. was stopped
by h mob and its occupant, a lady.
forcibly emoved and left to find her
way home as best she could. The car
rage was used to carry the wounded
to the hospital. At the central station
the engine drivers and guards refused
TO leave their families to the mercy of
the mob. However, after a delay of 40
minutes, the troops obliged them to go
on with the rains The fighting was
in real earnest and the soldiers were re-
ceived as people receive a foreign in
vader. Pools of blood were seen and
often the scattered brains of the killed.
The Red Cross service organized its
members, wearing the International
badge and Srcp0rad thu x,o,alal ga
dying. Many children had exceedingly
narrow escapes, the firing coming Just
as the schools had been closed at noon.
Parents rushed about i'm an agony of
mind. Any mother or father can I'M
derstand their feelings while passing
through a mob with bullets whistling
about their ears.
women, instead of restraining the
men, egged them on to greater excuses,
and even allowed their children to par
ticipate. Some even pushed themselves
under the noses of the soldiers, crying:
towards, assassins; we work all day to
maintain you in idleness,' and in rails
ing similar prostests.
"When the mob invaded the central
station the express for the Turin was
just on the point of leaving. The
rioters, when they saw 1t, cried: Look.
look. they are going to Turin for the
fetes of jubilee. They are going to
Civ themselves. SIdI1lt. SnAnlei
Come back! Come back. and soon.'
Meanwhile the train advanced but very
slowly, n hundreds of people threw
themselves upon the track in front of
the ngine. screaming: Come on, but
over our bodies!'
"A very noticeable point through
out the two days fighting has been
that the workingmen, although with
out adequate means of offense or de-
Tense. have shown tactical knowledge,
a proof among others that
ton existed and preparations had been
made. perhaps not for an explosion
now, but at the first opportunity. The
barbados were built by the mob at
Corse Garibaldi. where this main
street is intersected by others. form
ing a small square. Even the gentle
nuns of San Michael were, for a time,
in grave danger, as the rebels were
not likely to respect them. A barri-
cade has been raised beside the con-
vent n this enraged the rioters. The
savage cry rose. Let is use the nuns
to heighten our barbados They
were on the point of carrying out the
idea when one of the sisters appeared
at the convent door and distributed
lire notes. enjoining them with the
most exquisite courtesy to leave the
convent in peace.
Even this. however, would have
been insufficient had the cavalry not
arrived. giving the row something
else to think of. The mob did not even
respect the hospitals, but wished to
invade them. and the Osponela Mag
giore was threatened. Behind the gate
of that building stood Professor Porr,
a senator and well known doctor, the
most noted CONSERVATION in Milan. The
crowd was quick to see him. There Is
Porr, our oppressor.' they cried.
threateningly. Insults were shouted at
the professor. who. nov pale but calm,
resolutely opened the gates and stood
with arms folded, saying sternly: Let
him who has the courage advance He
will find a good revolver ready for him
and ! will show him how a good ply
stefan does his duty Nobody accepted
the invitation.
1T is extremely difficult to speak with
accuracy as to the numbers of killed
and wounded; and any estimate in
view of the conflicting statements cur
rent can only approximate to the truth.
1t may be said at once that the casual
ties were many times more numerous
than could at first hav been believed.
even by spectators of the bloodshed.
Probably IL would not be exaggerating
TO fix the number OF deaths as little
short of n thousand. What are the
numbers of wounded / shall not at
tempt to say. Many casualties will
probably never be known"
Quiet Again in Miian.
Rome, May "a dispatch was re-
ceiyed nv the mn the Marquis al