The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-25
Mutinous Crews of the Brazil
ian Warships, Who Slew Of
ficers and Shelled Rio Jan
Giro, Decline to Surrender.
PRESIDENT F0NSECA is
DISPOSED TO BE LENIENT
Little Damage Done by Shots
From the Vessels in the
Capital House Wrecked
and Three People Killed,
OUTBREAK NOT POLITICAL

- 10 JANEIRO, Nov. 24-AbOut 10
O'Clock at night, November -.
as Captain NeVes, commanding
the battleEhip Ninas Geraes, came back
training ship Duguay TrOuIn, he heard
"a violent uprOar and fusiliade of
shots. ID was the crew of his vessel
who had FeVOlted. Captain NeVes and
two other Officers offered resistance
10 some of the sailors and were killed
and one officer was MORALLY wound
ed. The mufinOus crew meanwhile
shouted "LOng live liberty"
The movement then broke on board
the other brazilian dreadnaught, the
battleship sac PauIO, and ON the scout
ship Bahia. All the officers having
been landed, a plain sailor of the first
class, named Jean Candida, took com
mand of the squadron.
Ammunition was provided. provisions
were requisitioned and coal depot on
the Isle of Vienna was taken. Vessels
were prevented from transporting coal
destined for the French steamer At
lantique and the English steamer
OrOnosa.
The movement was declared to be
without political significance. The mu-
tineers sent a message by photograph
TO President FOnseca setting forth
their claims for an immediate abolition
or corporal punishment on board ship,
an increase in their pay, according to
some time ago, and diminutiOn OF the
work with which they are burdened
by reason Of the maintenance OF in
complete crews.
The statement added that lombard
ment of the city and other ships in
the harbor would follow the refusal Of
the demands.
Open Fire Upon city.
The government refrained from re-
plying .tO--the tultimatuEEl- OF -tse auti-
heers and moderately severe fire
was soon opened upon the city. This
continued at intervals all night. The
inhabitants OF Rio JaneirO were thrown
into confusion by the suddenness OF
the event.
On the morning of the 23d. there was
further firing on the city by the mutt
neers, the shots coming at infrequent
intervals. Little damage resulted.
II has been learned that besides
Captain Neves and the TWO officers,
several sailors also were killed.
When the mutineers took control of
the Warships the vessels steamed
around the bay, all of them flying the
red flag Of revolt from their masts.
NAMED loyal and anchored in the
tGthest corner OF the bay.
Al o'clock on the morning Of the
I'D, the Minas GeTaes, the Sac PaulO,
lle bahid ana the DalueSnlp Marshal
tloriana crossed the bar and fired on
the fortress, which refrained from re-
spending.
Two Children and WOman Killed.
Curious crowds gathered on the wa
ter front watching the vessels man
euVer. Surprise was expressed at the
precision with which the giant fighting
ships were handled by their sailor
crews. Ii was difficult to imagine the
absence of all the officers from the
vessels. Once outside the bar the
squadron put about and again entered
the bay, took up a position opposite
the city and fired the big guns from
all quarters of the ships. shot from
small calibre gun entered a house
on CASTILLO Hill in the center of the
city, killing two children and a WO-
man.
During the day shots were directed al
the marine arsenal. About l o'clock in
CONTINUED on Psge TenD