The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-15
ftev0lutionists Cause Au th0rities Much Trouble.
 Gut Telegraph Wires
GENERAL STRIKE
 COMES TO AN END
Workingmen Returning to Tasks ard Public Utilities Being Repaired. Disaffection Still Prevalent
 In Some Provinces

Rome. June 14.--With the occupation of the disaffected provinces by troops order | rapidly is being restored. and fl is ex- peeted that within day or two the en- tire district of Rompgna comprising tho provinces of Bologna. Ferrara. Revenn. and Forli will have resumed normal con ditions.
 In the r.ugo district, however dis turbanees still are in progress. owing to the non-arrival Of troops and at Ail- coma there are still signs of dlscontent.
 The general strike has come to an end and the strike of the railway men. which included only small number Of em- ployes has been called ors.
 Working men are returning to their tasks. Railroad. telegraph and telephone lines are hurriedly being repaired Ra- yenna and Pimin .have again been con nected by telegraph. These lines wersr cut five times, and now are guarded. .sbv troops. The railway line between these two points has been restored hy the use of a military train with sharpshooters
 Admiral Cagni, who was in command of the Italian blueiackets on their first landing at Tripol has now under his direction the quelling of disorders at Am coma. A detachment of hlueiackets from his division has reinforced the garrison there. Before landing the admiral re- minded his men that they were Italian sailors and never had endured insults. either abroad or at home. When n mob attacked the station the buejackets charged the revoutionists with fixed bayonets.
 Anarchists Questioned When the revolutionary movement be- gan at Ancona a week ago. anarchists. headed by Malatesta, organized a conn mttee of 13 members before which per- sons suspected of not favoring the revo- lutionary were interrogated and Judged according to their ability to prove their allegiance or evade the questions. Count Ugolin of pearo was seized and interrogated The count nretended to synspathize with the revoiutionists and finally red flag was raised over his automobile and he was ordered to drive l through the district accompanied by n member of the committee to spread the ! news of the advent of the republic.
 The anarchists published 1t special l newspaper which they called the "Brutus l Gazette This contained in large type 1 the following announcement. "A revolution has broken out and is l spre reading through Rouagna "The qirinal so far has escaped in- 1 vasion by the revolutionary masses but Is threatened. The monarchy has been condemned and may fall today or to-
 
 must act most energetcally. Any hesi- tation or weakness today Is cowardice. treason. imbecllty."
 Trees of Liberty Erected
 By means of this "ofhcal" organ, re- ports were spread throughout the sur rounding country that 5p people had been killed in Ancona, that provisional gov- l ernment had been installed at Milan. l that Tuscany had risen. and that the navy had mutinied On all sides trees of l liberty were raised only to be overtnrown as soon as troops marched into the vil- lages and towns.
 | Characteristic of the destruction | wrought by the revolutionists was that ] suffered by the little town of Alfonsne. near Ravenna. There the station was
 reduced to ruins The church was sacked, relies of the saints, the cruclflx, challces and candesticks were heaped up in the square and burned The monarchist club
 was treated in similar manner. So l great was the terror of the people that houses and stores were opened and the | rioters invited 10 take what they wanted. 1 Irstead of pacatlng them, ths seemed only 10 add fuel to the fire and the reyolutionists rushed to the city hall and applied the torch
 1 At the town of Fabrlano the mob raided police headquarters, but all arms had been concealed at the rifle range l The rioters then sacked the only gun shop, but found only few weapons