Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-10-07
BLOODY FIGHT IN
CITY OF TURIN
Bomb Hurled Into Square; Lead
er Is Killed.
UNIONS SPLIT ON Proposals
ToWnspeople Mob Street Cars Display
ing Soviet PIacards-Head of
Young Mems Nationalist Asso-
citation Killed in Battle.

Rome, Sept. 25.-Disorders continue
at Turin and rifle firing is sometimes
assuming the character of a battle in
the outskirts of the city, according to
d dispatch reaching Rome. Three more
persons have been killed, it is said,
among them being Mario Santinl, pres
ident Of the Young Mems Nationalist
association.
bomb was thrown in San Carlo
square, near the central police office,
but no one was killed or injured, only
the nearby buildings being struck by
fragments. Police and military au-
thorities are showing extraordinary
activity and have made POO arrests.
Plea Against Violence.
resolution adopted by the council
of the workingmen's league inviting
the people to remain calm and not to
jeopardZe negotiations in the metal
works dispute by any acts of vio-
lence is published by the newspaper
Avanti.
italian workers appear to be divided
in their reception of the agreement
signed in this city last week, at the in
stance of the government, by employ
ers and wOrkmen in the metal trade,
which was intended to solve the prob
lem arising from the occupation of in
dustrial plants throughout the country.
Unions at Milan have asked for
referendum to be held on the question
of accepting the agreement, and the
plan has been rejected at Genoa by the
Metal Workers union.
On the other hand, the employees of
the Ganpi works in Genoa have voted
to evacuate that company's plant at
once.
Extremists Are Blamed.
1t appears the agitation at Turin
has been carried on by extremists who
latiOn.
Dispatches received here say street
cars carrying placards with such in
scriptions as give Lenine," Death to
the King" and Death to the Royal
Guards" were surrounded by indig-
nant toWnspeople when they reached
the center of the city. Conductors
were dragged from the cars and beat
en-, and the posters were torn to pieces.
Printers employed by the newspaper
Naxiene Of Turin have occupied the
plant, and have announced they will
manage the newspaper themselves.
A fund of 100000 lire is said to
have been deposited in a bank to the
credit of the men, and there are hints
that this money originally came from
soviet Russia.
Attempts to Occupy Villa.
There have been sporadic attempts
on the part of the poorer classes, TO-
mented by the socialists, to occupy I'M
inhabited buildings, palaces and villas,
especially in the outskirts of Rome.
The most important of these at
tempts was made against the famous
Villa Albani, owned by Prince Tor
loni.
A mob broke through the side gate
of the villa and fought amongst them
selves for the occupancy of the best
rooms. They carried portions of their
poor Furniture, which they placed in
the beautiful gallery between the
statue of Greek Apollo and frag-
ment of a Venus and under pictures
by famous artists.
The police were soon rushed to the
villa and cleared out the invaders. The
same occurrence took place at the Viii
la Cellere, owned by the mother of the
late Italian ambassador at Washing
ton