The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-09

Vice Premier Pietro Nenni who agreed to meet delegation ot three workers. He promised that the government would reply to their demands for work by 6 P. M.
 The workers delegation attempted 6o report on their interview to the angry mob but were unable to make themselves heard.
 Nenni's Approach Starts Riot
 Nenni then left his chambers and descended to the front steps of the palace, hoping to address the crowd. By this time the demonstrators and police had reached pitch of anger.
 Apparently fearing that the crowd would attack Nenni group of 100 mounted carabineri charged through bhe masSed throng, trying to fight its way to Nenni's side with drawn WaberS.
 The crowd fought back, pulling Eix of the carabineri from their horses, clubbing them and stabbing them with 12-inch railroad spikes.
 One carabineri captain was killed when a 12-nch spike was rammed through his forhead.
 Fire Tommy Guns
 Foot carabineri immediately op- ened up with their tommy guns in an attempt to protect their mount ed comrades.
 The fusillade of shots killed three demonstrators and wounded many others, some critically. The mounted carabfneri also opened fire as did the mobile police.
 The crowd replied to the fire with . scattered volley, apparently from guns wrested from the police in earlier battling.
 Carabineri and police slowly man. aged to press the bowling crowd back from the palace. Wounded fell In the crowd and were trampled and women tainted in the crush. Demonstrators stubbornly fought back at the police as they were forced back.
 Achievements Calm Crowd
 Finally, more mobile police in beeps arrived with tommy guns and an armored car mounting 8 37 nm gun and two machine guns roared up ready for action.
 The endorsements shouldered through the crowd and took up posi- taons at the palace gates, training Netr guns on the demonstrators.
 Police ambulances, sirens sound- ang, dashed into the square and uniformed attendants started col lecttng the dea dand wounded from eaae bloody pavements as the battle continued to rage.
 COnfers With Premier
 During five minutes of shooting at the peak of the violence, Nenni retired to confer with De Gasperi, who had just arrived by side en- trance, and with Togliatti and An- geAo Corsi, mder-secretary of in- 6eriog.
 Nenni's audacious effort to 20 personally to the crowd followed his attempt to speak from the bal cony with Togliatti and Corsi be- hind him. His answer was a barrage o6 sticks and stones.
 4A4 &AAo SU0Nl4O W11ClS 11C 1kkGu u1lC delegation from the demonstrators Nenni reprimanded the leaders for the violence. The delegates asked him if they could leave the palace safely, and if the crowd would be allowed to diSperse to await the governments answer without being attacked.
 'No, you won't be attacked" Nenni promised. But the carabineri charge occurred before Nenni could issue orders to police.
 Stores Damaged
 In the palace, the first three floors were junk heaps of broken glass, Splintered furniture and spattered ink. Vandalism also damaged shop windows along the four streets lead ing to the Piazza del viminale.
 Shopkeepers began pulling their shutters and closing about the time the crowd started dispensing in the 9ace of some 4,000 police and cara btneri.
 The viminale grounds were Nt- tered with parts of two shattered police jeepS, a command car with she top ripped off, and many brok- en rifles.
 4 majority of the crowd formed in the San Giovanni workers dis txact in the southern outskirts and marched 8 mile and a half to Vim male Palace.