Show FIGHTING fOLLOWS fOLLOWS' FRESH fRESt REVOLT IN BRAZILIAN NAVY V Government Opens Fire on Mutineers Killing or Wounding V V nIO JANEIRO Dec J After 2 After an anar an ar artiery artillery Lii I e ry en engagement ga g c m e n t w which nich ii cli I lasted ast od throughout the day clay mutinous naval battalions battalions- on on- Cobra Island surrendered Saturday night The rebels reels were al almost a- a most annihilated losing moro than killed and wounded The seditious movement it is is believed be be- I has now nov noi been but the senate voted to declare a state of siege for thirty days The soldiers of or the marine corps corp quartered in in the fortress on Cobra i island Friday night captured their of officers I and sent them to tho main nain land land- The llio scout cout ship Bio io Grande do de Sal Sul joined in in the uprising but hut the mutinous mutinous ous ous sailors were finally finaly subdued by their officers and a portion of the local garrison Earrison that remained faithful faithful At t half past five fhe 0 o'clock clock in the morning morn morn- mor in trig ing the guns of the land batteries were trained trainel gns on the island which lies les in inthe inthe in inthe the bay of Rio Janeiro only a short distance distance dis dis- tance from the city cHy and and opposite the marine arsenal arsenal A heavy fire was Tas directed against the rebels and this continued without cessation ces for five hours Then a white flag Jag appeared and it was as believed that the rebels were ready to surrender but hut they asked only for an armistice e probably probably ably for the purpose purpose of removing TeDo the dead and injured The bombardment of lf the island ceased for an au hour hourt being beil renewed at 11 1 0 cock The land batteries and two loyal loal warships warships war ships took part and the artiery artillery duel continued with great geat violence until half half- past 3 0 o'clock clock in the the afternoon The island proved a good target for the batteries batteries bat bat- teries tories and amI replied with a yi vigorous orous vol volley let Icy employing shrapnel Several persons were killed a along long the shore and in adjoining streets The fire fie against the the scout scout ship Rio Grande de do Sul SuI lasted three hours an and among the killed was one officer Small bands banda of rebels climbed into launches and anddrew anddrew i drew near the front of the Palacio Cat Cat- tete but they were forced to retire |