Martial Law in Tuscany
Bread riots and clashes between mobs and police prompted martial law across Tuscany, with anger directed especially at grain speculators.
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Rock Island Argus · May 7, 1898 · Page 1
1 min readROME, May 7.
Owing to the bread riots martial law has been proclaimed throughout Tuscany.
Renewed rioting and conflicts between the mobs and the militia have occurred at various points. The feeling is especially bitter against the grain speculators.
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