On January 3 , 1894 , Crispi declared a state of siege throughout Sicily . Army reservists were recalled and General Roberto Morra di Lavriano was dispatched with 40,000 troops . The old order was restored through the use of extreme force , including summary executions . The Fasci were outlawed , the army and the police killed scores of protesters , and wounded hundreds . Thousands of militants , including all the leaders , were put in jail or sent into internal exile . Some 1,000 persons were deported to the penal islands without trial . All working-class societies and cooperatives were dissolved and the freedom of the press , meeting and association were suspended . A solidarity revolt of anarchists and republicans in the Lunigiana was crushed as well . The government also seized the opportunity to ' revise ' the electoral registers . In Catania 5,000 of the 9,000 electors were struck off
solidarity revolt
Lunigiana revolt
Fasci Siciliani