Crispi ’s good intentions got lost in the outcry for strong measures . In the three weeks of uncertainty before the government was formed , the rapid spread of violence drove many local authorities to defy Giolitti ’s ban on the use of firearms . In December 1893 , 92 peasants lost their lives in clashes with the police and army . Government building were burned as well as flour mills and bakeries that refused to lower their prices when taxes were lowered or abolished . Eleven people were killed on December 10 , 1893 , in Giardinello after a rally that asked for the abolition of taxes on food and disbandment of the local field guards ( '' guardie campestri '' ) . The protestors carried the portrait of the King taken from the municipality and burned tax files . On December 17 , 1893 , many people were wounded when troops fired on a manifestation in Monreale . Another 11 protestors were killed in Lercara Friddi on December 25 . On January 1 , 1894 , 20 people were killed and many wounded in Gibellina and Pietraperzia . On January 2 , there two dead in Belmonte Mezzagno and the next day 18 dead and many wounded in Marineo . Two days after , on January 5 , thirteen dead and many wounded closed the series in Santa Caterina
Giardinello
Giardinello massacre
Fasci Siciliani