 When Echenique's forces threatened to return to the capital, Elías declared the Lima Province in state of assembly, which meant the total suspension of labor and readiness of his able followers to take arms.The public employees, schools, and businesses formed regiments.All of Lima and even guarding members of the provinces of Pisco, Ica, and Callao 
prepared to confront Echenique who, in the end and to everyone's astonishment, never arrived.