The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-05-24
DYN4HTTERS AT YORK.
An Explosive Factory Blown Up and Slne
People Killed.


People KILLED.
A cable dispatch from Madrid Spain. says:
The dynamite factory at Galdacsno. a small
town near Bilbao, was blown to atoms at II
o'clock Friday morning and six men and
three women were killed. Two Horkmen
we're discharged from the factory Wednesday
for insu0ordnatien. Ihey threatened re-
venqe. and on Thursday night the factory
was guarded. a. 1t was feared they would try
than 10 execute thar threat. Friday morning
at 10 o'clock they applied Tor reinstatement.
Int this vas refused They went away aud
ant down by the roadside within sight Of the
factory. They wero still thore when the
superintendent went out for cOdee half an
hour later.
AZ tho superintendent returned he saw
them running away from the back of the
smaller OF the two buildings. ~ which a
largo quantity Of nitro ycerne was stored.
A few seconds later there was a terrific re-
port Both buildings were lifted about forty
feet into tho air aud then weat 10 spintsrs.
All the people IN the immediate neighbor-
hood were stunned by the shock In Bilbao,
FIVE miles away tho ground troinoied As II
shaken by en- earthquake. and the people ran
into the streets in z panic. For hundreds OF
wards around splinters Of the wrecked factory
covered tho ground. but not piece OF board
or beam as lsrge as a mans arm could be
vi.
0utbuildngs were laid Hat and not a chimney
was LETT standing within a radius Of mile
ana a half.
The factory was working short-banded.
and seversl OF the men had gone out for their
second breakfast 40 there we're hut nine
persons IN the buildings when the explosion
came. OF these nine but few yestiges re-
main. Relatives and friends who have been
searching the fields since noon have been
able 10 find only shattered pieces OF legs ard
arms and small bits Oi clothing belonging o.
the dead. The fragments nave ceeu collected
in boxes and viii be buried tomorrow. The
superintendent. VINO was ABOUT 200 yards
from the factory NJ the time ~ the explosion,
was found unconscious on the ground with
blood pouring fr04n his mouth and ears. 10
recovered sufficiently three hours later 10 tell
BIS story. bat Sunday night was sinking and
probably will die. 2 the village baby that
was playing on a doorstep al eighth Of mll a
from the factory wa found few Iainutes after
the shock sitting erect and lteless. Walls
were drivea Ia aud stone foundations riven
By tho force OF the shock. In grove near
the factory apparently every bird was killed
md the ground Is rtrewn With their dead
bodies.
Two PHYSICIANS have been sent out from
Bilbao 10 treat the pers0 ns ia ured. as there
are 70 phv siciaus I'm GaldacanO The number
of injured has not been asceTtllned. b.t % ls
reported that several women and children
living nesr the factory have been severely IF
not mOrtal.y hurt The two wOrkmen who
were discharged are under arrest. and were
taken 70 Bilbao Saturday. loth deny that
they were responsible ior the explosion. ono
Of them however has injuries which show
that BIO was near the factory when the exp.0-
SION took place. and both have been cone
tronted by the superintendent, who repeated
his accusations ia their presence. Both men
belong 20 the group known as Anarchist
Communists. who are tho most violent of tao
Spanish Internationals and have their centres
OF agitation in Bilboa. Barcelona. Nerss and
Valencia