St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-02
Great Demonstration in Mad
rid Against the Spanish
Ministry.
Black Banners Carried by the
Mob, Many Being An 81
archiStS. q g
Police Finally Rally and Dis
perse the Rioters With
SaberS.
Bpisson Has Not Yet Succeed
ed in Forming a Min
istry.

MADRID, Dec. This had been a
day of uninterrupted tumult and appre--
hension throughout the city. Thousands
of men did not go to work at the usual
hour, but waited in groups at street
corners near the center of the city.
They were joined at o'clock by crowds
of lOafers, anarchists and roWdles.
Thousands gathered at the Ruerta
del Sol, and began shouting against the
ministry and the municipal authorities.
The police tried to dispense them, but
were repulsed. Red and black flags
were waved as the police retreated. and
cheers for anarchy and the revolution
were given. ReinfOrcementS were
called, but before they arrived most OF
AT 2 o'clock the crowd gathered
again, 11.000 or 1900 strong. Black
flags were more numerous, and many OF
the men were armed with clubs. The
The crowd surged up the steps of the
home office. shouting: Down with the
government" Down with the city
thieves" Crush the upper ten thou
Sand;" "Giye US our rights" etc. The
building was closed, and call was sent
out for military and police protection.
Before troops arrived the cry
ITO the Palace''
was raised, and the mob started down
the Gale del Arenal, shouting, singing
and waving flags.
Stones, clubs and pieces of metal from
rIynha rrt, an
windows on both sides of the street,
respectable citizens were thrown down
and trampled or compelled to join the
mob, and several shops in side streets
were forced open and plundered. When
halfway to the plaza where the palace
is the end of the mob was intercepted
and dispersed by police, who broke in
from side street with drawn SaberS,
The struggle between police and people
lasted about ten minutes, as the men
fought stubbOrnly with whatever weap-
ons they could find. Two policemen
were knocked SenSeleSS with stones,
and two market women who had joined
the mob were cut down with SaberS.
Meantime the foremost part of the mob
reached the open space before the pal
ace. They shouted for Justice to the
poor" the dismissal of ministers and
the punishment of the municipal Off
GERS who were stealing the peoples
money! b s.
A body of mounted police charged
upon them down the Gale del Arenal
and after another struggle dispersed
them. Several persons were injured in
the fight and twelve rioters were cap
tured. After the fight the rioters
Gathered in Groups
on street corners and a thousand or
more shouted and sang at the Puerta
del Sol. During this desultory demon
stration, Senior Sagasta, the eX-premier,
rode by. He was greeted with cheers
from all sides, and many followed him
calling out their approval of his course
in advocating the prosecution of the
municipal authorities. ~
Crowds continued to gather in the
open spaces until IL O'Clock. Mounted
police moved in squads through the
city, and dispersed them as fast as they
assembled. ALI the troops in the city
were held in readiness correspond to the
first call for assistance. Tonight the
guards at the government buildings and
the palaces have been doubled. The
uneasinesS felt by the weather. classes
is little less than a panic. The police
and military are preparing for more
trouble tomorrow. as nobody believes
that the demonstration has spent itself.
The bitterness against the govern
ment is intense among the laboring and
artisan classes. The change in the min
istry of the interior apparently will ac-
complish nothing toward averting a
cabinet crisis.as popular feeling against
the whole present government Is so
thoroughly aroused that it can be
allayed only by the retirement of the
cabinet in body.