The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-08
ANARCHIST OU9RAGES.
The Police of Spain Positive
They Have Broken Up
the Conspiracy.
PLANS OF THEIR SOCIETIES
The Members Sworn to Secrecy
By the Most Solemn Oaths-
An imports MT Arrest.
By cabIe to the United Prsa..


LONDON, D &C. s. 1898 A despatch from
Madr TO the Central Ne1s says that
the lice have mads a. raid upon houses
suspected OF being Occupied by AM
archists at Meslna de Rio Seco, town
twenty six miles northwest of Vallado-
lid, and secured a number of documents.
II has been suspected, in fact, known by
the police for long time that the
Anarchist outrages in Spain had
their origin in a conspiracy, but the au~
thorities have never been able to get
proof as TO who the prime movers In the
conspiracy are. Many arrests have been
made in different parts of Spain, but the
prisoners could never give evidences that
would lead 20 the arrest of their princI>
pals. The town of Mesino de Rio Seco ID
of the line of travel and 1t appears now
that taking advantage of its compara-
lively isolated position the Anarchists
sought refuge there and from there
directed the movements of members Of
the gang in other places in Spain. The
discovery OF the documents confirms the
suspicious OF the police that there is u
widespread movement to spread the
Anarchist propaganda by means of dyna9
mite aud other outrages
SWORN TO SECRECY.
IL is learned that the society at Mesina
de Bio Seco had over eighty mempers,
the most solemn oaths. Even the
ritual employed in the Initiation of
members Is In the hands of the
authorities, and in it the
Anarchists call down upon themselves
the vengeance Of their fellow members il
they bstray. IN the slightest degree. the
conndence repossd in them. Some of the
oaths III the ritual are blasphemous, but
tha police state that. so far as they know,
none OF the many Anarchists VINO have
been arrested has ever violated his
pledged word. The prisoners have lied
to the authorities and led them on many
a wild goose chase. but have not given
them information that would lead to the
arrest or the arch conspirarors
THE DISCOVERY AN ACCIDENT,
Inc police discovery at Mesina de Rio
Seco was brought about by accident, and
not by any positive information they had
received. IL is said that their atIention
was first attracted to the town by
sudden and heavy Increase in the
mail matter sent from there Co differen5
parts OF Spain, and upon Investigation it
Was learned that sthe persons to whom
| most of this matter was addressed were
known to the police. either as declared
pathizsrs with the Anarchist move
mene. 16 was comparatively
| easy task once this fact was esEa abIlsned
TO find the haunts OF the gang, but not
so easy to arrest Its members. The lat
ter In some unknown way learned of the
contemplated raid and when the police
visited the suspected lodgings their oo-
cupants had fed.
The documents that fell into the hands
or the police, however. gave the names Of
all the members of the society, and the
police expect to soon have mapY of the
Anarchists in custody.
INCONVENIENCING THE GOVERNMENT.
Among other things revealed by tho
books. pamphlets and leaflets aeized by
police is the fact that Anarchists in
Valladolfd and Barcelona assisted to pro~
woke and maintain the recent strike among
The telegraph operators, whicn caused
great Inconvenience to government and
commercial interests. This is the first
knowledge that the strike was caused by
anything but dissatisfaction among the
telegraph operators In respect of their
wages. The documents also snow that the
Anarchists have sought to cause trouble
in all branches of the Government sel~
vice, even going SO far in the furtherance
OF their plans as to approach clerks and
others holding important positions.
The information CLEANED from the
seized decum enls has been eommnnt-
catou w Tue ponce throughout the
country, and has resulted in Increased
activity against these organized enemies
Of society.
AN IMPORTANT ARREST.
At Sabadel, GU the Llobrsgat River,
ten miles north of Barcelona, The police.
acting on Information received from the
police of VallRdolid, have arrested two
prominent residents of that place on the
charge of hiding the Anarchists. II is
known that other residents of the place
are implicated in the conspiracy, aud
every effort is being made TO capture
them. Every house suspected of furnIsh~
ing shelter TO Anarchists or thSic sympa-
thizers will bs thoroughly searched.
The most important arrest growing our
of the Mesina de Rio Seco discovery Is
that of Tomas Altet oy the police of Bar
celona. Alte5 was arrested on the charge
that he WAS the author of the
recent dynamite outrage at Villa-
neuva la Geltru, twenty-five miles
southwest OF Barcelona. Several arrests
were made in connection with this ex~
plosion, bot the police were not aole 10
definitely fasten the guilt upon any of
the prisoners. Alter, it Rp-
pears, was not a member of
| the Mesina de Rio Seco Society, out he
| belonged to II branch organization that
WAS III a measure subject TO the orders Of
| the former society. Altet was greatly
| frightened when he was taken into cus-
tody, aud the police SO wo rked upon his
fears by threats and promises of reward
| lfhe would betraT mis- associates that b 8
soon weakened and told all he knew of
| the outrage. He gave the names OF all
his associates. and the police speedily
| placed under arrest a number of them.
| Further wholesale arrests are expect ed.
Three of tue men arrested have III their
possession papers tmpl eating others In
| the outrage.
POLICE JUBILANT,
| The police are junitanL over their dis
| cuvery. and declare that they nave at
last discovered the lie aiding spirits in the
Anarchist conspiracy in Spain. They
believe that they have now complete IN
formation as TO the dynamite plots and
| will soon have the 10 aders safely lodged
/ In T1riAn