The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-09
BARCELONA'S DEADLY BOMB.
ELEVEN PERSONS KILLED AND
FORTY WOUNDED.

The PopuIace Wild With Excite
ment and Anxious 10 Lynch All the
suspects Arrested by the POlice-A
Deeper Motive Than Hatred of Re
ligion Believed 10 Have Prompted
the Outrage.
Barcelona, June S.-As result Of the
explosion of the bomb thrown into the
street while a religious procession was
passing last evening. eleven persons were
killed and forty wounded. The man who
committed the outrage has not yet been
identified, but the police authorities are
confident that the miscrcant is among the
number OF men under arrest as suspects.
Tho excitement caused by the explosion
shows no sign of dimlnution, and tho
people vigorously demand that no effort
he spared 10y the authorities to punish
the authors Of the outrage and to guard
against a repetition of the dastardly act
When it became generally known that
the killed numbered eleven. instead Of six,
the Indignation of the populace was very
violent So threatening was the outlook
that the authorities, as a measure Of
precaution. proclaimed martial Jaw. and
the city is now under military govern
ment
Two. more arrests of suspects were
made to-day making a total Of thirty
two men who have been taken into GUS
tody on suspicion of having been con-
cerned I'm the preparation Of the out
rage. The prisoners are confined in the
prefecture. To-day an angry mob gath
cred around that building and demanded
the summary punishment Of every one
Of the prisoners, whether his guilt be
proven or not.
Occasionally it looked as though the
mob would attempt to storm the prefact-
ure In order TO wreak vengeance on the
suspected men. The civil guards on duty
at the place We're speedily reinforced and
We're frequently compelled TO charge upon
the crowd to make them keep their dis
tance. The mob would scatter tempOrari-
ly, but would soon gather again, threat
ening to lynch the prisoners.
Barcelona is not alone In its attempt to
repress with a stern hand the recrudes-
cence Of anarchy. The royal government
and the municipal authorities of Madrid
are taking measures to prevent the COM
mission of Outrages in the capital
one of the leading anarchists Of Madrid
was arrested to-day. 1t is thought that
he was IN some way concerned with the
outrage here.
The cortes and the government have
promised TO assist the relatives of those
who We're Killed or wounded here, and
this action meets with hearty approval
SpeCulduDu l5 flle as 10 lue causes
which led to the sudden outbreak of the
anarchists. Some persons attribute it to
the animosity of the anarchists toward
everything pertaining to religion, and he
lieve that they took advantage of the
Corpus Christi procession to give vent
to their hatred. But there have been
many religious professions since anarchy
was rampant In Spain, which were in
no wise interferred with, and 10 is gen
orally believed,sthat some motive deeper
than hatred of religion lies at the bot
tom of the last outrages committed here
and at Orendain
All the people killed belonged to the
working classes. A majority of them were
women and children, and this fact has
much to do with the bitterness displayed
towards the anarchists.
London, June S.-The Standard will to-
morrow publish a dispatch from Paris
saying that the French police recently
warned the Spanish government that the
anarchists were preparing to commit an
outrage with the cOnnivance of Cuban
hlibusters who recently arrived in Bar
celona and who have absconded.
The dispatch adds that the accused will
be tried by court-martial, several soldiers
being wounded.