The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-02

llNefpOOl, May 1,-HerDert w. Bowen,
who was the United States consul-gen-
eral at barcelona, is a passenger on
board the Cunard line steamer Etruria,
sailing from this port for New York to-
day. In conversation with a represen-
tativc of the Associated Press, Mr..
Bowen said:
Il received a telegraphic message
notifying me to leave Barcelona from
General Stewart l.. Woodford, our min
lister at Madrid, at 4.3O p. IN. on April
p, though the telegram was sent from
Madrid at $50 a. IN. l Immediately no
tilted the British consul, who came TO
the consulate at O'Clock, took the keys
and assumed charge of our interests.
When it was dark we took down the
shield. The shield was slowed in a safe
place, and l notified the authorities of
what had been done. l also informed
them that l was going to leave BARGE
Iona at $50 on April %, for Paris
Between April 13 and the night of
April u eights mobs of over one
sand persons each made de-
monstratiOn before our consul
ate. OF course. there were
threatening groups all the time; in fact,
hourly. But the police who We're most
active, together with the civil guard,
usually managed to disperse them.
Other aHd larger mobs were dispersed
in other parts of the town, but eight
of them managed to reach the consul
ate. They gathered with surprising ra-
pidity at any hour.
During the morning of April 20
mob of three thousand or four thou
sand people suddenly filled the square
in front of the consulate, cheering for
Spain and uttering other cries. l was
breaEfasting at the hotel on the oppo-
site of the square. This mob, having
heard of the attack at Malaga, had
come determined to get the consulate
eagle and shield / managed to push
my way through the people until l got
my back to the door and faced the mob.
There i awaited the result. l had hard
ly taken up my position when l noticed
I a man as big as myself (Mr Bowen is
about six feet high) pushing through
the crowd. He came and stood beside
! me. did not speak, but faced the crowd,
| which continued to threaten us. For
| tunatelY, the mob had no leader; so, for
a quarter Of an hour, we two and the
mob faced each other. Then the police
and the soldiers arrived, and the mob
| melted away.
WAS LOOKING FOR TROUBLE.
Il asked the stranger who he was,
| and he replied: L am Norman Har-
| rington, of Chicago. This is my first
| day in Barcelona. 1t seemed to me as
| if there would be some trouble for the
| eagle up there, and l thought ia take
! biz of it,
"The biggest and angriest mob gath
| cred during the night of April 2l. There
! We're fully six thousand or seven thou
| sand people about the consulate, includ-
| ing every class, among them being
| Barcelona society men. Hundreds of
| them had just come from the theaterS,
| in evening dress, and the best dressed
| were the most active demonstrators.
| They came for the shield, and when
| they found it gone they broke out in
| the most any cries Eventually the
| police attacked the mob, and many peo-
| pie were injured. This was the most
threatening moment, as / had been
warned that the police could not be
| trusted. They did not fail to do their
duty.
The chief of police was always very
kind, frequently sending warnings to
| me not to go out for an hour or so.
| lie came every hour during the last
two nights, and he escorted me to the
railroad station with a large body of
| officers and detectives. The crowd
there was overawed, so there was no
demonstration other than cheering for
Spain. 1 am ordered to report to the
authorities at Washington"
WHO NORMAN HARRINGTON IS,
Chicago, May LIN Chicago Norman
| Harrington lived near La Sale avenue
and Germania Place. The man who
| faced the Barcelona mob was educated
at a military school, and afterward Sc
cured employment with an electrical
construction company, which sent him
TO Australia and elsewhere as an cleo
| trician. He is now in charge of the
installation of some machinery shipped
| by the Edward b. Allis company to an
! English hrm i'm Madrid and Barcelona,