The record-union., 1899-07-03
Serious Disturbances Occurred at
Valencia Yesterday.
A Mob Of Rioters Stop Street Cars and
Stone the Gendarmss.
Troops Charge the Crowd, Wound
ing Several Of the Participants
Cavalry Capture Barricades
Erected by the Rioters Only
After Fierce Fighting.

VALENCIA (Spain), July 2.-Very
serious disturbances are in progress
here. Under the orders of the Captain
General of Valencia, General Motto, the
troops occupied the streets yesterday
morning, and now hold all the strategic
points.
In the beginning of the riots the mob
placed obstacles on the street railway
tracks and stopped the cars, stoning
the gendarmes, when they tried to re-
move the barriers. Finally the troops
charged, and the first shots were fired.
Several persons were wounded. In one
case a bullet passed through a shop
door and killed a shop assistant with
in.
AS the day advanced the disorders
increased. The troops were stationed
at many points and the artillery was
held in readiness. The rioters there
upon erected barbados, which the
cavalry captured only after fierce fight
ing, in which many were wounded.
About 8 o'clock last evening the mob
attacked a monastery, and the brother
who was acting as gate porter was
obliged to defend himself with a re-
volver
They then moved upon a Jesuit
house, which had a narrow escape from
being burned to the ground, the troops
arriving just in the nick of time to
prevent the mob from setting it on
fire.
An enormous number of arrests has
been made. 1t is not known how many
have been wounded.
At late hour last evening the Gen
erals held conference and decided to
points of vantage. The Mayor of Va
lencia issued proclamation calling
upon the people to cease resisting the
laws, but the riots were renewed to-
day, and the rioters stoned the gen
darmes in barracks. 1t is reported that
captain of gendarmes were severely
injured by flying missiles.
SITUATION AT OTHER POINTS. I
MADRID, July 2-Advices from Sc
Vile and Saragossa report all quiet
there to-day, but the precautionary
measures are continued. There has
been slight disturbance in Constan-
tina, in the province of Seville.
At Badalona, about six miles north
east of Barcelona, more than thirty
persons were injured during the riot
ing yesterday, some fatally. After a
largely attended meeting to-day in
favor of the re1ision of the trial of
alleged anarchists, now imprisoned at
Montjuich for completely in the bomb
throwing during the Corpus Christi
procession, formidable demonstration
was made against the Jesuit convent
The gendarmes who We're summoned
were received with volleys of stones.
They charged the rioters, injuring
many.
STRENGTH OF SPANISH ARMY.
MADRID, July 2.-The Minister of
War, General Polavieja, after a pro-
longed conference to-day with the Pre-
mier, Senior Silvela, consented to re-
duce the budget estimate of the
strength of the active army from 1O7,-
600 to $4,000 men.
The disorders in Barcelona were re-
newed after the bull fight. A crowd at
tackled a party of Monks who recently
returned from the Philippines. The po-
lice rescued the Monks with some diff
Guilty. The mob then paraded the
streets closing the shops and stoning
the Cathedral, several churches and the
Jesuit convent, as well as the street
railway cars. The gendarmes were
powerless to restore order.