The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-02-28
PITCHED BATTLE Win TROOPS
EXTREME MEASURES NECESSARY
TO STOP THE DIsTUR- Il
DANCES.
MANY PERSONS WERE Killed
STRICT CENSORSHIP COVERS UP
THE real. STATE or
AFFAIRS.

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Barcelona via Perpignan, France. says
a fierce battle has been fought between
the rioters and troops in the suburb of
Barcelona known as Sano.
Before the engagement the cavalry
and infantry had been posted in the
most dangerous points and a field bat
terry had been located on the plaza,
from which vantage ground the guns
could sweep the surrounding streets.
When the final clash with the troops
occurred, continues the dispatch, the
artillery was brought into action and
raked street after street. The rioters
engaged the batteries at close range,
but were finally driven off. It is re-
ported that 500 persons were killed or
wounded on both sides. The entire
neighborhood was wrecked by the
shells. The ruins caught fire and this
completed the destruction.
Sale of Arms Prohibited.
Madrid, Feb. 21.-According to tele-
grams received here late last night
from Barcelona the street lighting
there continues. The heavy rain which
fell during the day helped to dispense
the rioters, and the authorities are
taking severe measures.
A proclamation has been issued or
dering all private individuals to sur
render any weapons they may possess,
under pain of severe penalties. The
sale Of arms is prohibited.
Forty workmen's associations have
been dissolved and the members OF
their committees arrested. The dwell
ings Of the strike leaders and of an
archists are being registered and put
under guard. The battleship Pelayo
has been ordered to Barcelona.
The military engineers have assumed
control of the street car service. and
few cars. half-fl!ed with soldiers. are
running. Even the funeral coaches
have to be protected by the police. No
letters have been delivered in Barcelona
in three days, and in some distant
parts of town business
Is Completely Parnlyzcd.
A pitched battle occurred in the out
skirts Of the city between the strikers
and military escort attached to sew
eral wagons that We're bringing in pro-
visions. The contents Of the wagons
were dragged out and barbados were
built across the road. The rails have
been torn up to prevent trains from
entering the city The strike move
ment has begun to spread seriously.
At Castellon de la Plana, taking adj
vantage of the night and of the alb
sence Of the police, the strikers set fire
to two factories with the aid of pc
troleum. The factories were burned.
Martial law has been proclaimed at
Manresa about thirty miles northwest
of Barcelona, and at Saragossa. At
the latter place the troops have occu-
pied a strategic position in order to
check the disturbances. Official tele-
grams received here describe a slight
improvement in the situation at BARGE
lena, and officials seem more hopeful
Refuse to lie Conciliatcd.
Owing to the censorship over news
from Barcelona it is difficult to ascer-
tair the real state of affairs there. 1t
is quite certain, however, that all the
efforts Of the auth orities to persuade
the labor leaders into a conciliatory at
titude have so far failed, and the ex-
tension of the strike movement is more
| likely than its restriction. The govern
| ment declines to publish figures of the
casualties in the riots of Tuesday and
Wednesday,. 1t is inferred from pri-
| vato information received here that
| forty persons We're killed and 200
wounded during the encounters Of those
days, and that 500 arrests have been
made.
Women too a prominent part in the
| riots, and were more violent than the
men.
The rSA>rs this morning report many
| persons killed and wounded during
Thursdays conflicts at Barcelona. The
| Heraldo says that the captain general
| of Catalonia has asked for more troops