New-York tribune., 1902-02-22
BARCELONA GAINS DOWN.
ONLY FORTY PERSONS KILLED SINCE
THE RIOTS BEGAN.
MOB ATTACKS THE JAIL AND Is RE
PULSED BY TROOPs-ANARCHIsTS AR
RESTED AT MADRID.

PULSED BY TROOPS-ANARCHISTS AK
RESTED AT MADRID.
Barcelona, Feb. 2O-Forty persons have been
killed since the disturbances broke out here.
The strikers to-day attacked the jail in an at
tempt TO rescue their imprisoned comrades out
they were repulsed by the troops after NUMBER
of rioters had been killed wounded
The ordinary necessaries of life are failing and
the distress is accentuating. The strikers are
said TO be receiving large sums Of money from
London.
In the neighboring towns the disturbances are
spreading and are increasing in gravity
The predominance of bayonets here has had
due effect. and the most turbulent spirits have
been driven off the streets. Outwardly the city
is resuming an aspect Of comparative quiet
The leading citizens are joining the military and
civil authorities in restoring order. The cap
tain general has ordered the newspapers to re-
sumo publication. and has instructed the owners
Of public vehicles to engage again in their regu-
lar work. If the printers refuse to work their
names and residences are to be handed to the
captain general. who viii deal with them. All
drivers declining TO take out vehicles will be de-
prived of their licenses.
Madrid. Feb. 21-According to this mornings
advices from Barcelona the situation there is
improving though il is still threatening. The
most stringent measures have been prepared to
protect traffic and business. The strikers have
few rifles but they are we'll supplied with re-
volvers and daggers-
The search Of suspected houses continues, re-
sulting in the arrest of large numbers of an
archists and revolutionsts of all kinds. who are
considered to be the prime movers in the
troubles. The cosmopolitan character of BARGE
Iona makes it a resort for representatives of all
the revolutionary elements in Europe. and the
of
sweed by French and other foreign political
agitators. The Republicans are busy among the
troops, urging them not to use their arms
against their own class in defence of plutocrats.
The working people Of Madrid favor the strlk-
erS. but remain quiet
Martial law has been proclaimed at Tara
gona- The strike is spreading in the Llobregat
and Cardona valleys. There is general cessa-
tion Of work al CastelIon de Ia. Plana and Carve,
and much excitement prevails at Batea. Forces
of genoarmerie have been dispatched TO those
places.
gossa have visited the Governor and declared
themselves opposed TO the strike
Ten anarchists have been arrested here, and
others under surveillance.
The Premier, Senior Sagasta. announced to-
day that the Chambers will not be prorogued
unless the Opposition obstructs the govern
ments action by continually raising debates cn
The present labor troubles in Spain.
The rioters at Barcelona are devoting their
energies to preventing food supplies from enter
ing the town. In one such case the troops es-
corting convoy were obliged TO fire on the
The efforts of the captain general to persuade
The dock laborers to resume work have failed,
and the entire trade OF Barcelona is at a stand
still.
Revolutionary proclaratiops still being
:circulated there.
The exciting debate in the Chamber of Depu-
ties here on the Interpolation yesterday of
Sehor Robert. Deputy from the province of
Catalonia, in regard TO the occurrences at Bar
celona was renewed to-day. Sehor Romero
Robledo asked for information regarding the
meeting of the foreign consuls at Barcelona and
when he Minister Of the Interior, Sefor Con
zalez. professed his ignorance of this meeting
and declared the Interpolation TO be inoppor-
tune. the Deputies of the Opposition displayed
the greatest iTpauence-
General Weyler. the Minister of War. an
nOunced in the Chamber that he had decided
upon energetic steps TO suppress the disorders,
but that some of the news sent by correspond
ents was exaggerated. Senor Meucheta, man
ager Of the .Diario.' OF Barcelona, who arrived
from that city this morning, spoke in defence
Of the correspondents, who. he said, always told
the truth while the government deceived the
Queen and the country. S1nOr Meucheta said
he considered the publication of false news
should be punished by court martial, and he
declared Barcelona to be in state of con-
tnual alarm.
Senor Gonzalez denied that the censor had
stopped kilograms describing the situation at
Barcelona.
Continuing his remarks. the manager Of the
''Diario" reiterated that the government had
dealt With press messages in a manner which
most reactionary governments would not coun-
tenance. and said that in many cases the ad-
dresses of the messages were not informed
that their teegrams had been stopped.