The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-02-26
ARTILLERY USED ON RIOTERS.
Five Hundred Persons Reported KILL
cd and Many Wounded.

Five Il uuQreU PERSONS tics)OrIcsl lAlll-
cd and Many Wounded.
The strikers Wednesday in Farce
Iona murdered three workmen who
wished to resume work. The pr0prie-
tor of bakery. who raised the price
OF bread was also Killed 1t is hourly
becoming more apparent that anar-
chistS are. the prime movers in the
incipient revolution. The markets are
without provisions and the strikers
are preventing the slaughter Of ami
mails. Additional reinf0rcementS G!
troops are arriving. The mob stormed
Sabadell, not far from Barcelona and
secured forty rifles. but they were sub
sequently recovered by the troops.
\ message to the Exchange Tele-
graph company from Barcelona via
Perpignan France. says fierce battle
has be fought between the troops and
the rioters in the suburbs of BARGE
Iona known as Sano. Before the en-
gagement the cavalry and infantry
had been posted at the most danger
Gus points and a field battery had
been located on the plaza, from which
vantage point the guns could sweep
the surrounding street.
When the final clash with the
troops occurred, continues the dis
patch, the artillery was brought into
action and raked street after street.
The rioters engaged the batteries at
close range, but were finally driven
off. 1t is reported that 800 persons
were killed and wounded on both
sides. The enti e neighborhood was
wrecked by the shells. The ruins
caught fire and this completed the
destruction. Further fighting is re-
ported at Mataro, Is miles from Bar
celona, where quantity Of arms have
been destroyed. Fighting is also re-
ported at Tortoss and Tarragona, re-
spectively 100 and 80 miles southwest
Of Baracelona.
According to kilograms received
at Madrid late Thursday night from
Barcelona the street fighting there
continues. The heavy rain which fell
during the day helped to diSperse the
rioters, and the authorities are TAX
ing severe measures. A proclama-
tion has been issued ordering all priv
ate individuals to surrender any
weapons they may possess, under pair
of severe penalties. The sale of arms
has also been prohibited. Forty work
mems associations have been dissolved
and the members Of their committees
arrested. The dwellings Of the strike
leaders and of anarchists are being
registered and put under guard.
The battleship Pelayo has been or
dered to Barcelona. The military Ell
gineers have assumed control Of the
street car services and few cars. half
filed with soldiers, are running. Ever
the funeral coaches have to be protect
ed by the police. No letters have
been delivered in Barcelona in three
days, and in some distant parts Of the
town business is completely paralyzed.
4 pitched battle occurred in the out
skirts of the city between the strikers
and the military escort attached tc
several wagons that were bringing lr
provisions. The contents Of the
wagons were dragged out, and barri'
cades were built across the road. The
rails have been torn up to prevent
trains from entering the city.
The strike movement has begun tc
spread rapidly. At CASTELAR, de Ia
Plana. taking advantage Of the night
and Of the absence Of the police. the
strikers set fire to two factories with
petroleum: The factories were burned.
At a wolkmen's meeting held at Cas-
tellan re la Plana a general strike was
ycteG. At SaragoSso most OF the fac
tories have already closed on the de-
mands of the workmen and the strik-
ers are bringing pressure to bear tc
compel the factories still remaining
open to close down their doors. The
captain general Of Saragossa has wired
for reinforcementS.
A strike commenced at Valencia
but owing to the refusal of the dock
laborers to participate, it did not be-
come general. The police at Valencia.
assisted by the troops have up to the
present time been able to maintain
order there. 1t is learned that mar
tial law has been proclaimed at Man
resa. about 80 miles northwest Of Bar
celona. and at Saragossa. At the lat
ter place the troops have occupied d
strategic position in order to check
the disturbances.
Official kilograms received here de-
scribe a slight improvement in the Sit
uation at Barcelona and officials to-
night seem more hopeful. The gov
ernment declines to publish figures Of
the casualties in the riots Of Tuesday
and Wednesday. It is inferred from
private information received here that
10 persons were killed, and 200
wounded during the encounters of
those days, and that 500 arrests have
been made.