The age-herald., 1902-02-20
BARCELONA Is
 RIOT RIDDEN Reported That 200 Persons HaVeAteady Been Killed ONE HUNDRED MORE INJURED The Government Is PowerIess to Stop Strike Disorders Despite the Fact
 That the City BristIed
 With 5ayonets.
ONE HUNDRED MORE INJURED

Madrid. February 1s.-The opposition parties of the Cortes declare the govern ment powerless to stop the disorders at Barcelona and that 1t ought to be re- placed. Senor Robledo intends to move resolution in the Chamber of Deputies to this effect
 It Is rumored that the government, fear ing the Carlists will take advantage of the present agitation, have resolved to call out the reserves
 The trades unions are working actively to proclaim general strike throughout Spain on March l.
 The newspapers here comment on the situation at Barcelona in a tone of sup. pressed anxiety.
 Reign of Terror Prevails.
 According to the news received here, . reign of terror prevails at Barcelona. The printers on strike have threatened death to many of their comrades daring to resume work
 There have been many cases where armed strikers have concealed themselves and "sniped" the troops. At San Martin. a suburb of Barcelona, the strikers fired from the housetops on the troops The latter thereupon fired at the balconies. killing a woman and g child In one con- fict in the center of the town five men were killed and three were wounded. The owner of a factory was stabbed and Killed by the strikers. It is alleged that already POO persons have been killed and 100 wounded at Barcelona, but the au- thorities conceal the real figures. All the theatres there are closed | The strikers assemble on the railroad
 bridges and fusilade the trains with stones. They threaten to use dynamite unless the railroad companies stop run ming trains.
 Does Not Improve. Barcelona, February 19.-The situation here does not improve and none of the l strikers have resumed work. The au- thorities finding 1t necessary to adopt drastic measures have armed all the po- licemen with Remington rifles. Through out the day there have been conflicts in almost every quarter of the city in which many were wounded on both sides, and in which the rioters often almost over powered the police.
 Two batteries of artillery stationed here have been prepared to hold themselves In readiness to occupy the principal streets of the city with their field pieces. The street cars have not yet resum ed service. At o'clock this evening tho fusilade continues in the different streets. gendarme has been killed and a lieu- tenant wounded.
 Two More Regiments.
 Two additional regiments of infantry arrived here this morning and the city now bristles with bayonets. Troops are necessarily patrolling the streets, occa- sionally charging and dispersing mobs. Shots were exchanged on the Gren Via. The rioters erected barricades in one of the suburbs and the troops carried them at the point of the bayonet. The casual ty list is heightened by every conflict. In- dustrial and commercial life in Barcelona is paralyzed. No goods arrived here yes- terday and there is great scarcity of meat. bread and other foodstuffs.
 The university hall and the schools are closed. The leader of the workmens committees have been arrested and tho meeting places have. beeen closed. Teresa Claramunt is among the anarchists im- prisoned. The police continue to mako many arrests.