The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-29
SOCIAL REVOLUTION.
Trouble at Bilbao Has Assumed
Large Proportions.


Madrid. oct. 29.-Gcneral Veiasco. the
military comrnandant al Bilbao tele-
graphs thc government that &C Gay Drtdh
Inis morning The garrison opened All
tccImg the banks. public buildings, l1c-
tories and markets and especially the
the rioters determined a. attack
General NclascO reports that the cav
airy repeatedly charged the TloLcrs I'D inc
Old part OF the city. Some of the rioters
wer,. killed and many wounded. Rcvol-
Vers and stones and other missiles. Gen
eral NelascO adds. were used 10y Jne
rioters i'm their struggle with the sol
diers. The principal railways arc ulloeI
The protection of the troops Trains con-
tuuc 10 run, though with extreme eau
tion. All other tratflc IN and OUTSIDE BIZ
baO has been stopped. A number OF
miners came in today and joined the
Soldiers Kept Busy.
The military forces are considered SUI
ON property. but both the garrison ana
police are kept constantly on the alert 70
prevent fresh outbreaks.
The governor has received numerous OIL
ferS OF assistance from local organlza-
lions and leading citizens. and even the
Socialist leaders are offering 10 auNise
the rioters to refrain from violence
The government has replied TO General
NelascO approving his energy and otter
ing reinforcements- Several Thousand men
are held i'm Madrid and Otner towns.
To is believed here that the movement
i'm and around Bilbao is assuming the pro-
I porti0ns of a social revolution planned by
! Socialists and anarchists as was done IN
Barcelona two years ago Premier VII
D ldVerde has determined 10 esJabLsn or
| der at any cost
Reign of Terror.
/ Newspaper reports of the disorder i'm
/ Bilbao represent the strikers as having
/ established a reign Of terror This morn
/ ina thev attacked and pillaged market
/ stalls and shops and gOrged themseiNes
! with Food and drink. AFTER desJroyIle
/ what they were unable to consume IheS
] proceeded TO erect barbados in ms
J streets AS there were only 5ouJ troops
( In bilbao reinforcenents were urEcutl1
] summOuet Tho infantry charged 2 num-
I hcr OF tthc barbados the strikers ue
! Tended them with reckless. courage aiit
desperate fighting ensued- rive rlpleT'
were killed and many were wQunueu-
! is rumOred that many soldiers were
Z wounded by revolver shots. As the oar
l ricddes were captured they We're destroy
| cd and the rioters were expelled iron
/ tho main streets by the cavalry, Wn'
| charged with drawn sabres.
Raising Barbados.
According to the latest accounts re
I CciVed here the rioters have again Slarlet
/ to piliage shops and are endeaNorlnS .
Z raise new harricadcs. Some fears are cll
I tcrtaiued that the rioters VIII unite ID
/ force and attack the troops before rem
! forcements arrive The strength OF lh'
| soldiers is being weakened by ConStaH
/ alarms and Che necessity OF detailing pa
I trolls TO guard factories andf converts
I against which tho fury of the mob seems
! TO be equally divided.
! All work i'm Bilbao is al staudst!l anl
| the COVE -nmeut has prohibited telephone
I communication with the city. I'm th'
Z chamber TODAY Premier NiIlaVcrde con
[ trmed the report that i'm Bilbao troops
I had carried tho barbados at the poiu
of the hayuuet and that the rioters ha'
defended them fiCTCcly with stones dn'
firearms. He appealed to the house q
Z POSTPONE discussion of the matter
Premier NilliVerde read new dlSpdtcl
from Bilbao announcing that many hat
been wounded i'm the cavalry charges Oh
the barricades The rioters were pre-
vented from attacking the residences o
the JeSUits.
I'm replying 90 an Interpolation i'm tn
senate Minister of the Interior Carols
Aliac refused to discuss the demands o
the strikers and declared that the situa
ton demanded rigorous measures.
The captain general Of the province %
NiScay had been sent to Bilbao The dc
3 bate in tho senate was then adjourned
I a ministerial council held tonight dis
. cussed the events i'm Bilbao and used Va
f riOus measures to restore tranquility ID
hope is expressed that the captain gen
. craI of the province would be able @
. reconcile the conflicting interests Of tn
/ wOrkingmeu and their employers