Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-15

the suburbs was apparently done by
roughs, who took advantage of the gen.
eral unrest.
Eight squadrons of cavalry: and -four
regiments Of infantry were summoned
to re-enforce the garrison here. They
arrived during the night.
Pope Is Detected.
The pope is detected over Ferrer's ex
ecution. which, he fears will gravely in
jure the interests of the church and thu
monarchy in Spain. 1t is understood
that he has telegraphed to the nuncio a
Madrid urging him to avoid scrupulousl!
anything that may be construed as ap
prevail of the execution.
The pope when he received telegram
announcing the execution exclaimed
sadly:
+ May heaven have mercy; on his soul
The general strike called as protest
against the execution of errer is com
plete, although it is dsapproved by a
ma jority of the socialists. :sz.
A meeting is now being held In the
Orto Agrfcola.' where it will be decided or
future action and the duration of the
strike,
All the compositors have gone or
strike until Saturday. and they declare
that no newspapers shall be issued until
then.
Business, industry and traffic are al
most at a standstill here. No street
car is running and cabs and automobiles
| remain idle at their stations.
Clericals Are Blamed.
Among the masses the feeling grows
more turbulent, as the people attribute
the execution of the revolutionist to re-
actionism, Vatican influence and Jesuit
support.
At a meeting held last night socialists
made violent speeches. committee was
appointed to wait on Mayor Nathan and
demand that the name of the Piazza d
Spagna Spain square) be changed to the
Piazza Ferref.
The mayor has recommended the cIti-
zens to be calm and to express their SYM
patty in a diSnified and orderly ma amer
The leaders of the agitation and the So
cialist newspaper Avanti have given SIM
liar advice
Troops again prevented the crowds
from reaching the Spanish embassy yes
terday. The Vatican is strongly guarded
The pope is not alarmed, but his entour-
age fears violence, which is not likely.
The troops guarding the Va lean and
the Spanish embassies have .bivouacked
on the spot. =;
The police have requested. Cardinal
Merry Gel Val, papal secretary of state.
not guarantee his personal safety. Car
dnal Wives Tuto. who is of Spanish
birth, left the Vatican in disguise, and is
hiding in Capuchin convent.
NotWithStand ng the extraordinary po-
lice and military measures to safeguard
the Vatican and save the pope from in
suit, Cardinal Merry del Val today per-
sonalIy impaired imperative instructions
to the gendarmeS and the Swiss guard
to watch all entrances to the Vatican and
also the boundaries Of the Vatican gar
dens.
Lamplighters Are Guarded.
An attempt was made last night to
plunge the city into darkness. but the po-
lice prevented IT. They escorted the lamp
lighters on their rounds.
Photographs of Ferrer decorated with
flowers and with lighted candles before
them are exposed in the streets.
Workingmen roughly handled four
priests in the streets yesterday-jostle
them. spat on them and called them vile
names.
The police strongly urge, even order,
ecclesiastics of all ranks to remain at
home.
Many wild rumors are afloat provoc-
alive of disorder and of serverer police
repression.
One is that the members of the Patri-
otto Society Giordano Bruno, who have
a club house near the vatican, are dig
ging a tunnel under the roadway to st.
Peters. which they will blow up with
dynamite.
In dignation meetings were held all over
Italy yesterday. The longshoremen IN
several seaports voted not to unload
Spanish ships.
Ia Milan and Florence the mobs at
ttempted TO erect barbados. which were
DESTROYED by the cavalry. Many persons
were wounded. including seVerdi SHUTTERS
and one officer.
The labor unions at Leghorn have de-
cided to begin a general strike and to
hovcott Spanish goods. Strikes have also
been started at Florence and Genoa; The
labor unions at Ancona have decided to
nonse work within tMenty-four hours.