The San Francisco call., 1909-08-02
InsurrectiOnists Take to SUBJ
urbs of Barcelona and In
flame POpuIace
PrOwIing Bands of Armed
WOrkmen Occupy Railroads
and Highways of Province
Internal Situation Is Depressing
as Is Also News Received
From MeIiIIa

f" ERBERE. Spanish Frontier, Aug
Refugees and travellers from
- Cstslonia declare the revolt is still
rampant and that desperate cornbats
continue at Barcelona. where so revo-
lntionaries are reported to have been
wounded in a conflict which occurred
as late as Saturday night
= Information concerning the actual
situation in Barcelona and the rest of
The province is rarer tonight than ever
before. Although some Of the news
from the frontier is from revolutionary
sources and therefore open to suspicion,
more reliable intelligence leads to the
belief that. although Barcelona is
calmer, the insurrectionists have taken
10 the suburbs and the outlying dis
tricts. where they are sowing the seeds
Of revolt and iRaaming the popuIace to
maintain the struggle TO the bitter end.
Workmen Control Roads
Barcelona province is in the hands of
browling bands of workmen heavily
armed who occupy the railroads and
highways to prevent communication
and who refuse entrance to new corners.
cassan de la Selva is in the hands of
the revolutionaries and at PaIamos,
where the monastery was fred and the
monks tortured. the situation is de-
scrfbed as alarming and the lives of
foreigners endangered
-: The opinion in semioficiaI circles
here concerning spain's internal situa-
e tfon is pessimistic. and the belief is
!: expressed that the trouble is not yet
over. Onicial Madrid announces that
Barcelona is tranquil
Spanish Convoy Ambushed
From Meiua comes the news of an
other spanish convoy being ambushed
ana several OF its officers being wound
esl before. the troops s~sceeded in ex-
tricaung themselves from the attack
Of the trilyesmen.
! Rumors are aioat that a general
strike viii be launched tomorrow at
Madrid and that strike is being or
ga.nized in the Bascayan region.
.lOficial denial is given to the report
that the temper of the Madrid garrison
Isl hostile Another official statement
says. that the number Of victims of the
lighting at Barcelona is unknown, but
frontier reports. one of them of alleged
authoritative inspiration, declare that
the killed or wounded viii aggregate
5000. and that the number of insurrec-
tionists .summarily shot was between
90 and 125.
The CarIist organ at Corona an
nounces that it disapproves the revolu-
lion.
Situation Is Difficult
LONDON, Aug. 2.-The Daily Tele-
graphs Madrid correspondent in a story
dated Friday night declares that though
the military is now in control at BARGE
Iona the situation is still more difficult,
iFasmuch IS the anarchists and revolu-
ttonaries have fed TO the mountains and
nearby villages. where they will form
innumerabIe centers of disahection.
:. The re1olutionsry movement, accord
ing to the correspondent. is now ex-
tending 10 ali the industrial towns
along sthe coast, and there the rein
forcements are received with rifle vol
leys. It is expected that there will be
terrible resistance in the mountain dis
qricts and villages
Numerous arrests" continues the
correspondent. have been made in
Madrid with the intention of preventing
general strike. which. however. will
be proclaimed Monday.
.'Montjuich fortress at Barcelona is
fun OF prisoners awaiting court martial.
According TO the captain generals esti-
mate 1000 persons were killed and $500
wounded during the suppression of the
revolt in the Paralello quarter, where
most Of the workmen live. The revoIu-
tionaries took wonen, old men and chill
dren from the asylum and placed them
in front Of the barricades in order to
prevent the soldiers from firing and to
give them time for flight. Eventually
ParaIeIIo had to be bombarded. The
punishment was severe.
The city resembled a battlefield
There is an unconhrmed report that
two large local forces Of irregular mil
dtia and forest guards. making to-
Sether 10000 men. have made common
cause with the revolHtionaries."
The Daily Telegraph's Barcelona cor
respondent. telegrsphing Sunday, says;
Everything is quiet and General
santiago regards the trouble as ended "
Il travelled from Barcelona to Ge-
roma afoot and on horseback and
thence by railway. thus traversing Cat
slonia. and found that 1t was set
Of small autonomous but temporary
republics. says the Daily Telegraph
Perpignan correspondent telegraphing