The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-08-03

London, Aug. 3.-A dispatch to
the Telegraph from Barcelona says
that the bank directors have decided
to open the banks for deposits only.
No payments will be made. 1t is
impossible to make effective com
.mercial contracts in the present state
of affairs. The newspaper editors
have decided to draft a uniform
report, which they will submit to
the military censor.
Communication by rail to Sania,
four miles from Barcelona, has
been re-established. The trains are
guarded by soldiers. They are run
ming slowly and are carrying provi-
sions.
Soldiers fired on armed thieves
who were pillaging in Grassot, a
manufacturing quarter of the city.
Many Of the wealthiest residents OF the
city are sheltering homeless persons.
Various families are adopting orphans.
The authorities are endeavorIng TO es-
tablish the identity OF abandoned chill
dren, the registers Of converts and or
phan asylums having been destroyed.
The barricades IN the san pablo. San
Pedro. and Paralelo quarters have been
destroyed. and the streets are open.
Thousands OF persons are visiting the
destroyed districts. Tourists on a steam-
er from Marseilles were forbidden to
land.
Thinks TroubIe at End.
The captain general thinks the move
ment IS completely subdued. lie doesn't
think the refugees In the mountains Will
be able to do anything. and unless they
obtain the support OF the country they
will fall into the hands OF the authori-
ties He has telegraphed to Madrid that
he does not require re-enforcements. He
considers that the twelve regiments and
three batteries Of artillery at present IN
Barcelona are sufficient He has re-
ceived congratulations from the King
and the government
The latest reports from the disturbed
provinces are more reassuring. order
has been restored in Catalonian towns.
The Barcelona correspondent OF the
Telegraph says that everything was quiet
Ia the city Sunday night, and only stray
shots were heard in the outlying districts
Order has been restored at Martoreu
and Badalona.
Insurgents stole arms and fred on the
troops at Horta, but they were soon dis
persed. They left a number Of dead
and wounded behind them. A train, es-
corted by a strong military column. was
started from the northern station. Re-
pairs are being made on the bridges on
The line 10 France.
Severe Measures Used.
The captain general has begun to dis
patch troops to the neIghboring towns
A strong column of infantry, artillery,
cavalry. and engineers has been sent
to Sabadell. where the workmen are
riOting- The militia have orders 10 use
severe measures in restoring order Work
has recommended in tho factories at
Manresa. Columns Of civil guards and
Trustworthy armed inhabitants are pa
trolling the seaward side Of Barcelona
as far as Rosas They are assisted by
the cruiser Teme-ario. which remains in
the ohing in case Of necessity.
To-day the markets were open. Pro
visions are arriving abundantly by land
and sea-
Among the prisoners taken were several
women who were intoxicated and COW
cred with blood. They were IN a state Of
madness terrifying TO behold
The Madrid correspondent OF the TeIe-
graph, telegraphing under date of August
]. says that the Minister of the Interior.
furious az the revelations made by for
eign newspapers. has prohibited their en-
tering Spain.
GUNS Command Streets.
Guns occupy strategic positions in the
streets Of Barcelona. Cavalry patrol the
streets. and infantry are guarding the
banks and other important institutions.
The station on the Paseo de Gracia. in
the center of the town, was completely
destroyed. 1t must be rebuilt, as must
also all the bridges and cuttings OF the
circular railway connecting the three
main lines. The government is ignorant
OF the number OF killed and wounded.
but at least 100 were killed and 1000
wounded. Four hundred prisoners were
taken. A number of persons were shot
| for carrying arms or for incendiarisn.
Apart from Madrid and Barcelona II IS
difficult to learn the situation in the
/ provinces. The station at Las Boreas.
on the Tarragona-Lerida line, was burned
Saturday. Three stations were burned
on the Lerida- Barcelona line.
Persons arriving from Tortosa by wav
Of Valencia state that the bridges on
the Valencia Barcelona line in the neigh
borhood of Tortosa were blown up with
dynamite There was not much blood
shed in Tarragona, but the railway was
badly damaged. Stations. bridges and
trains were wrecked or burned.
Other persons arriving from Barcelona
state that the revolutionists used bombs
| dynamite. and other explosives. They
'Arere armed with new rifles and revoivers.
which proves that the preparations for