LABOR TROUBLES IN SPAIN
MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED,
FIFTY THOUSAND MEN AFFECTED
MOB CHARGED BY POLICE,
(Per R.M.S. .Sierra at Auckland. Bilbao (Spain), Oct. 27
Martial law has been proclaimed bore. I All trades have joined the. strike, and 50,000 mon are affected. Railroad and street car traffic has been suspended. Tho cavalry is protecting tbo gasworks against the strikers, whoso porsistont efforts to stop any man from working have led to sorno rioting. Rioters stoned carriages that appeared in tho streets, shouting “ Death to the burgeoise," and “ Down with tyrants.” The mob was charged by the police, and shots were fired from both sides. Several persons were wounded. Factories in Bilbao belonging to foreigners now fly tboir respective national flags. Business in tho Bourge is suspended, and strikers havo prevented tho loading of the vossols in the harbor. Shops are closed, and no nowspapors are being published. Reinforcements of troops are arriving.
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1049, 17 November 1903, Page 3
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152LABOR TROUBLES IN SPAIN Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1049, 17 November 1903, Page 3
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