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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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National strike by farm laborers in Spain began June 9, marked by fatal disorders in Alconchel, attempted liberations in Fondalla, arson in Jerena, and bomb explosions at churches and a convent in Seville. Two strikers and one guardsman killed; government calls it a failure, landowners claim near-total participation of 1,000,000 workers.
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FARM LABORERS STRIKE SPAIN TODAY
(By The Associated Press)
MADRID, June 9. Fatal disorders today marked the outbreak of a national strike of farm laborers as crops all over the country were endangered.
Two strikers and a civil guardsman were killed in a fight at Alconchel. Fifty peasant strikers were trying to intimidate a group of non-strikers. Two guardsmen tried to restore order and firing started. Two hundred men and women tried to liberate the strikers who were arrested at Fondalla for similar intimidation of the men who stayed at their tasks.
Guardsmen there were able to keep their prisoners and disperse the crowd by firing into the air.
Two farmhouses were burned down at Jerena. Bombs were exploded in the doorways of San Ildefonso and San Vicente churches, and the Carthusian convent at Seville.
This demonstration might not have been in connection with the strike. Versions of the success of the strike varied widely. The government asserted it was a failure while the powerful landowners federations said that nearly all of its 1,000,000 workers were out.
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Spain
Event Date
June 9
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two strikers and a civil guardsman killed in alconchel; two farmhouses burned at jerena; bombs exploded at san ildefonso and san vicente churches and carthusian convent at seville; government asserts strike failure, landowners federations claim nearly all 1,000,000 workers out.
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Fatal disorders marked the outbreak of a national strike of farm laborers, endangering crops. In Alconchel, fifty peasant strikers intimidated non-strikers, leading to a fight where two guardsmen restored order and firing started, killing two strikers and one guardsman. In Fondalla, two hundred men and women tried to liberate arrested strikers for similar intimidation, but guardsmen kept prisoners and dispersed the crowd by firing into the air. Two farmhouses burned at Jerena. Bombs exploded in doorways of San Ildefonso and San Vicente churches and the Carthusian convent at Seville, possibly unrelated to the strike.