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The Honolulu Republican
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii
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In Barcelona, serious disturbances between striking metal workers and civil guards have led to wounds, arrests, and the proclamation of martial law tonight. A general strike across trades is underway, with strikers parading and attacking factories, prompting cavalry intervention and tramway suspension. Reported from Madrid on Jan. 4.
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BARCELONA.
Serious Disturbances Between Strikers and Civil Guards.
MADRID, Jan. 4.-Martial law will be proclaimed tonight in Barcelona and its vicinity. Already there have been serious disturbances between the strikers and the civil guards and a number of persons have been wounded and many arrests made.
A general strike in all trades has been decreed in support of the striking metal workers. Bodies of strikers are constantly parading the streets and pelting the workshops and factories with stones, necessitating the calling out of cavalry to restore order. The tramways have suspended operations.
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Barcelona
Event Date
Jan. 4
Outcome
a number of persons have been wounded and many arrests made
Event Details
Martial law will be proclaimed tonight in Barcelona and its vicinity. Serious disturbances between the strikers and the civil guards. A general strike in all trades has been decreed in support of the striking metal workers. Bodies of strikers are constantly parading the streets and pelting the workshops and factories with stones, necessitating the calling out of cavalry to restore order. The tramways have suspended operations.