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Show A Chapter oi' Siorrov. j New Y'ork, 31. A Madrid corns- I poudent writing about the massacre j at Alcoy says the women played as i conspicuous a parti n the massacre. as ; thev diel in rarisduring the Commune. ; Nothing which oee'urred in Paris, even i in the last iVonied agony of desperation des-peration and ba filed ftuy, at all ap- J p roaches this brutal massi.cre. When ; the minister of foreign ailliirs was i aske-d. in the Cortes, for a statement ! as to what really happened, he de-! de-! elareil that rbr the honor of the the chamber, of the country. and of re- ' public, he was obliged to refrain from ; mentioning all that happened. Ac- ; cording to his aceouat the insurrection ' was got up by the Internationalists,' and commenced in a strike or series ', of strikes. The workmen demanded ; a largo rise in their wages, as much as fifty per oent.. and wh.cn refused thev left their work, and a-sumed a very threatening attitude, intefcring everywhere with work, and spreaeling especially those belonging to weli-to-i do ciasses.JThi-y finally demanded the I resignation of the town coune 1 and thesuWtitution of a e-ouneii of their : own nomination. Xh de'm.ir.d tne the mayor of Alcoy refund and w. civen tirree hoars to change h:s n::- d. ,41c tOek pCe';sion 0! tile' Town Ha'l ! anel with a few civic and national ' tmarvLs and some friends, tried to hold ic again-t the mob. The little garrison was scon overpowi..Ld. 1 sene which the minister declarxl , impOisibie for him to deser:! e. The : defender oi the Town Hall, j suits and mjuries.were stripped nake-ei i and held up from a baleu::y in fuii view i of the liowhng mob below. Tht-ir nauie-' nauie-' wore called out one by o:i-'. and t::e ' mob was a.-ked aiie;:'.or i : a-.L- them de;uloral:vo. Acu:-il.j :o ii ! answer, cither t:w:r :;e:v.:.- 'it e l. and their im:l;i.'.t;d Ui.:- ti.re-wu down from the L-...'iy. or t:i y were :l:rown de-wn still alh.e. ti.o ;-h h.0w tr-'hig to ea!-h ''' '-- WW tiien n:s':iug '-"''' ,'-n ift. or." if to l;.Lo ibr ti.i-. I;1 f-'.rhi. ;- si iz'd by tiio i:.-nrg."i;. hl- . !..:h.? rj.rillkied wiLi: petroleum a..d .-.i on are. allel ho n.a'.ie to nr.il-iie s'..- were taken at L'.m. Oil.er - . |