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Show 111 isSUSLpii-SL j Troops Fire on Crowd and 26 Persons r Are Wounded J: t; Bilbao, Spain, Sept. 19. Tvroops toll to-ll day llrcd on a crowd that was en-dcavorlng en-dcavorlng to Jree. ...prisoners,, Includ-J Includ-J ing strike leaders, who were being if taken through the streets. Twenty- six persons were wounded. The situ-' atlou Is grave. ; Madrid, Sept. 19. King Alfonzo to- J i day signed a decree suspending the I i constitutional guarantees throughout I , Spain. Tills is equivalent to declaring I, i the country under martial law. This act, which had been under : ; consideration for somo days, was tak- I ' en o glvo the government powers to deal 6harply and promptly with Ihe , revolutionary agitation now fermont- : ! ing in many parts of Spain, especial- f 1 in tho cities and industrial clls- j tricts, where republican and revolu- tlonary plans aro being furthered un- ' der co'ver of worklngmen's strikes. , Well-known republican parllament- U ary leaders stand aside from tho pres- X out movement, which Is socialistic In .- character. 14 r Madrid. Sept. 19. Martial law has Jl been declared in Spain. This fol-:T fol-:T lowed reports of violence In connec-Tftion connec-Tftion with workingmen's strikes, which u- hao been called in various cities to , i further, tho government says, a rev-J rev-J . olutionary plot. I The most serious situation Is at 1 t Valencia, where a general strike was t declared yesterday. The city was at ,'f once placed under martial law, and though there was more or less rioting riot-ing throughout the day, the authorities authori-ties had matters pretty well in hand until after dark, when the disturb-; disturb-; ers vented their fury in an attack on a the officinls In the ndjacent town-f town-f ship of Cullera. ;L Tho rioters murdered a judgo and ft mounded other officers of the court, fV which had been engaged in the trial of those who had been arrested earl-A earl-A ier in the day. The mob was finally dispersed by guards from the custom jr house. J Strikes also have been declared at Bllboa, Saragossa, Cadiz, Huelva, Se !' vllle, Gljon and other cities. In somo 'i of these places the movement has been but partially successful. Promior Canalejas announced that the government has In its possession I the details of a revolutionary plot uncovered un-covered at Valencia and Barcelona, Part of this plot was to assassinate General Weyler, captain gonoral of Zatalona. Tho government claims to iinaw the names of all the conspirators ' and tho sources of their supplies. V nn |