Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1894 — Hard. Times in Spain.. [ARTICLE]

Hard. Times in Spain..

Great distress is prevalent among the laboring classes of Spain. Many hundreds of unemployed workingmen are walking the streets of Madrid, Cadiz and other cities in the vain search for work. One day recently 4,000 men went in a body to the government office in Madrid asking for relief in the shape of work for themselves and families. The government was able to do but little for them. Brigandage has greatly increased, and its spread is attributed to the distress among the rural population.