The bloodiest massacre in Chile's history occurred on December 21, 1907. Workers in the nitrate mines, a leading industry owned largely by foreign (British and German) capital, struck on December 4 demanding humane working conditions and higher wages. By the 13th a general work stoppage in all the nitrate mines was announced. The miners were Bolivian, Argentine, Peruvian as well as Chileans. 18,000 workers, together with wives and children marched without food and water to the port of Iquique to seek support. On the 14th, the maritime workers joined them in the strike.
President Pedro Montt appointed Colonel Roberto Silva Renard to handle the situation. Colonel Silva Renard, under confidential orders from the minister of the interior, Rafael Sotomayor ordered the miners to dissolve and return to work. When the miners refused, he ordered the Army to fire into the miner's encampment at the schoolyard of the Domingo Santa María school. The official report was 140 deaths and 200 injured, but the real estimates range between 1,100 and 3,500 men, women and children killed. Colonel Silva Renard was promoted to Brigadier General as a reward for his defense of democracy, law and order.
The assassinedit
Among the dead at the Santa María massacre was Manuel Vaca, a Spanish immigrant worker. Antonio Ramón was his half-brother, and the two were very close. At the time of the massacre, Ramón was living in Argentina, but when news stopped arriving from his brother, he travelled to Iquique to find out what had happened. There is some evidence that he already had plans to revenge himself, as he bought a dagger and some strychnine.
Revenge for the Santa María massacre was the reason Ramón arrived in Chile from Argentina, using his own identity.[2] Ramón finally decided to take action seven years later. He found General Silva Renard walking alone to his office, in Viel street in Santiago, on December 14, 1914, and stabbed him seven times on his back and head. The General started shouting “Murderer! Murderer!” and several passersby came to his help.
Ramón, in turn, stopped the attack and tried to run away, only to be captured by an off-duty prison guard named Perfecto Salazar Acevedo. When Ramón saw himself surrounded and all escapes blocked, he drank the bottle of strychnine he was carrying, but vomited most of it and was unharmed. Once in custody, Ramón vehemently denied other parties' involvement in the assassination, and the worker's held public campaigns to raise money for his defense. He was eventually sentenced to five years in prison.[3]
General Silva Renard survived the attack, but suffered permanent effects from the injuries: he lost all movement of half of his face, became blind, and was mostly an invalid until his death in 1920. Ramón was released in 1919 and all track of him was lost after that time.[4]
^Goicovic Donoso, Igor, Entre el dolor y la ira: La venganza de Antonio Ramón Ramón, Editorial Universidad de Los Lagos, Osorno, Chile, 2005, pp. 188
^. Historia Actual Online. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-05-27. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
^"Antonio Ramón Ramón". Viento del Sur. from the original on 2008-03-04. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
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antonio, ramón, ramón, november, 1879, 1924, spanish, anarchist, born, town, molvizar, granada, spain, mostly, known, execution, attempt, against, colonel, roberto, silva, renard, aftermath, santa, maría, iquique, massacre, which, ramón, half, brother, died, 1. Antonio Ramon Ramon 13 November 1879 c 1924 was a Spanish anarchist He was born in the town of Molvizar in Granada Spain He is mostly known for his execution attempt against Colonel Roberto Silva Renard in the aftermath of Santa Maria de Iquique Massacre in which Ramon s half brother had died 1 Antonio RamonAntonio Ramon 1914Born 1879 11 13 November 13 1879Known forexecution attempt against colonel Roberto Silva RenardMovementAnarchismSanta Maria of Iquique School massacre editMain article Santa Maria de Iquique Massacre The bloodiest massacre in Chile s history occurred on December 21 1907 Workers in the nitrate mines a leading industry owned largely by foreign British and German capital struck on December 4 demanding humane working conditions and higher wages By the 13th a general work stoppage in all the nitrate mines was announced The miners were Bolivian Argentine Peruvian as well as Chileans 18 000 workers together with wives and children marched without food and water to the port of Iquique to seek support On the 14th the maritime workers joined them in the strike President Pedro Montt appointed Colonel Roberto Silva Renard to handle the situation Colonel Silva Renard under confidential orders from the minister of the interior Rafael Sotomayor ordered the miners to dissolve and return to work When the miners refused he ordered the Army to fire into the miner s encampment at the schoolyard of the Domingo Santa Maria school The official report was 140 deaths and 200 injured but the real estimates range between 1 100 and 3 500 men women and children killed Colonel Silva Renard was promoted to Brigadier General as a reward for his defense of democracy law and order The assassin editAmong the dead at the Santa Maria massacre was Manuel Vaca a Spanish immigrant worker Antonio Ramon was his half brother and the two were very close At the time of the massacre Ramon was living in Argentina but when news stopped arriving from his brother he travelled to Iquique to find out what had happened There is some evidence that he already had plans to revenge himself as he bought a dagger and some strychnine Revenge for the Santa Maria massacre was the reason Ramon arrived in Chile from Argentina using his own identity 2 Ramon finally decided to take action seven years later He found General Silva Renard walking alone to his office in Viel street in Santiago on December 14 1914 and stabbed him seven times on his back and head The General started shouting Murderer Murderer and several passersby came to his help Ramon in turn stopped the attack and tried to run away only to be captured by an off duty prison guard named Perfecto Salazar Acevedo When Ramon saw himself surrounded and all escapes blocked he drank the bottle of strychnine he was carrying but vomited most of it and was unharmed Once in custody Ramon vehemently denied other parties involvement in the assassination and the worker s held public campaigns to raise money for his defense He was eventually sentenced to five years in prison 3 General Silva Renard survived the attack but suffered permanent effects from the injuries he lost all movement of half of his face became blind and was mostly an invalid until his death in 1920 Ramon was released in 1919 and all track of him was lost after that time 4 References edit http www archivochile com Historia de Chile sta ma HCHsta ma 07 pdf Goicovic Donoso Igor Entre el dolor y la ira La venganza de Antonio Ramon Ramon Editorial Universidad de Los Lagos Osorno Chile 2005 pp 188 HAOL Num 9 Winter 2006 218 221 Historia Actual Online Archived from the original PDF on 2020 05 27 Retrieved 2007 12 26 Antonio Ramon Ramon Viento del Sur Archived from the original on 2008 03 04 Retrieved 2007 12 26 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Antonio Ramon amp oldid 1137866349, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
