El Trommel Explained

El Trommel was a socialist fortnightly newspaper published from El Astillero, Spain 1906–1908.^{[1] [2]} Diego Pérez Reventún was the editor of El Trommel. El Trommel was printed at La Ideal printing shop in Santander. The price for subscription was 50 centimos per trimester.^[3] El Trommel substituted an earlier socialist publication, La Voz del Pueblo.^[4]

The editorial line caused discomfort to the mayor of El Astillero, Casimiro Tijero. El Trommel was closed down in January 1908 after the newspaper had been forced to pay a deposit of 2,000 pesetas and court had issued a fine against it for 125 pesetas after complaints from Tijero.^{[5] [6]} A similar tactic had been used to enforce the closure of La Voz del Pueblo a few years earlier.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Garrido Martín, Aurora. Cantabria 1902-1923: elecciones y partidos políticos. [Santander]: Universidad de Cantabria, 1990. p. 161
2. Cueva Merino, Julio de la. Clericales y anticlericales: el conflicto entre confesionalidad y secularización en Cantabria (1875-1923). [Santander]: Universidad de Cantabria, 1994. p. 175
3. Gutiérrez Lázaro, Cecilia, and Antonio Santoveña Setién. UGT en Cantabria, 1888-1937. Santander: Universidad de Cantabria, 2000. p. 89
4. Revista de fomento social, Vol, 30, Eds. 117–120. 1975. p. 407
5. Gutiérrez Lázaro, Cecilia, and Antonio Santoveña Setién. UGT en Cantabria, 1888-1937. Santander: Universidad de Cantabria, 2000. p. 94
6. Boletín de la Biblioteca de Menéndez Pelayo, Vol. 77–78. La Sociedad, 2001. p. 196