Who was trapped in the strike and an armed uprising by Catalan seperatists ?
Under its two presidents , Francesc Macià ( 1931–1933 ) and Lluís Companys ( 1934–1939 ) , the republican Generalitat carried out a considerable task , despite the serious economic crisis , its social repercussions and the political vicissitudes of the period , including its suspension in 1934 , due to an uprising in Barcelona in October that year .