The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 10, 1897, Page 1

> VOLUME LXXXI.— NO. T2 SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDA Y MORNING. FEERUARY 10, 1897 PRICE FIVE CENTS [ otiber Joutio 'ths aword STuPthe | E AN E UU H]' e et ey e iGa | ELEASED At Last the American Is| Freed From Spanish Tyrants. REQUEST IN SCOVEL'S| CASE DENIED. Nine Political Suspects to Be| Deported To-Day From Havana to Cueta. FIENDISH CRUGLTIES ARE YET BOLDLY PRACTICED. All the Rul's of Civilized Warfare | Openly Violated by the Hordes of Weyler. | known. HAVANA, Cusa, Feb. 9.—Gaspar Bet- | ancourt, a naturalized American, who was | ed a few days ago of the charge of aiding and abetting the rebels, was finally om custody to-day. a Sotolonga, 8 woman who escaped nuary 22 from the House of Refuge, where she had been placed as a political suspect, was recaptured yesterday and ecommitted to the House of Refuge. unday. nown. ent has denied the request neral Lee that Sylvester 8¢ American newspaper corre- e o was arrested last week, be | transferred to Havana for trial. The Government holds that as Scovel will be y & civil court the proceedings | 1d be held in Santa Clara province, | o was arrested. the organ of the Autonomist ty,paysa bigh tribue to Prime Minister o in connection with the;Cuban It applauds the measure ana es its adherence to the Government in the enforcement of the reforms. It de- clares that it expects that the scheme will be a powerful means in obtaining peace. Comercio, the ultra-conservative rgan, maintains a significant silence on he subject of reform. Charles Scott, an American citizen, has been arrested at Re la, across the bay from Havana. The reason of his arrest is unknown. Ear ety FRESH SPANISH BUTCHERIES, Neither Women Nor Children Spared by Fiendish Oppressors. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 9.—A Herald special from Key Wesi, Fla., says: Ha- | vana advices received here state that a i umn has raided a large insur- ital in the Cienaga de Zapata wo ill and wounded sin the hospital, and these, it is kilied by the ‘Spaniards. The cians in charge succeeded in es- but four nurses (women) were prisoners. The Spaniards were guided 1o the hospital by a Cuban. While returning from this raid the niards discovered a camp of Pacificos t inside the swamp. This camp was male Cubans, thirty-two raided, and | an ola but near the railway and close to | three months, and say they have subsisted | ridges. | to their principals and in due course secret negotiations were opened, which had for | | orders for war materials should aggregate | look for recogn. 1 bonds in the amount named. | 1and has done.” dren. The Spaniards seized the women, but told them the children must be aban- doned. Three of the women resisted and were shot. The other women, at the point of the bayonet, were forced to abandon their lit- *ie ones and march in front of the Span- ish soldiers. The women were sent to Havana on Friday, accused of being ene- mies of Spain, and were placed in the prison set apart for women of the town. Ia Pinar del Rio province four Cuban girls were arrested by the Spaniards, charged with aiding in the recent dyna- mitine of trains. The girls were found in the scene of the recent wreck. They re- fused to cive their names, but said that their parents had been murdered and | their homes burned by guerrillas, end | that they fled to the woods for safety. | The girls claim to have been in the woods | on game. When captured, each of the girls was armed with a repeating rifls and a hunt- ing-knife. They also had plenty of cart- The Spaniards claim dynamite was also found in the hut occupied by the girls. They were taksn to Artemisa and imprisoned. The Spaniards believe that | they are daughters of the Cuban Chief, | Zarraga, who is operating in Pinar del | Rio. The girls, it is alleged, have been sub- jected to indignities in an attempt to | force a confession, and are confined in a cell, held for arson and other crimes. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 9—The Press | s England made a strong bid for the | Cuban Junta, but the fact is not generally More than eighteen months ago | a representative of makers of war muni- ti nd another representative of cer- | tain moneyed men of London came here | and had several meetings with Cubans known to have intluence with the pro- moters of the present revolution. These representatives made their report their basis the agreement by the Cuban Junta to purchase all supplies, guns, am- munition, medicine and, in the event of recognition by this country, vessels to be sailed under letters of marque from cer- | tain syndicates whose headquarters were | in London. When this scheme was broached by the English agents, the Cubans were so HOT ON "THE: "ERAJL. strongly of the opinion that Cleveland would acknowledge them as belligerents at the expiration of one year of war that they refused to listen to any proposition which contemplated the removal of the | Junta from this country. Then ltmi Englishman named a sum of money to be | invested in Cuban bonds whenever the | a certain amount. This was a great temptation, and at one time there was a strong sentiment fa- | . | Admiral Bunce's Squadron Then—in whe summer of 155 ihere sa¢| Blocks the Charleston so general an interest in the war by the | people of the United States and the out- | Harbor. a by belligeient rights | seemed 0 ‘hear that the negotiations were ended by a refusalto move to Lon- | o 5 3 don. Since that time the effort by the | S000 the Vesuvius Will Come English syndicates has been renewed, | Down the Coast to Run and in order to clinch the deal the sum of | £500,000 was offered to the Junta, through | the Blockade. Fidel G. Pierrs, if the Junta would close | | the New York office and thereaft-r make | its purchases of the English syndicates which offered to subscribe to the Guban Show No Sign of Damage Done Notwithstanding the pressing need for | e funds and the implied contract that goods | purchased in England would be permitted | to leave that country for Cuba, the Cubans | decided to remain here. this being the natural point from which the Junta's work should be carried on. board the warships off Cbarleston Bar to- In speaking of this matter Pierra said; | day were futile. The Fern came up to the “Several millions of dollars have been ex- | city for mail and provisions and the Mar- pended by friends of Cuba in this country | biehead was Iying off the battery, but the and several million more would have been | other ships were strung out to sea beyond expended but for Cleveland’s attitude. | the jetties for a distance of eight miles. it may bs that we may have to go to England for future supplies, but I hope | out, is from sixteen to eighteen miles from and believe that McKinley will not go so | the city far out of his way to hamper us as Cleve-| E CHARLESTON, 8. C., Feb. 9.—All ef- | forts of y this morning some signaling was | done from the flagship New York, and in | 7§ i NE“‘ Tnlet e oggerhend g y’xnlt( rwumble Shey 0c, 2 SFRroke Inlet + Life Savings Stations o 20 3¢ 4o Scale of Mites SCENE .OF BUNCE'S TERRIBLE ORDEAL. The scene of the terrible experiences of Admiral Bunce's fleeton Friday and Saturday last was not far from where the famous Monitor was lost on December 30, tered or injured, is a matter for general th Cape Hatteras, as is attested by the numb: 1862. That the vessels all came through the storm safely, though more or less bat- ankfulness. There is no more dangerous locality along the Atlantic coast than off er of life-saving stations maintained by the Government in the vicinity of the hun- dreds of wrecks that strew the shores. During the time of the war especially, when there was no light service maintained, the number of disasters was appalling. The loss of the Monitor was fortunately not accompanied by any great loss of life, nearly all of her crew being taken off in boats before she went down by the men from the steamer Rhode Island, which had been towing her. The ves-el was on her way to join Admiral DuPont's fleet off Charleston harbor when she met the disaster that terminated her short but eventful life. This was the second time she had ever been on the high seas, the first being her voyage from New York, wiere she was constructed, to Hampton Roads. On the morning after her arrival, March 9, 1862, she engaged in the battle with the Merrimac. Seaworthy Vessels of the New Navy | them. newspaper correspondents to | The cruiser Columbia, which is farthest | | consequence the ships bezan to move from the north to the south from the harbor. Toe battleship Maine anchored a little to the south of the lightship, which stands just six miles out from ¥ort Sumter. The Fern lies benind the Maine, the New York is a half mile further south. Hall way across the main channel is the monitor Amphitrite and beyond her out ac sea is the Columbia. It is supposed here that the ships have taken these stations with a view to effect- | ually guarding the south entrance to the t barbor, and that future arrivals—the In- | diana and Massachuserts for instance— will be placed to che north.. The Delphin was powhere in_evidence to-day, and it is believed she has sailed south, possibly to relieve the Newark at the mouth of the $t. Johns River. The Vesuvius has been ordered away from League Island, and as she is to be the blockade runner it is thought she will come down the coast under her own or- ders after all the big snips are in posi- tion and try to run into the harbor under This is the supposition, but it is hardiy possible. Efforts to make some detailed state- | ment of the injuries done the ships during the storm h been of no avail. The Marbleheaa, when up to the city, gave littie evidence of injury. ure was battered somewhat, but as one stood upon her deck she looked little the worse for wear. At a meeting of the City Council of Charleston held to-night an invitation was exiended to tae Governor of South Carolina and the General Assembly to visit the city on the 18th, when Secretary Hervert and Admiral Bunce and the officers of the flect are to be entertained by the citizens and commercial On the 18th a public dinner will be given by the Chamber of Commerce, and among the guests will be Secretary Herbert of | the puvy, Admiral Bunce and other dis- tinguished guests, will be held by the Mayor, and at night a ball will be given the visitors, BEAUFORT, 8. C., Feb.9.—The United States cruiser Newark arrived at Port Royal from Jacksonville this evening. RENEWED FIGHTING IN CRETE. Belligerent Christians Have a Battle With Turkish Troops, Who Are Defeated. ATHENS, Ggreece, Feb. 9. — Advices from Canea, Crete, show that there has been renewed fighting outside the city between the beiligerent Christians and a body of Tarkish troops. From the accounts received here it is judged that the Christians defeated the troops. Fifteen of the latter were killed. After some celay the Greek iron-clad now in the harbor of Canea saluted the Turkish flag and the salute was returned. LONDON, Exc., Feb. 9.—A dispatch from Athens to the Exchange Telegraph Company says that the ofticial Gazette publishes a royal decree ordering all available Greek warships to bs put into commission immediately and requiring several of them to be sent to Crete with the least possible delay. In the House of Commons to-day George N. Curzon, Under Foreign Secretary, said that nothing had been heard by the Gov- ernment of the formation of a provisional government in Crete. It is reported here that the Greek flag has been hoistea at Retimo, Crete, and that order at that place is bring rapidly restored. S MATE FEASEE CONVICTED, Found Guilty of Causing the Death of a Aeaman. LONDON, E Feb. 9.—To-day’s pro- ceedings in the trial of the firs: and sec- ond mates of the British ship George T. Hires, who with the crew of the vessel were brought here on January 8, charged with causiug the death of a seaman named Brostrom by ill-treatment during the voy- age of the ship from Mobile, August 24, 1896, to Rio Janerio, where she arrived November 22 last, resulted in the convic- tion of. the ftirst mate, Fraser, who was found guilty by the jury of baving in- flicted unlawful punishment upon Bros- ; trom. The court postponed sentence up- on Fraser until the completion of the trial of the second mate and the fifteen seamen, which will take place to-morrow. Her superstruct- | bodies. | A public reception | | | fore the disturbance BATTLE WITH DOCK-WORKERS Hamburg Laborers Have No Patience With the ~ Police. Trouble Brewing Since the Strike Culminates in a Very Lively Fight. Cubs, Stomes, Pistols and Sabers Used—Two Men Killed and Nine- teen Seriously Wounded. HAMBURG, GerMaNy, Feb. 9. — Ever since the decision of a majority of the men | who took part in the great strike here of dock laborers employed in the ship- ping trade to return to work there has been men, and those who watched the situation closely could see that trouble was brew- ing. The defeat of the str kers was due mainly to the lack of funas, and they felt very bitter that they were compelled to return to work without having in the least benefited their condition. To-night the bad feeling among the men culminated in a bitter fight between a | large number of men who had been on a strike and the police, who for several days had been anticipating the trouble. Be- was quelled two men were killed and nineteen seriously wounded. Among the latter are five po- licemen. Ttis not known exactly how the fight- ing startea, but one report has it that it originated in a dispute between some men who were arguing as to the correct- ness of the decision to return to work and who finally came to blows. When the police attempted to intervene the men abandoned their own guarrel and com- bined to thrash the policemen, the fight- ing soon assuming wide proportions. Another story is that the police were the aggressors. However this may be, the fighting became very serious, re- volvers and sabers being freely used, The police were rapidly getting the worst of | the contest, they being greatly outnum- | bered by the raging mob of rioters, whose | members were quickly swelled, not only by genuine workingmen- but by the horde of vicicus idlers about the harbor, who were only too anxious under the circum- stances to engage with their natural enemies, the police. The latter at first attempted to get the mob to disperse by the use of mild means, but these proving unavailing sabers were drawn and orders given to charge the mob. The rioters, some of whom were armed with revolvers, while others haa bludgeons and stones as weapons, held their ground tenaciously and made a desperate resistance, which the police were unable to overcome. Eventually re-enforcements were hur- ried to the scene in response to the urgent call of the officer in command of the police, and finally the rioters were dis- persed with great difficulty. Later crowds of workingmen gathered in Sanct Pauli, Wilhelmsburg and Al- toona, all of which places are, practically, parts of Hamburg, and threatened venge- ance upon the police. The latter, fearing there would be another ou break, went in s rong force to the places mentioned and compelled obedience to their orders that the streets be cleared. They also cleared the streets in the re- gion of the harbor. It is generally be- lieved that if the rioters had been better armed the police would not have been able to handle them and tbat it would probably have been necessary to call on the military for assistance. Most of the injured were removed to the much discontent among the | | nosvitals, Ninety of the ricters wers ar | rested. | The guarter cccupied by workingmen | was simmering with angry feeling and the men were loud in their denunciation of the police. Further disturbances dur- ing the night were anticipated, and to guard against further outbreaks the police patrols were doubled. A heavy rain is falling and this tended to kéep indoors | many discontented workingmen who might otherwise have taken part in the rioting. PLANS FOR THE INAUGURAL. They Are Fully Explamed to President- Elect McKinley by Gensral Porter and J. €. Bell. CANTON, Os1o0, Feb. 9.—The statement that Governor John D. Long had been aefinitely fixed upon for Secretary of the Navy was confirmed by Major McKinley himself this afternoon. There will be no | departure from this assignment of the Navy portfolio unless the present Cabinet slate should be remodeled at the last mo- ment. Ex-Governor Saxton of New York called on Major McKinley afterncon. He said: “I have come to Canton in thein- terest of a friend and do not care to state the precise purpose of my errand. I will say this much, however, that it has noth- | ing to do with the selection of a New York | member of the Csbinet. I am notan aspirant for appointment to the Cabinet, | and I think the mostacceptable New York | Republican for that position and honor is General 8. L. Woodford of Brooklyn, but I fear New York may be left alto- gether.” Major McKinley listened to an ample and detailed discussion ol the plans for the inaugural ball and ceremonies to-day. C. J. Bell of Washington, chairman of the | inaugural committee told him all about the arrangements for the ball. This evening General Horace Portercamedowa from Cleveiand and explained the plans for the big paraae. General Porter is to be grand marshal. He spent the night in Canton. It isun- derstood that his visit has no relation whatever to the New York political situa- tion, and that be is no longer under con- sideration for the Cabinet. Mr. Bell ex- pressed the fear that the failure of the railroad companies to furnish low rates for the inaugural might reduce the crowd somewhat, but from the accommodations engaged it is thought that Washington will be thronged. Among Major McKinley’s visitors to- day were ex-Fourth Assistant Postmaster- General E. G. Rathborn oi Hamilton, O., Lieutenant Durbin of Denver, ex-Mayor Eustis of Minneapolis, S. H. Nash of Manchester, Ky., and Edward Marston, a full-blovded Indian from Alaska. S e RUN INTO AN OPEN SWITCH. | | Wrack of the East-Bound Union Pacific Fast Mail Troin With Fatal Results. OMABA, Nesr, Feb. 9.—The East- bound fast maii on the Umon Pacific Railroad due here at 4:45 r. »., ran into an oven switch in the yards and jumped the track and tie engine turned com- pletely over. The fireman was killed out- right and the engineer cannot live. The dead man is Tom Krause of Council Bluffs, who was scalded to death. W. H. Vanney of Omaha, the engineer, was fatally scalded and cannot live through the night. J. Hughes, Pullman porter, of Oakland, Cal., injuries. Several passengers were badly shaken up and three ladies fainted. These were attended by Dr..Falton of San Francisco, who was on the train. William Henn, a switchman in the yards, says that he had opened tbe switch in anticipation of the approach of a Rock Island freight, which usually precedes the fast mail. To-day thefreight was late, and | betore Henn realized it the passenger train, runaing thirty-five miles an hoar, came into view. He signaled theengineer and attempted to turn the switch, but was too late. Mail disiributors in the car to the rear of the engine had a narrow escape. The coach was badly battered and the brake- be;ma forced through the floor and rear end. received serious internal H NDIANS 01 THER TRAL Redskin Scouts Clese Upon the Santa Fe Train Robbers. ONE OF THE OUTLAWS HARD-PRESSED. Easily Followed From the Spot Where the Leader Was Slain. MESSENGER SUMMERS' RESISTANCE. BRAVE Saved the Treasure in His Keeping by One Well- Directed Shot. KINGMAN, Ariz., Feb. 9.—The posse which eft here last night in pursuit of the robbers who boaraed the Santa Fe train near Nelson returned to this city this morning to procure fresh horses. Tue posse was re-enforced here and left again for the scene of the ‘*“hold-up’” at 11 o’clock. At Nelson Indian scouts have taken up the trail of one of the bandits and are hopeful of soon capturing him. The trail is clear and easily followed, as the man is riding one horse and leading another. He has siartea northward from the railroad toward Grand Canyon, a point situated about thirty miles north of Kingman. The body of the robber who W killed 1s still at Peach Springs and as yet un- identified. The deceased was a young man of slender build, abou: six feet in height and of light complexion. From his dress he was evidently a cowboy. Nothing was found on his person that would lead to his identification. It is be- lieved that he was one of the gang of cat- tle-thieves which had been operating in the northern part of this Territory. The inquest will probably be b 2 e Lo eld Thursday. GRIT OF THE MESSENGER. Saved the Express-Car Treasure by Kille iny the Leader. LOS ANGELES, OCaL, Feb. 9.—The Santa Fe overlandtrain which was boarded by outlaws near Nelson, Ariz., last night, when one of the robbers was killed by Ex- press Messenger Alexander Summers, ar- rived in this city only thirty minutes late this afternoon. It was well crowded with passengers, each of whom had his own tale of experience to relate. Some ludi- crous scenes were described, but the spec- tators were not in a frame of mind to en- joy ttem. Many of these stories exag- gerated the attempted ‘‘bold-up” to a wonderful degree, one woman claiming that fifty shots were fired. The passengers one and all praise the courage and coolness of Express Messen- There is nothing too good t and unassuming gentle man here to-night. He has been overwhelmed with con- gratulationa. Crowds gathered at nearly all the stations on the route to Los Angeles to yeil for “Good boy Alex.” Messenger Summers, who bas been in the employ of the company for ten years, described his exciting experience toa CaLr correspondent this afternoon. “As we slowed up,” he said, “‘one of the robbers proceeded to uncouple the mail and baggage car from the balance of the train. Just then Randal, my assistant, said that one oif them could be seen from my car side door and remarked, ‘I can bring down.’ Isaid, ‘Hold on, don’t shoot; it may be a railroad man.’ ‘There are two doors on each side of the car. Randal went to the forward side-door to the left {o get out, while I took the one on the right. nearest the rear end of the car. T opened it cautiously, and not seeing any one, dropped down carefully to the ground and was going to crawl under the car and get on the brakebeam. “The two cars had been uncoupled and ‘were moving along at this time. I am quite up to jumping brakebeams, and as the end of the car moved up to me L grasped hold of the side rods, at the same time observing one of the robbers standing on the lower step of the same platform on the opposite side. When I pad drawn myself up I took good aim with my revolver and fired. He tumbled Leadlong off the step. He had in his hand a small cut-off double-barrelled gun and was looking forward at the time, endeavor- ing to get a bead on my helper, who was trying to get down on the opposite side. “Ag soon as I fired I dropped to the ground. and the engine and mail and ex- press cars moved away. I could see my man lying on the ground, butnot knowing whether he was dead or alive, I fired two more shots at his body. I then went up to him and found tbat he was dead. The first bullet had entered the back of the head, just above the left ear. I lifted his mask and came to the conclusion that he was a cowboy. 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