New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-20
A CRISIS COMING IN HAYIL'
r,,p LATEST NEWS IS FAVORABLE 10
49, HYPPOLITE
ron,,cs REPRESENTATIVES, TRYING TO AR
n.ver rRrATY-IrcITIME's TERMS
REJECTED BY THE NORTHERN
IEADI

LEADER.
-priucc. Aug. Special).-lhese are eX-
,,mes for Uayti, and lncldeh's loio"
o'' o.ber in rapid succession Inc op"hiS"
W. -, sanchez went 10 st. Marc last M"huay
s'n;ns having hhe English Consul"eheral
s .ho Sranish Consul on board. lhelr Visit
an" ' IL result Of a conference between the
,.Iomatic body with the exception oil ohteu
S.p,oS Minister Thompson. and Legitme lhe
80. Co0srls mentioned above were empowered To
10 mace with General Hyppolite but the first
- Of Iegitime. that the Northern army
shomId he withdrawn and that Hyppolte was to
-. ort-ou-Prince with small body-guard,
,cool,.d TINT arrangement in the head. HYpp0hte
a., dictatcd his terms and the Spanish gun
hoo. roturned here Tuesday evening at I o'clock.
Tho meeting at the palace directly after was
s+ormv Members of the Cabinet drew guns
on each other at different times during that nlSi1
and the next morning, but no killing was done
H. WAS generally understood in Port-au-Prlncc
an Monday that a cessation of hosmhtdes h"u
been arranged; and in consequence most oil the
troops left the Notifications to see and hear wh"o
WAS gong on at headquarters, and In ordef 10
get them back to their places the guns OF al
tbe forts were fired a number of times giving the
impression that the city was being attacked oy
Hyppolitc.
The city had been entirely undefended ON the
road to the south until Monday when the near
approach Of the disaffectcd troops from Jdcinoi'
Jeremie Aux Cages and Leozane. having "pouC
coo of Hyppolites soldiers with hem' c"uSVu
great activity in arming and equippng the oiu
fort at Bizoton the same by the way Nii'ch was
once captured by sixty English SailorS'
steamer Panama landed two guns ana amIhuh''o
and the place was quickly put in condition Tor
a ,r1,s
the only outlet to the south, and is one oi the
few Iassable roads IN Hayti. \ stream OF people
has been hurrying into the city over TINS ROAD
with their household effects Two weeks ago they
were just as anxious To get out OF Port-ao-
Prince when there was danger of bOmbdfomeht.
There a hunted expression ON every idCc' Us
if its owner had little hope OF beng sac any
where. The troops are scattered along lhe rcdu'
l6tting their living out of the ghbOrlnS gardens,
As no ratiOnS were served out ana IL must oe
worse beyond the fort, where an uhOiucered moo
is waiting until strong enough 10 maich upon Ile
opposing force. The soldiers made insOlent de-
mands on all foreigners passing Tor money lCr
rum. and gave the idea that it would not be sale
10 refuse them. The Minister Of war. Selec
Pene. is in charge of the work here, ana only
goes into the city for Cabinet meetings.
This afternoon Legitme Inspected the fleet OF
Haytian gunbOats lying in The inner harbOr. Yards
fired. The widest excitement rl2ned IN the
town: some feared that Lesitime would not come
back, aud others hoped that they had seen tho
last of him all queted down two hours atec
when he returned to the palace.
This evening the English guaboat Forward left
here and her destination though secret. j.
probably St Marc, Legitime probably having
agreed TO Hyppoltes terms There is a rumor
on the streets tonight that Legitme has been
guaranteed safe passage out Of the country and
o certain amount of cash. and that he is 10 leave
here on the French steamer August 4, but
many think that his life will not be spared that
long in Port-au-Prince.
News received from Hayti by the passengers on tho
steamship Aisa which arrived yesterday, to the
effect that things were again looking black for Legi-
time. 1t said that a large part of his army was
turned against him that he coOped up closer than
in Port au Prince that Jacmel and Aux Cages in
The south of Hayh. had risen up and revOlted" and
than ALL pork was 20 cents pound in Fort-au-
Prince.