New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-01
ORIGIN OF THE HAY1TAN TROUBLES
s,,ouors Asp1oAr1oN AND SUBSEQUENT


EVENTS IN THE BLACK REPUBLIC
In Ju,e. 1888. General Louis saion'0n' freaiueh'
of Hayti Issued q call for inc - -
different districts oil tno hopUI ,N..u.,n- A.,
,.., - ,,,ust "a IL was his intention then
ING 80 a, IL fascination. On July and the
" - :, s,s rolitIcA opponents burned some pnohc
s,nd,r. and mart Of his property at Por'-au-rrinoe
ts,oon acovered the name OF one OF the incohuafio>
"a hsd him shot salomon's enemies tried 10 lay 'ho
h,. q, the work Of the inoendaI1es on LIS
- thosa ubo sspced TO the Presidency 0on'lhuoa
20 raise dsturbances salomon had Kept tne hopuOho
~ ar'naro,ys peace for many years, and he believed
III 'ou'p 's A.vs nut down the disturbances by
put he determined not 10 resort to that, being
80 -, ~ loug struggle and August 10 he ao-
a,c.,.a and took refuge on British man-oNwar.
Cons 40 this city he sailed for Paris, where ne oeo
In October. .,r,,s. IN
Al. pr,oedinc day General Telemsque assembled the
r,uresentatves Of foreign governments ana accused
PRESIDENT salomon Of illegal and arbitrary ao's' he
was charged with violating the Constitution, with
.,,,sttnV senators and other eminent citizens and
kespIng them In prison for months and years Without
ahai with wasting the peoples money and with
having innocent men shot General Telemaaue
Announced that he would take up arms on August
s and seek 10 bring about q new order OF ehings'
The Government was overturned, Solomon ned and
for q time q Provisional Government was In power
composed OF Boisroud Canal, seide Telemaque D.
terittma. E. Claude Hyppolte, U. ST. Arnaad and c.
Archin This Government, however. soon went to
p,eces the two factions in the island being led by
Isgitine and Telemaque. Tho latter was killed In
an engagement in September and later Legltimo was
elected President Hyppoite then took up the leader
ship of the rebels with his base OF operations at
Cans Haytien on the north coast, and ths civil war
has continued ever since. Legitime, at the capital
Port-suPrfnce, made efforts to establish navy
and to enforce a blockade but his war vessels did
little TO attract attention except to seize the Haytien
Republic which Legtime returned to her owners upon
demand from the United States Government and afer
A naval demonstration by American men-of-war.
In spite of the blockade Hyppoite continued 10 re-
ceve men and supplies from abroad, and In the iaSt
few weeks he made rapid progress toward the capital
Several Of Legitime's officers deserted him and Tor
some time past the island has been In state OF
anarchy.
ADMIRAL GHERARpI CALLED TO WASHINGTON.
Rear-Aomiral Bancroft GherariI. the commandant
,f the North Atlantic Squadron, who recently returned
With the sioop.ofvsr Galena from Hsyh, was sum-
moned TO Washington by Secretary Tracy yesterday
morning His mission is 10 give Information to Sec
retaries Blaine Tracy and windom with regard to the
situation OF Affairs between tho two contendins factions
n TIE Island OF Hsyti and also with regard 10 tho
sesith Of the hsrbor and city of Port Prince. II
viii be determined upon the Information that he gives
whether the cruiser Boston and d commission shall be
sent at onoe 10 Hayt with view of assisting 10 bring
Abous peace on the island