St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-06
THE ITATA BROUGHT BACK.
Arrival of the Charleston With
the Insurgent Vessel.

the InSurgenC teSSei.
SAN DIEGO, Cal, July 5.-The officers
and several passengers on the steamer
Itata, which arrived here from Iquique
in convoy of the United States steam
p Charleston, tell some interesting
incidents connected with the arrival of
the Itata at Iquique some weeks ago,
and her subsequent departure for this
port in convoy of the Charleston. They
say when the Itata steamed into the
harbor of Inquique her officers did not
know the vessel had already been de-
livered to the United States, and that
formal demand had been made OH the
insurgents for the surrender of the yes
sci. They stated that this demand was
accompanied by the following message
from the American flagship: IF you
refuse and do not give her up peacea-
bly,, | will seize every one of your ships
and blockade every port OH the coast"
The reply of the insurgents was simply
an order for Captain MauZin to deliver
the Itata, her cargo and effects into the
hands of the United States authorities.
The captain of the Baltimore went on
board the Itata and presented an order
to Capt Mauzin with the words: I'm
the name OF the United States l con-
fiscate this ship and her cargo"
That's all right, that's all right" re-
piled Capt. Mauzln. Il am a German
subject. You can do nothing with me.
Take the ship"
The commander of the ESmeralda,
who had remained on board the ltata
when the two vessels parted company
off Acapulco. could not be found. He
had accomplished his mission, quietly
dropping over the side of the vessel.
He, in company with several brother
officers, was soon on the shore and safe
from further pursuit. On taking pos
session of the vessel the United States
officers and Chill ans went on board and
took stock of the cargo. Preparations
were at once made to return, and Lieu
tenant Commander Todd and Ensign
Churchill from the Charleston took
charge of the Itata. That ships engines
were found to be in bad condition,
owing to the terrible strain put on them,
and Engineer Hollis was sent on
board to superintend the neces-
sary repairs. This consumed several
days, but finally the hour of departure
was set for Saturday evening, June Ii,
at o'clock. AT that hour the Charles
ton signaled go ahead" The Itata
signaled in return that she was not
ton signal for her to put to sea, but it
was evident that the Chilians were very
averse to undoing the results of their
long and tedious voyage. AT S:45 D. m.
the Charleston again Signaled. Thr re-
ply came back that the ltata had not re-
ceived her supply of water. This was
in turn sigEaled to the flagship, and at
9 o'clock Admiral Mccain signaled to
the Itata: ''Put to sea at once, water
or no water" The Itata accordingly
departed. The return voyage was de-
void of incident.
An Associated Press reporter visited
the Charleston, and from her officers
learned that the feeling on the part OF
the CHILEAN congressional party is eX-
tremely bitter toward the United States,
to which they looked, if not for assist
ance, at the least for non-interference.
The Charleston also brings news that
the insurgents have now about 10000
men in the field, while the government
forces are not quite as numerous. Be-
sides, the Insurgents have taken possess
sion of almost the entire country north
of Valparaiso. The insurgents were
recently attacked by Balmaeeda'S
forces in the town of IquIque.
They fought their way into
the very streets. They attacked the
custom house, where there were great
many English goods, and where num-
Der of English and American residents
had taken refuge at critical moment.
The commander of the British war ship
Warspite arrived with asdetachment of
marines. He informed both sides that
foreigners and their property would be
protected. If they did not stop lighting
in the streets he would take hand in
it himself. They retired to the country
back of the city and continued the
battle. The insurgents finally came off
victorious. 1t is reported that there is
an insurgent commander on the Itata
now on his way to Washington, but if
such is the case he has kept his identity
concealed