New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-24
captain SCHLEY'S REPORT
.vr ASSAULT IN VALPARAISO ON THE
BALTBIoRE'S MEN
,nSs CONFERENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
,eour 1T-INDIcAToNs THAT CHILEAN
po1IcE WERE IMPLIcATED-HATRED
SHOWN AGAINST AMERICANS.
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SHOWN AGAINST AMERICANS.
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u.sbington. Oct. 2S.-The dispatch Of Captain
- commanding the United States cruiser
pS,t,more. which narrates the results of his IN
''.st,ca.ior Of the eowardly, brutal and deadly
'~-.u,ts OF Chilans in Valparaiso upon petty
a., and number of seamen belonging 10 Iie
n.lt;nore. was the subjec: Of long ana earneSU
.-.tsnnce at the White House this afternoon
TA condition Of affairs is justly regaideo Us grave
"a ssrious in the extreme, and such prompt ana
-I.rous measures as may he necessary VIII DE
- 70 uphold the honor and dignity OF he
Ir,ted States and obtain repararion Tor an OUT
-. which has few parallels in the modern MS
."e~ II civilized nations. The outcome OF tne
.ssir will be awaited with eager ana
80 interest The facts disclosed By Captain
s,hlev's official investigation were TRANSMITTED oS
..ay,auh t. Minister Egan this afternoon, together
.+,s instructions call them TO the Immediate at
,,,.ion OF the Chihan authorities accompanied oy
demand for prompt ana suitable rep'r"Oloh'
Tho assaults upon sailors wearing the uniicrm oil
- rnitsd States were not oniy unprovoked. but
80 of a most atroclous and deadly nature they
acts Of assassination and attempted assaSslna-
~ NV a large number Of armed rufianS upon
go sobpr. peaceable unarned aud defenceless men
:, ,he service and wearing the Uniform OF friendly
government.
20, oply were nearly two score of the victims
- intended victims of the outrageous assaults
.,estad by the Gillian authorities OF Valparaiso,
oDs SEQUEL Of the affair. but 1t Is the unanimous
o,;rion Of the surgeons OF the United States
X.,v who have charge of the meu who were
,.hhed and cut that some OF the wounds We're
;reie,ed BY bayonet thrusts. II this be true,
,mbsr of the Valparaiso police must
have been among tie aSSai4ants. ne
orlv vsiating incident OF the 0ep.Orabe out
,oss seems to have been the attempt Of certain
.,ios Of the Gillian Navy and few police Off
osrS 10 protect the lives Of the United states
sailOx VINO were in jeopardy. The circumstances
n the assaults unfortunately leave little ground
70 doubt, however. that Uley were premedltated
and we're inspired by hatred toward the United
States. which ives the first nation officially to
reoOsni1e the Provisional Government of Chill
after the fail Of Balmaceda. II would actually
aouear as if the hatred and thirst for vengeance
AGAINST the officers and sailors of the Navy OF the
United States in Chill is stronger and more bit
ter than against the partisans of the fallen Bal
aaeeda What action was taken by the CnuIaA
authorities after the arrest Of the Balulhoes
men is not yet clearly understood here, owing 10
some difficulty in transating the dispatch OF
Captain Schey, which transmitted IN cipher.
After Secretary Tracy and General John W.
Foster. vino represented tie Department OF State
IN the conference, had LETT the White House. the
Secretary gave 70 the representatives OF the
press paraphraSe of Captain Schley's DISPATCH as
follows;
Captain schleys Investigation showed that Ch2 idS
Riggan while riding IN street car wac 1dprcd
dragged from the and shot: that ne was uIueIcu
IN the arms OF his p2niOus b. about I'M mtA "I'
were armed; that Apprentice Fred iabot vas a.
sailed and dan gerousv cut times III the DacK
two OF the wounds penetrating his laneS tla' OOsi-
Heavier lthersOn robbed and dangerously cut vera
times In the back this assault being MADE Dy aOJu.
twenty five men that CoaliieaNcr TURNOUT TcceIoS
eighteen wounds IN the back two OF when PeueJIdtcu
his lungs. and that he : n critical stat uat fetS
Ob,cer Hamilton was wOuldCC several umcH IL III"
back and other parts Of me body that COal-ltcaNcT
Painter and Llndsman Da' ldsOn were dangerously In
tur.d by assaults with clubs, stones and iuuVes, and
that MANY other men were scIlJusk Injured Dy a.
saults, that thrty-hve scanen were arJCSJed by the
public authorities and detained tiat the surgeons on
some Of the wounds were inflicted by bayOuets, thus
showing clearly the participation OF the police that
less that they were sober ard innocent Of any mis-.
behavior; that two OF the seriously wounded still
the CHILEAN feet rendered assistance TO sailors
and that in Instances the po ice officers protected
them
Secretary Tracy said that he was obliged to
parapbrase the dispatch in order to protect ore
Department cipher code, otherwise the dispatch
would have been made public exactly Us written.
The cruiser San Francisco, which is al CallaO,
waiting orders, will proceed to Valparaiso il
affairs there shall assume such phase as shall.
seem 70 make her presence necessary -Four DAYS
will carry her TO that port. he Yorktown 10
also on her way 10 Valparaiso, having been OF
her arrival at ST Thomas. West Indies, about ten
days ago.