Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-10-29
CHILIIS CALLED.
United States Minister Egan
Demands Reparaticn for the
Valparaiso Outrage.
The Junta Has Expressed No Re-
gret for the Murderous Attack
Upon the Sailors.

SANTIAG0, Chill, Octob r 96.-Tte
UGit-d S'ste- government through
Minis er Egan, has formally demand
cd reparstion from the gpvernm, n Of
Chin for the attack recently made ~
Valparaiso upon a number If sel men
Of The United States cruiser Baltimore.
Egan presented the junta with a de-
iailed statement OF the results Of The
invs stig4tiOu made by Capt. Scbley, Of
the Baltimore, aud himself. These
investigations show that Charles R'g-
gan, one Of the Btliimore's petty
officers, was brutally assaulted by sew
eral Chilians while riding on a street
car. Rigpsn resisted, but was dragged
from the car and murdered 10 the arms
4 his cOmrads. Turnbull, another OF
the Baltimore's wounded men, who
died from his Injuries, received no less
than eighteen stab wOunos n he back,
two OF them penetrating the luuV-
After giving full list of the Baltimors's
crew injured by the mob, Egan's
statement called the attention
to the fact that thirty~five Of tn
cruisers crew were on the day o.
the riot arrested, unnecessary violence
being used by the police. and detained
IN custody without due e use. In con.
elusion + gan said the surgeons ( th-
Ba tim = expressed their opinion that
some Of the wounds inflicted uuon
American sailors were bsyonet wounds
aud this clearly showei that the lice
officers Of Valparaiso, who are armed
with bayonets, took part in the attack
The Americans we're without arms
and IRA ticslly dsfen-eles-.
/ Egau. in presenting the Chilien
I junts Vith this s.atemeur, express
{ ia distinct terms the feeling of great
[ Indignation which The stale depart
ment a. Washington feels at the
whole affair and especially at the
( brutal conduct of the olice Of Val
/ parAi-O 10 joining with the m"b in the
lat,er's attack upon the Baltimore'-
seamen. and i'm drawing bayouets and
using them upon unsrmed Amer cans.
Egau also particularly called atten-
ton 70 the additional brutslitv of the
police Of Valparaiso IN using h0r-e-
70 drag Americans TO prison. AfeT
making n brief but pointed summary
of the facts To which he had been iu-
s'rUcted % call attention, Egsn IN.
formed the representative Of the
junta thai, IN the name If the Uni ed
States, he demandtd d repsraiion tor the
insults aud injuries complained of
Now, the question which sr,ses is
what will he the action of the Chiliau
government? AS IL appears now
there seems doubt thst the junta vii
soon make the repsration demanded
Naturally the action taken by Minis
ter Egan is attracting the attention o
fOreiga ministers and foreigners gen.
orally who sre residents in the repub.
lie. The sympathy Of the American
colony is entirely with Captain Schley
and his blue jackets, and they are al
glad % receive the news made publ,
today-that another United States
war ve'sel (the Boston) bad actually
sailed for these waters. The Chiliani
try to smooth over the assault upoT
and Imprisonment Of American sailor
by chasing Il rs a street row. Up L
the present time the junta has ex
pressed no regret for the attack on th'