The record-union., 1891-10-24
special 10 the Rrconn.uN1oN


CHICAGO, Oct. pa special from
Washington says that Captain Schley has
| asked Secretary Tracy to have Admiral
brown come at once to Valparaiso to aid
by his presence in seeing that full justice
oe done the cowardly ruffians who muir
dered tho sailor last week 1t is now
alleged that boatswain's mate Regan
was shot by policeman. The dis
patch asserts that Minister Egan will be
instructed TO demand reparation, and
That the President has said to Tracy: "I
mean to have no more OF this business
from any nation, and the demand upon
Chile must be peremptory" There will
be four cruisers at Valparaiso when the
demand is made. Captain Schley has in
formed Secretary Tracy that it has be-
como impossible for American officers to
go ashore without being insulted, and
that hereafter they mean to go armed and
resent the insults in proper way. eve
are losing our seh-respect by permitting
these things says Schley, land tho
younger officers are wild with rage and
cannot be much longer restrained" II
don want them TO be further restrained +"
sald Secretary Tracy TO one Of the coInno-
dores, "and ] have told Schley So"
ID
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.-It is irnprob-
able that any serious results will follow
lne Baltlmore incident at Valparaiso. It
Is probable that this Government will
await the outcome of the legal inquiry
now in progress III Chile before making
any move and that in the meanwhile
| precautions Will be adopted to avoid any
| further collisions. Secretary Tracy and
| General Foster had a conference with the
PreSldent this afternoon, and at its close
| Secretary Tracy dictated the following as
the latest official information on the sub
| Ject: From y dispatch received from
captain Schley it appears that he has
made careful investigation, which
showed that petty officer Charles Regan,
while riding in street car, was assailed,
dragged from the car and shot. Appren-
tlce Talbot, coal b aver Itherson, coal
heaver Iurnbull and petty officer Ham
liton were wounded in many places, prin-
clpally stab wounds in the back Coal heav-
er PAINTER and landsman Davidson were
dangerously injured by assaults with
clubs, stones and knives, and many other
men seriously injured by assaults. Thirty
| i've Seamen were arrested by public ar-
| thorlty and detained. The surgeons on
the baltimore are unanimously of the
| opinion that some of the wounds were in
| 1ilcted by bayonets, thus showing clearly
| the participation of the police. The
American sailors were without arms and
defenselesS. They were sober, and inno-
cent of any misbehavior. That in sew
eral instances sailors of the Chilean fleet
rendered assistance to our sailors, and
that in some instances the police pro-
tected them"
Secretary Tracy said that through some
dlfhculty with the cipher used in the dis
patch, they were yet unable to ascertain
what disposition has been made of the
men arrested.
THE CRUISER BOSTON.
NEW YORK, Oct. 23 - The Boston,
which was to have sailed for Chile to-
day, is still moored to the ord
nance dock at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard. Captain Wiltz received orders
Wednesday TO proceed to Valparaiso
and report to the senior naval officer
1t was his intention to get under way at
once, but several men who were to Join
the Boston's crew had not reached the
ship up to a late hour tonight. In ali
probability the cruiser will get to sea at
noon tomorrow.
REFUGEES AT THE AMERICAN LEGATION,
SANTIAGO Chile, Oct. 23.-Regarding
the recent attack on sailors from the
United States steamship Baltimore, Cap
tain Schley has reported to Minister Egan
that 1t was brutal and cowardly. Egan
Will present the matter to his Govern
ment. The Chilean Government has in
formed Egan that safe conducts will not
be issued for refugees now in the United
States legation. 1t is supposed that the
ground for this refusal is that the men
are criminals. Egan continues to de-
mand safe conducts. The question now
appears tar from a settlement.