The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-27
BLAINE AFTER Chile.
Formal Demand for Reparation
Made Upon the Junta.
DEATH OF ANOTHER VICTIM.
Minister Esan Expresses Indignation
of American Government.
DEATH OF ANOTHER VICTIM.
One of the Murdered Men Was Stabbed
Eighteen Times in the Back - Uni
forms of the United States seamen
Cut by Chilean Bayonets.

LONDON. Oct. 26.-The Post referring to
the diplomatic tension between the United
States and Chile, says: What the Wash
ington City government failed to effect In
the case OF the New Orleans lynchers, the
Chilean government may be powerless to
perform in the case OF the Valparaiso mob.
1t is always open TO the strong TO be mer-
ciful.
WASHINGTON CITY, Oct. pa cablegram
received today at the navy department
from Captain SchIey, at Valparaiso, an
nounced the death of William Turnbull,
one of the Baltimore's coal beavers
wounded in the recent assault. An order
has been sent by Secretary Tracy TO Ad-
miral Brown at Callao. Peru, to sail i'm
mediately for San Francisco. The reason
assigned Is the foul condition of the YES
sells bottom, which cannot be cleaned in
Chile or Peru
SANTIAGO, Oct. 26.-The United States
government today. through Minister
Egan, formally demanded reparation from
the government of Chile for the attack re-
Gently made in Valparaiso upon a number
of the seamen of the United States cruiser
Baltimore. Minister Egan presented the
junta with detailed statement of the re-
suits of the investigation made by Captain
Schley of the Baltimore and himself.
These investigations show that Charles
Rigan. one OF the Baltimore's petty otti-
GERS, was brutally assaulted by several
Chileans while riding on street car.
Rigan resisted, but was dragged from the
car and murdered. Turnbull, another of
the Baltimores wounded men, who died
today from his in njuries, received no less
than eighteen stab wounds in the back
two of them penetrating his
lungs. After giving full list of the Bal
timore's crew injured by the mob, Minis
ter Egan's statement called attention TO
the fact that thirty-hve of the cruisers
crew were on the day of the riot arrested
unnecessary violence being used by
the police and detained in custody without
due cause. In conclusion, Minister Egan
said that the surgeons of the Baltimore
expressed the opinion that some of the
wounds inflicted upon the American sail
ors were bayonet wounds, and this clearly
showed that the police officers of Valpar-
also, who are armed with bayonets, took
part in the attack. The Americans were
without arms and practically defenseless.
Minister Egan, in presenting the Chilean
junta with this statement, expressed in
distinct terms the feeling of great indig-
nation which the state department at
Washington City feels at the whole affair,
and especially at the brutal conduct of the
police of Valparaiso in joining with the
mob in the latter's attack upon the Balti-
more's seamen and in drawing their bay
onets and using them against unarmed
Americans. Minister Egan also particu-
larly called attention to the additional
brutality of the police of Valparaiso in
using horses to drag the Americans to
prison.
After making a brief but changed sum-
mary of the facts to which he has been
ordered TO call attention Minister Egan
informed the representative of the junta
that, in the name of the United States, he
demanded reparation for the insults and
injuries complained of.
Now, the question which arises is, what
will be the action of the Chilean govern
ment? As it appears now there seems no
doubt that the iunta will soon make the
reparation demanded. Naturally the ac-
tion taken today by Minister Eagan is at
tracing the attention of foreign minis
tiers ana foreigners generally who are resi-
dents IN the republic. The sympathy of
the American colony is entirely with
Captain Schley and his bluejackets,
and they are one and all glad to receive
the news made public today that another
United States war vessel, the Boston, had
actually sailed for these waters. The
Chileans try to smooth over the assault
upon and imprisonment of American sail
ors by CHASING it as street row. Up to
the present time the junta has expressed
no regret for the attack made on the Amer
loan Sailors