New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-25
nyeettratiOn ~ 49,
THE CONFLICT IN CHILL.
100000 FIRE IN IoUIoUE-oNLY TWO WAR.
SHIPS LEFT TO THE GovERNMEyr-AN


OFFICERS BETRAYAL OF TRUST.
Panama March 1e-Thc English ironclad Warspte
arrived at Caao on March l. Those on board fur
nshed information of which the following is sum.
mary "We left Iquque Fet ruary &C. after the oc
which led to the capture Of that port by
the rebels and the first fire, which the detruc
tion of property valued at go 100000 II appears
that when The rebels captured the port the Govern
ment troops took up their position at some distance
from it and held themselves in readiness to attack the
city. The rebels returned board leaving only
fifty men in charge. The troops heard Of this.
and marched on the place. 600 strong under Colonel
Soto. They reached it about O'Clock in the morning
and there fell in with guard Of sailors. Firing be-
gan and the shore fusladc led the ships promptly TO
open fire. The Blanca, Encalada, Esmerada and
Huascar used their heavy guns. while the transports
kept their mitraleuses busiy en- ployed Tremendous
destruction followed. and at 10 fire broke out in
a nitrate warehouse, but it extinguished by the
fire brigade.
"A 30 p. m. another fire broke ont. and this time
the efforts d; the fremen proved useless, and the
flames spread until the whole central part Of Iquique
where the best stores and buildings stood, was mass
of flames Up to February 26. when the WarSpite left
Iououe the ruins were s burning. The fight which re
suited in the fire bloody one, and IT would have
been more prolonged had an arrangement not been
reached by the chiefs of the two parties, under whch
the opposition leaders engaged to paw Colonel SOTO
$4,000 to divide among MS Ulcl WIN "ciN '"O' "
ioin the rebels. Under this arrangement the Govern
mcnt troops abandoned their arms and soon diS
persed subsequently, Colonel Soto was arrested ana
sent on board the Amazonas, accused OF having us
rbuted only 81 900 among his men, retaining the re-
| naming $4,000.
The report is confirmed Of the fight at san Francisco
in which General vdagran was killed and the rebels
were defeated In the fight at lquique, on February
10 about 200 persons were killed The "arsp'e
gave passage to Callao TO 115 persons OF dihcien'
nationali;ics
Altogether the revolutionary party hold twen'ysix
nofwar and steam vessels Of different classes, whle
the Government retain only two-the mperlai anu inc
COuSino. - .o.n,a +ho. an
At Antofagasta provisions were so scarce tIh nt an
scc was worth twenty cents, and Jug OF wafer tily
cents. 81 -..., ~, rohruarv
The Valparaiso "Comercio" reported. on FEBRUARY
To- Yesterday the important capt'lIe waS Illaae vi
the rebel A. Edwards who has furnlsne1 inc J. tut
forces with money and who held S1o0oooo N depoS
in a respectable mercantile house rms money III - -
snnnoSed he intended to send on board the reuc
.onadron and il will be seized by the government
| The French steamship Vile de Beha,t WhiO.
arrived AT Iouique reports that 500 killed anu wou @
were the outcome of the fights on Iarapdci P""Pa'
Charles r. Flint & Co. yesterday received c'oo
d;snatch from Chill saying that the Government III
| o,tar IN nreveut the bombardment Of Atfogasta Dy
bo insurccnt aeet had withdrawn its troops from ta!
| citv N Col,ma All the rolling stock oil thc Tdlltudu
winning from Antifogasta to Iququi had also Dec'
| taken 10 Col1ma.