St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-24
The Gillian Attack on the
Baltimore's Hen Entirely
Unprovoked.
Police Also Took a Hand in
Cutting the Defenseless
Americans.
Indemnity Lands Again Open
to Settlement at Ash
land, Wis.
New Complication in Chinese
EXcluSion--General News
Of the Capital.

NASHlNGION. OcI. Z0.-lllJeEeSllUS
international difficulties are likely to
enSue as result of the recent cowardly
attack on American men-of-warsmen in
the streets OF Valparaiso. Capt. Schley,
of the United States steamer Baltimore,
cabled the navy department the details
of the affair, from which it appears that
the attack was both cowardly and I'M
called for. Secretary Tracy laid the re-
port before the president and it was
considered at the cabinet meeting to-
day. The opinion is prevalent that
Minister Egan will be instructed to de-
mand immediate reparation and in
demnity from the CHILEAN government.
correspondent reports the president
as saying: 81 mean to have no more Of
this business from any nation, and the
demand upon Chilli must be imme
date"
The Diplomatic Aspect
Among the difficult matters with
which diplomacy has to deal is that of
amenability of nation for outrages re-
sulting from violence. If nothing was
done by the country In which the out
RACES occurred to inclte the trouble and
the country subsequently dealt with
the perpetrators according to law, it has
been held that such occurrences are
hardly ground for diplomatic rupture.
This principle was thoroughly eXpound-
ed by Secretary Blaine in the case of
the Italians killed in New Orleans, and
from the information at hand it appears
that the Gillian government has COM
piled with both requirements. In
other words, it has not con-
rived at the demonstration. and it has,
through its magistrates, set in motion
the machinery of law to fix the respon-
sibility and punish the perpetrators of
the attack OH the Baltimore's sailors.
So it is probable that this government
will await the outcome of the legal in
quiry now lii progress before making
any move, and that meanwhile precau
tions will be adopted to avoid any fur
Their collisions.
Secretary Tracy and Gen. John W.
Foster were in conference with the
president this afternoon in regard to
the Valparaiso incident, and at its close
Secretary Tracy dictated the following
as the latest official information on the
subject: From dispatch received
from Capt Schley last evening it APP
pears that he had made a careful inveS-
tigation of the origin of the assault on
our sailors attached to the Baltimore at
Valparaiso OH the 10th.
How 1t Occurred.
"The investigation showed that Petty
Officer Charles Riggan. while riding in
street car was assaulted, dragged from
the car and shot; that he was injured
in the arms Of his. companions by about
100 men who were armed; that APP
prentice Fred Talbot was dangerously
cut several times in the back, two of
the wounds penetrating his lungs; that
n ~ rnlNlNnd ot IL
dangerously cut in the back, this as
sault being made by about twenty men;
that Coal HEAVIER Turnbull received
eighteen woulds in the back, two of
which penetrated his lung, and that he
is in critical state; that Petty Officer
Hamilton was wounded several times in
the back and other parts of the body;
that Coal HEAVIER Painter and LandSman
Dawson were dangerously injured by
assaults with clubs, stones and knives,
and that many other men were Sc
riously injured by assaults.
at appears that thirty-five seamen
were arrested by the public authorities
and detained; that the surgeons on the
Baltimore are unanimously of the opin-
ion that some Of the wounds were in
tlicted by bayonets, thus showing clear
ly the participation of the police; that
the American sailors were without arms
and defenseleSS; that they were sober
and innocent of any misbehaviOr; that
two of the seriously wounded are still
in the hospital; that In several instances
sailors of the Gillian feet rendered as
sistance to our sailors, and that in some
instances the police officers protected
them" %
Secretary Tracy said he was obliged
to paraphrase the dispatch in order to
protect the department cipher code,
otherwise the dispatch would have been
made public exactly as written. He
said that through some difficulty they
were as yet unable to ascertain what
disposition has been made of the men
arrested by the authorities. He de-
clined most positively to say anything
further In regard to the matter.
MIR. Egan's End.
SANTIAGO, Chill, Oct. 23.-UniteG
States Minister EgaD has received from
Capt. Schley, of the United States
Steamship Baltimore. a full report of
the recent attack on the Baltimore's
sailors. The report shows the attack to
have been brutal and cowardly and to
have been made because the men were
Americans. Mr.. Egan will present the
matter to his government, but will not
make formal demands upon the Chllian
government until he hears from the
state department.
The CHILEAN government has informed
Mr.. Egan that safe conducts will not be
issued for the refugees now in the
United States legation. The supposed
ground for this refusal is that the men
are criminals. MIR. Egan continues to
demand safe conducts for the men. The
question now appears far from settle
ment.