The morning call., 1891-09-02
COTOnel Looted by Soldiers and
Miners.
Balmaceda's Troops Revolt and Kill Their
Cf1Cers.
Foreign Wa-Ships Sent to Protect the Resi-
Rumor Of Balma0eda's Death.
Feeling Against The United States.
special 10 THr MoavlSo CALI

NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-The Herald special
cablegram from Valparaiso says exciting
news was brought to-day from the south by
the Straits steamer, which canieup from
Tslcahuano. Two arguments of Govern
: ment troops taken to that port recently from
COquimbo by the transport Imperiale re-
volted when they heard of the defeat OF the
Bslmacedists at Piacilla last Friday. They
shot to death all Of their officers
and disbanded Nearly 1000 coal-miners
Joined them, and together they had practic-
ally taken possession Of the town Of Coro-
mel, on the coast, about twenty-five miles
south of Conception. All sorts of excesses
had been committed by them. Houses and
stores had been sacked aud burned. The
!. slightest protest against their actions=is met
+ byrlfe-shots. Women have. been abused
Some outrages have been committed also
in Conception and Tai ahuano,.. but the
force at the dis posal Of the authorities there
. has been zsufie ient to save llrem.ftonl tho
fate whichhas oyeTtakens I he. 5000. pc e0I,ls Of:
!. .CGronel.a = AS: :soen asathe news was received
here this m QrninE5 IN 9. German. wafship
e Sophia. and Btiti5tfgln- boat Daphne were
. ordered 70 60. at once t0@C pel and protect
+ the. interestsEof the foreign residents there
Tie Government officials. here have also
taken steps. to. beat the. mob into submission.
&.s Sen0rsM Montt,3 General Canto and others of
the Congressional chiefs arriyet in. am.
+ .tiago this morning. They were received
5. with the. gFeatest=euthusiasm by. the people
or the capital. General BaQuedano, the.
nffi iaff ffE
zOiher members Of th q Junta aTeSeXpected$
g 10 arrive from Ia que .t3-no fEow {: = .
There is no Disgusting The fact thQt.there
IS a bitter feeling against Americans on the
part Of the successful lTsyelufiQnis stS. This
feeling is so strong that an less 1T is placated
in some way it may seriously feet Amer:
+ lean commercial interests in Chile for some
time TIE capture of the Itata hEst5created:
tue impression that the United St@tteS Gov
ernment was actively uniay0rable to the
= revolutionary cause. This impress
sion WAS intensified by the action
OF Admiral Brown when he visited
Quinteto Bay on August goth -to.witness the.
landing of General Canto's army. The Adj.
miTaf desired to see tHermaneuyers. and in:
yIted some ether naval o1hceFs4n Valparaiso.
10 come to the: flagship San Francisco and
20 to Quintero Bay. Only the German Off
GERS ecepted-
Tie San Francisco did not anchor at
Quintero Bay, hat steamed arounduntil
landing was effected and then headed for
Falparais0. A baat was sent from the
transport Couiapo to visit the Anleriran=
cruiser but did rot succeed in getting
aboard. = u PoH the arrival o t. the san
Fr5ueiscO here Lieutenant Dyer visited
Intendente Niel 10 secure permission to-
send a cable dispatch TO the Navy Depart
menU. THIS gisjt has sbeen@cOIstrued5by the
adherepts Of the Junta as proof positive
that Aamral Brown Yas acting as a, Gov
eminent spy.on the. m movements. .ofthe oppo-.
sIton, and no amount Of exp lanatlon has
been Sufficient tofenlQye*t this tulpres ssion.a
Then other things have served to
strengthen the feeling against the United
States. Not the least important IS thsyery
general belief that Minister Egan has been
an active partisan Of Balmaceda and
used his influence in preventing
the State Department from recognizing the
beltigerent rights OF the insurgents.
Acting Secretary State Wharton's action in
ignoring the Congressional eHvoys, even
now when it is recognized fact that they
represent the oniy. Government OF the coun-
tTy,s= has increased the feeling against
tLecitizensof the United States Admiral
Browns action in refusing to give up the
political refugees who have found an asy-
. lum aboard his SHIPS, has also added to the
general irritation. IL Is the general
belief that Admiral Brown IS act
Ing under instructions or by advice
OF Egan. The Minister is expected to
d
If consulting the Admiral as to the final dis
position Of the refugees now on the Amerl-
can shiEs. The feeling against Egan IS
very violent and few question that his re-
call will soon be demanded. The German
Admiral settled the question as to the dis
position Of the refugees as far as hewas
concerned by sending the corvette Alex
andriue to the north to-day, presumably to
Callao, with Senior Claudio Vicuna, the
recent tPresident-elecf. Admiral Oscar Viel,
T.44r Il tn s,zf ,lV.nr oil ntaTgi
Fuentes, recently in command Of the tor
pedo-b0at Amirante Lynch, Senior Sanchez.
late superintendent OF the Cgstom-house,
aud others.
Mr.. McCreary, the United States Consul
at Valparaiso, is ia high favor. He rem
dered valuable services to the per5ecuted
women and political refugees. whose lives
were in danger
The records at Santiago confirm the state
meut that on August 18th President Balma-
ceda ordered forty-two young men shot 10
death. They were charged with hay-
ing engaged in plot to blow
up the railroad bridges and thus
prevent the movement of the Government
troops. Many of them were mere boys Of
from l6 to Is years OF age. 1t IS charged,
and from records appears to be true, that
only a small portion of the cruelties perpe-
trated by the late Government have been
published.
u The COngressionalists are. giving trials to
all against whom offenses are charged and
the executions up to this time have been
remarkably few. Much pity is felt for the
families Of the BalmaCedist officials who
fed the country. Many of them are left
behind, friendess and penniless.
The torpedo-boat Almirante Lynch and
the cruiser Esmeralda returned to-day from
- an unsuccessful search for the Almirante
Condrll and the transport Imperiale. Moth
inghas been heard from these vessels since
they left Coquimbo. Order is restored in
Santiago and Valparaiso.