, 1891-05-09
GILLIAN TROUBLE.
Two New York Firms Inter-
ested in the Affair.
Arms and Ammunition Sent by
Both Houses.
Arrest of a Nebraska Outlaw
at Brady Island.

WASHINGTON, MAY s.-The rumors
about the two New York firms interested
in the CHILEAN trouble have now taken
definite shape by the naming Of the fcm
Of W. B. Grace & Co. and of c. b.
Flint & Co. as the commercial houses
who are backing the opposing sides in
the ChIlIan instruction. Grace sustained
the revolutionary or congressional party
in Chill which contends that President
Balmaceda is holding power by a subyer-
sion of the constitution. Flint threw
his influence to the side of the existing
government. Ii is stated that Flint 4
Go. sent ONE time ago two large c]unsigu-
ments of arms TO Balmaceda. There
were $50 cases of rifles and 80 cases Of
cartridges in each consignment. There
have also been shipments OF arms on an
extensive scale by friends of the other
faction, All kinds Of complicated lues-
tons OF neutrality are said to be involved.
Grace Il Co. have branch houses Tor the
purchase and sale OF general merchan-
disc at Lima, Gala, Valparaiso, Guayaduil
and San francisco. 1t is the fiscal agent
OF the Peruvian government.
During the war between Peru and
Chill It took an active share on the side
OF the former, furnishing the government
with arms and other When
the Chllians entered Lima the agents Of
the victorious government, desiring to
wreak special vengeance on the Graces.
DESTROYED their property wherever 1t could
be found. The firm brought claims
against Chill amounting to S2.0JO,-
900, which were allowed by the inter
national communication INL.N. -4--- -
pay on the ground that the Graccs had
given aid to the enemy. This was the
beginning of the enmity between this
powerful house and the party then in
power and now represented by Balmaceda.
The stations OF the house were 10 charge
OF John Grace, a member of the firm who
representa- Its interests in Chill, and he
fought hard to obtain RECOGNITION OF his
judgment from the present Gillian
administration
The Graces have had a valuable ally in
Chill IN the person of one Richard Trum-
bull, an American by descent, but a
CHILEAN by birth. a member of the CHILEAN
congress, a sharp, shrewd, successful
lawyer, whose influence aud aid have been
cast with the insurgents He comes of
good American stock. His grandfather
was the famous reyolutionist Jonathan
lrumbull OF Connecticut, and his father
was the first Protestant minister to settle
IN Chill, Last January he came to New
York and spen; some months IN this couu-
try, openly acting as the agent OF the in
surgents. He made his headquarters
with Grace, with whom, it is alleged, he
had commercial relations in Valparaiso.
When last heard of he was in San Fran
cisco not over q week ago, and there is
reason to suppose he was not there for
pleasure. He is supposed to have bought
arms from or through the house of
Grace, shipped them to San Francisco
and there loaded them upon a vessel
which he ran Town the coast a short dis.
lance, where he was to be met by an IN.
surgent man of-war, to which they we're
to be transferred.
In the meantime Mr.. Flint had not
been inactive. He was here last Sunday
aud had an all-day conference with the
Chilian minister, Senior Lasczano. Tues
day morning a dispatch came east to the
effect that a CHILEAN vessel had put INTO
Wilmington, Cal, laden, it was said. with
rifles. The minister at once asked the
secretary of the treasury that his agents
on he coast be instructed to examine the
craft. Orders to that effect resulted in
the efforts nut forth at Sau Diego to cap
ture the sus plcIOus craft.