Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-28
CHILPS INSULT.
she Junta Notified That Atone.
ment Must be Made.
Uncle Sans Demand Not Ac-
Companied by Threats.

Merely a Firm Request for Apology, In
IDENTITY and Punishment of Those En-
gagged in the Attack on the Baltimore's
SailOrs--War not Probable, but Ameri-
cans Must be Protected.
SANTIAGO, Oct 29.-The United States
government has, through Minister Egan,
formally demanded rep&ration from the
government of Chill for the attack re-
Gently made in Valparaiso upon a num-
her of the seamen of the United States
cruiser Baltimore. The demand made
by the Unitod States minister is no in
formal suggestion that the government
at Washington expects some kind of
satisfaction for the killing and wound
ing of the Baltimore's sailors. 1t is a
friendly put notification, given accord
ing to directions received from the state
department at Washington, that the
United States demands an immediate
explanation of the whole affair and
reparation for the injuries inflicted.
The Assault.
Acting upon the instructions sent to
him from Washington Mr.. Egan pre-
sented the Chilian junta with detailed
statement of the results of the invesu
cation made by Captain Schley, of the
Baltimore, and by Mr.. Egan himself.
These Investigations had shown that
Charles Riggan, one of the Baltimore's
petty officers, was brutally assaulted by
several Chilians while he was riding on
a street car. Riggan resisted, but was
dragged from the car and murdered by
a pistol shot in the arms of his com
panions. Turnbull, another of the Bal
timore's wounded men, who died MOI
day from his injuries, received no
than eighteen stab wounds in the back
two of them penetrating his lun.s
After giving a full list of the Baltimore's
crew who whare injured by the mob,
Mr.. Egan's statement called attention to
the fact that thirty-fve of the cruisers
crew were on the day of the riots ar
rested, unnecessary violence being used
by the police, and that they We're
detained in custody without due cour
In conclusion, Mr.. Egan said that t
surgeons of the United States warsh.p
expressed the opinion that some of the
wounds inflicted upon the American
sailors were bayonet wounds, and Hut
this clearly showed that the police :
GERS of Valparaiso, who are armed with
bayonets, took part in the attack. The
Americans were without arms and
practically defenseless.
Brutality of the Police.
Mr.. Egan. in presenting the Chilian
junta with this statement of the assault
on American sailors, expressed in dis
tinct terms the feeling of great indigna-
ton which the state department at
Washington 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
Baltimore's seamen and in drawing
their bayonets and using them against
the unarmed Americans. Mr. Egan
also particularly called attention to the
additional brutality of the police of Val
paraiso in using horses to drag the
Americans to prison. After making a
brief, but pointed summary of the facts
to which he had been instructed 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 Chilian
government? AS it appears now there
seems to be no doubt that the iunta will
soon make the reparation demanded |
Naturally, the action taken by Minister
Egan is attracting the attention of the
foreign ministers and of the foreigners
generally who are resident in this repub-
lie. The sympathy of the American
colony is entirely with Captain Schluy |
and his blue jackets, and they are one
and all glad to receive the news, made
public, that another United States war
vessel, the Boston, has actually sailed |
for these waters. Chilians try to smooth |
over the assault upon and Imprisonment
of the American sailors by chasing it as
simply street row. Up to the present
time the junta has expressed no regret
for the attack made on the American
sailors.