Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-25
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. From All Quarters. THE REVOLT IN CHILL. Wholesale Slaughter by the
 Government Troops. SUDDEN DEATHoF COUNT VON MOLTKE Foul Murder Committed in
 New York City. BRITAIN'S WEEKLY BUDGET OF NEWS HarrisOn's Trip Through
 California.
BRITAIN'S WEEKLY BUDGET OF NEWS
THE GILLIAN WAR.

Nine Hundred Defenseless Worlkmen, Women and Children Moved Down by the Government TrOops-Fam1ne at IQufque - The Revolutionary Squadron to Attack Valparaiso Africa and Tacna Taken by the Rebels.
 NEW YORK, April 24.-The latest in formation from Chili is given in the following terrible narrative from newspaper correspondent: Office of the Ramirez saltpetre works, Tarapaca, Febru- ary %. At 6:30 a. m. on the morning of the 3d upwards of 3, 900 workmen collected at the Pogo Almonte in order to proceed to Iquique and make formal representation Shortly after they reached the works the manager, MT. William Johnson, gave them ten barrels of biscuits and 1000 tins of preserves, which were distributed among the strikers. They remained there that night, and on the following day sent some of their leaders off to Negreiros. There more men were to be collected. Suddenly, however, a train appeared loaded with government troops under Martin Larrain. Without halting or parleying these troops opened fire on the 900 defenseless workmen, women and children. Shortly afterward the forces marched forward and killed all the men. Meanwhile the men from the Negreiros works with the commissioners from Ramirez returned to their houses, otherwise they might also have fallen victims. Some, who escaped from the slaughter, took refuge in the nitrate fields, but were subsequently, followed up and killed. After these deeds had been committed 890 men were arrested and of this numl eighteen were murdered.
 The Lima Diario said on March 16: ''The Chilian government and the Chilian rebel authorities have both shot several persons. Among the number was Anabal Naranjo, government officer, who was shot when the rebels retired from Ovalle. It is impossi- ble to tell where these proceedings will terminate It is stated that when the gov ernment forces retired from Pozzo Almonte they shot all the prisoners and destroyed all the nitrate establishments which they passed"
 A cable message received in Callao on March 31 says: The revolutionary squad ron has left Iquique for Valparaiso, after receiving on board the men-of- war and transports the whole of the revolutionary shore forces. The object is to attack Val paraiso. Twenty-two men-of-war and transports compose the feet
 The schooner Clella, which has arrived from Iquique, Pisagua and Mollendo brings terrible details of the combat be- rebels. It is stated that after the fight the drunken soldiers violated the bodies of women, who had perished during the con- bat. The Clella also reports that the whole of the regular army was routed and broken to pieces, with the exception of the cavalry, which, 700 strong, retired to- wards Bolivia, hoping to join the forces, which, it was expected, were marching from Tarapaca.
 The Balmaceda ironclads Almirarte Lynch, Almirante Condel and the Pilco- which are mainly composed of foreigners, had declared they would remain neutral. Preparations were under way, however, for naval operations. Approximate cal culations make the revolutionary forces in Tarapaca number 5000 without counting the men of the Balmaceda forces who have joined the revolutionary cause. Provisions were recently so scarce in Iquiqlle that $2O were paid for can of preserved milk and beef sold at s10 per pound. These prices were caused by the port being blockaded by tne reDol Cnlllan squaurOn. lu6 OmcerS and crews of these vessels state that they have signed round robbin binding themselves not to lay down arms until they hang Balmaceda in the principal square in Santiago. A cablegram from Lima, dated April 1, reads as follows:
 A dispatch from Iquique, dated the eighth instant, says that news had been received that Africa and Tacna had been taken. All of Tacna department is now in the hands of the congressional party, who also controls all the northern portion of Chili as far south as Copiapo. There was no fighting, the government forces having fled toward the frontier of Bolivia.
 LISBON, April 24-Telegrams from San tiago, Chili, say that nobody except sup porters of the government are safe from insult and imprisonment; that ladies of
 the highest families are seized, thrown into foul prisons and treated like the ] vilest of the vile; that during the elections
 the soldiery indulged in robbery and out l rags upon voters supposed to favor the
 parliamentary party; that only Balmaceda's l nominees were elected; that Vicini, his
 nominee for the presidency, received 294 | out of the 296 votes of the convention and | that all letters and telegrams are submit ted to rigorous censorship.
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