Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-05-18
SHAKESPEARE And MAFIA.
Strength Of the Charleston and
Esmeralda.
THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN SESSION.
Latest From Chill, A Man Hangs
Himself at Albany, The ChiIian's
Bluff, Foreign News, Etc.
MAYOR sHAKEsPEARE.

MAYOR SHAKESPEARE,
NEW ORLEANS, May 1s.-Satur-
day Henry Peters, a stevedore,
went to the city hall and complained
to Mayor Shakespeare that the Pro-
vezanos were interfering with him,
and intimldating his laborers. He
made an affidavit and the Proyez-
amos brothers were arrested and
held under $4,000 bonds. The
mayor sent for the Provezaos and
said:
"I have sent for you because this
eity has grown tired of intimidation
and the lawlessness you have carri-
ed on. / want to give you fair no.
:ice and warning that this thing
must stop at once and forever. !
know well enough you have long
been at the head of disturbing
element here that have been O
menace to the peace of this com.
munity. You know as well as / do
The means by which you seek to
frighten people. You may not do
your work openly, but you find
another and perhaps more effec
tual way. You have sought to. TO
ment trouble here time and again.
Matranga comes to me and tells me
that he cannot pass PrOvenzano
on the street without the latter spit
ting on him. Now, there must be
at once and forever an end to this.
| am sick and tired of it. tell you,
you must take your hands off. /
have issued orders to the chief of
police that he must use his entire
force to prevent your carrying your
designs into execution. / am sorry
now that am obliged to go to Den
yer. If / could remain here would
personally take command of the po-
lice force and use every means at my
command to wipe from the face of
the earth every member of your
gang who tries to raise his hand
against persons of this community.
But my representatives will a0t
for me. The reign of terror must
stop, and If there is a way possible
to do 1t, will stop"
The Provenzanos left the hall
without saying more than to protest
their innocence.
STRENGTH OF THE CHARLESTON.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., May 49,
The possibility of a conflict between
he Charleston and Esmeralda,
makes It interesting to note how the
wo cruisers compare. Both vessels |
ire twin screw steel cruisers, with
wo fighting masts each. The di-
OF the Charleston are:
length, 800 feet; beam, 46; draught,
s.6; displacement, $3.50 tons, while
he dimension of the Esmeralda are:
270 feet; beam, 1916;
lraught, 1872; displacement, 2Sl0
ons. The armor of the Charleston
consists of a belt, 3inches; batteries,
inches, and the armor of the Es-
of steel belt, inch; bat
cry breastworks, inch; shields,
nch. The horse power of the Char
eston Is 1000 to the Esmeralda $500.
'heCharleston carries 800 tons of coal
0 the Esmeralda's 600 tons. While
heir speed is about the same theyare
rmed respectively as follows. Char
eston, two S.lnch breech loading
files of the best and most mod ern
ype; six 6-inch breech-loading rifles,
our 5-pound rapid fire rifles;
en magazine guns. Esmeralda:
'wo lO-inch 2l.ton breech-loading
files; six 6inch breech-loading
flies; seven magazine guns; three
orpedo tubes.
CHARLESTON GOES 10 SEA.
New YoRK, May ls.--A dispatch
D the Herald from Acapulco, dated
lay IL, says: Ever since the arrival
ere Of the Charleston the ships
has been ON the jump to
ct ready for sea again. The work
( coaling, usually SO distasteful 10
nan. of-wars' men, has been rushed
long as IL 1t were a pleasure, To-
light, with a sufficient supply of
oal for ten days at high speed, the
'harleston will leave the harbor and
ontinue TO chase the Etata. Mo-
ne but Captain Remy knows the
curse the Charleston will steer
fter she gets out. The Esmeralda