The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-15
She Has Left Acapulco to Meet
the Runaway Itata.
NO TIDINes FROM THE CHASE.
False Report Of Destruction of the
Transport by the Charleston.
News VIII Probably he Received To-
day-ChiIean Insurgents Said to Hold
Only q Little Strip OF Coast, while
the Government Is streng.

WASHINGTON CRY, Nav 14-Attorney-
General Miller has appointed Henry Gage.
of California, special assistant United
States district attorney for the southern
district Of California, TO assist in the pros
ecution of the owners, officers and crew Of
the schooner Robert and Minnie.
There was no news of the Itata or
Charleston at the navy department this
morning. No credence is given the repors
that the Charleston has sunk the Itata.
In the first place. il is said the news of
such an event could only be received
through the arrival of the Charleston
at some port connected with tele-
graph lines, which has not so
far occurred. In the second place,
nobody supposes the 1tata wonld resist the
Charleston, for she is totally unprepared
10 do 50 and, even if she attempted il,
the Charleston could easily subdue he's
without resorting to the extreme measure
of blowing her out of the water, as il IL
rGmored she has done.
CRY OF MEXICO, MAY IA DELAYED
telegram from Acapulco states that the
Esmeralda has left that point, having
sought several favors, which were refused.
She received a telegram from the United
States and then went to meet the
Itata. A Manzanillo telegram says the
captain of a fishing boat there claims that
his vessel was nearly run down before
daylight by large steamer without lights,
bound north. The Anglo American prints
a special from San Blaz repeating the
rnmor about the sinking of the Itata.
Whether she exploded ner magazines or
was sunk by the Charleston is not stated.
A Aspecial from Acapulco states that neither
the Itata nor the Charleston had been
sighted. Great excitement prevails in San
Blaz.
The government denies that any Chilean
ship has touched at Mexican port up 10
a late hour tonight, or that any conflict
took place at San Blaz as rumored.
SAN Francisco, May 1.-THE Charleston
passed san Diego at noon Monday. The
run to Acapulco, the nearest telegraph
point below the Gulf of California, is 1 $50
miles. The Charleston was ste2ming az
the rate of about fifteen knots per hour,
and was seen TO move out of her course
to inspect passing vessels. and etsn though
she pushed forward at the highest point Of
speed she could not reach Acapulco before
tomorrow, and any news of her operations
therefore could not be received through
Mexican sources before her arrival there
tomorrow.
NEW YoRK, May 1.-The Herald says a
railroad engineer contractor, who has Just
arrived from Chile, says nearly all the
cabled accounts of battles in Chile between
the government forces and the insurgents
were doctored by the English. The insur-
gents have not gained q single battle of
any consequence, he said. since the rebel
lion began. The only territory controlled
by the insurgents is that of Iquique,
Antofogasta and two other places. The
people there are in sympathy with the
insurgents. The insurgents have no foot
hold in Chile proper. ''The insurgents
he added, cant get volunteers. They
are fighting disciplined soldiers with
a disorganized mob. They are
mainly supported by miliionairs
Edward English, in Valparaiso. and
Colonel North, the nitrate king. The in
surgents get coal and cattle from tramp
coasting steamers. / do not believe the
rebellion will last sixty days longer
The government has 40.oo0 soldiers
in the field, well equipped and with abund-
ant supplies. The insurgents have about
5000. These are not well drilled or organ
lied, are poorly equipped. and suffering
from the lack Of the necesssries of life.