The Wilmington daily Republican., 1892-01-06
THEBALTIMORE HERE
Sailor Victims Of Chilean Violence
at San Francisco.
CAPTAIN soHLEY INTERVIEWED.

He Snys His Men Were Stabbed in
the Back-Had They Been Armed,
He Asserts Half Dozen Could
Have Awed the Chilean Mob--Nc-
gotiations for Peace.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6.-Shortly after
the big war ship Baltimore had anchored
in the stream representative of the
United Press boarded her and went in
quest of Captain Schley, her COM
mander, who stated that the reports tel
egraphed to this country regarding the
attack on number Of his men in the
harbor of Valparaiso were substantially
correct, and there was little to add to
them. He stated the one very signifi-
cant feature of the assault on the Balti-
more's men was that every one OF them
was stabbed in the back, and soldiers,
police and sailors took part in the affair.
Not one of the Baltimore's men was
armed. The captain said half dozen
of his men, if they had been provided
with weapons, could have stood off the
5000 Chileans, as they were a lot OF
towards. Further than this Captain
Schley refused to talk.
Peaceful Negotiations.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-The Chilean
correspondence will be sent to congress
tomorrow unless in the meantime some
thing now unforeseen happens The only
thing that can happen to cause delay, it
is explained at the state department, is
the satisfactory conclusion of the diff
culties with Chile. In that event, which
is regarded as altogether probable, Sec
retary Blaine will delay the transmits
sion of the correspondence, to enable
him TO accompany it with the official
announcement that the difficulties have
been amicably adjusted to the satisfac-
ton of both countries. Since Senior
Malta has retired from the cabinet as
the chief director of foreign affairs for
Chile the feeling pervades the state de-
partment that the principal cause of OBJ
struction to friendly settlement has
been removed. He is credited with hav-
ing had personal prejudices in the mat
ter so decided that any approach to an
amicable settlement, without the sur
render of dignity, was out of the question.
The new minister of foreign affairs is of
adifferent disposition, and open to convlc-
tion.
Measures of Precaution.
There was slight comnotion in the
navy department late yesterday after
noon by the receipt of dispatch an
nouncing the arrival of the United
States steamer Baltimore at San Fran
cisco. Assistant Secretary Soley imme-
diately carried the news in person to
state department and in few minutes
the wires were hot between Washington
and San Francisco with messages to the
navy officers at Mare Island navy yard,
instructiug them not to permit the Off
GERS or crew of the Baltimore ashore A
telegram was also Gent to Judge Advo-
cate Remey, now on his way to San
Francisco, instructing him to take full
dispositions of the officers and sailors of
the Baltimore. The Baltimore had evil
IDENTIFY arrived in San Francisco day in
advance of the expected time, hence the
hurried instructions. 1t is fully real
lied at this stage of the negotiations
that any false step might delay or ulti-
mately destroy the hope which is almost
assured of a satisfactory adjustment of
the Chilean troubles.
Secretary Blaineand Senior Montt, the
Chilean minister had long conference
at the residence of the secretary. Moth
ing is known of the results of the confer
ence, and Senior Montt, in reply to in
quiries, said he had nothing to colnmu-
nieate.