The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-26

| 1HS COiitSIiOUutuC6 ut illlS point EtlCT5 dUdlU
! 10 the question of the refuge 2, and October 29th
| Secretary Blaine himself having then returned
| 10 washington, telegraphed the Minister as fol-
| lows: "Mr Egan Is instructed to maintain his
! present position, and is authorized to draw on
| me department for money 10 meet the extra eX-
| pensP, If needed
Returning again TO the subject of the assault
on The sailors OF the Baltimore, Mr.. EPan sent a
| telegram October 2Sth, which has been pub
IlShed' summarizing the reply sent by Minister
| malta 10 his presentation OF Inc case, III the
course OF which the Minister says that the
United States "fOrmulaies. demands and ad-
! yances threats thar, without being cast back
with acriinOnY, are not acceptable, nor could
| they be acceptable in The present case, nor In
any other OF like nature"
Mr.. Egan at the same time mailed to Wash
ington the text OF the long note, as well as the
report made 10 bin by Captain Schley OF the
results OF the investigation conducted by the
board OF naval officers appointed 10 investigate
The trouble. Captain SChey'S report Is prdCti-
caly identical with his statement made before
Judge Advocate Remey at san Francisco recently
and published III the newspapers. He says thai
a number of the wounds were recognized as
| bayOnet wounds. pointing TO police partcipa-
tiOn III the assault; that It IS believed the assault
was inspired by Chilean sailors recently dis
charged from the TRANSPORTS, together with the
lOngshOTemen and that il was premedltated. is
was shown ia The widely separated localities
where the assaults occurred while the men were
at supper in the hotels and restaurants lie
asserts that his men were uuarmed and defense
less, with no tnStIu umentS beyond several pocket
knives aud small iron peste.
Iu communicating hese facts to the Chilean
Foreign Office, Mr. Egan said that the sailors OF
the Baltimore were unarmed, were orderly 10
their conduct, gave no cause or prOVOcatIon,
that the attack was apparently pTemeditated,
and thai the assaults were made by armed men,
who, his Government must conclude, were AMI
mated IN their bloody work by hostility 10 those
men as sailors Of the United States.
THE CoWARDLY ATTACK.
He says that it must be conceded from the
character OF many of the wounds that the pub
lie police, OF some Of them, instead Of atfOTding
protection TO The men assaulted took part III
the cOwardly attack, and generally acted to-
ward those uuarmed men with blulality there
fore, In conformity with Mr.. WhaItOn's uOte, be
asks for an inquiry and the punishment OF the
guilty parties, and suggests reparatlOn.
Mr. Egan transmits tile full text OF Senior Mat
ta's note in reply. The summary OF II was given
in his telegram TO Mr.. Wharton, already pub
Iished.
october 3Oth Mr.. Egan telegraphs that the in
VesJigaiOn is secret The next day he tele-
graphs that he had received from the Minister
OF Foreign Affairs note from the Intendente IN
regard TO the assault, and that like the Minis
te'S other nOte this note expresses no regret for
the occurrence. 1t stated that the result OF The
investigation Will be communicated 10 MIR. Eganr
aud that II the real culpritS are discovered they
will receive due punishment. The report Of the
Intendente OF Valparaiso says II Is entirely I'M
possible that the police Of that city could have
committed the cruel and brutal eXcesses which
the United States Minister imputeS 10 them; and
says that MOP OF 2000 coll cted; that the fight
in which all. especially the Americans, fought
with stones, clubs and bright weapons, was
general, and that the only part taken in II by
10 quell the disturbance and arrest the partlei
pants. The Intendente processes ignorance OF
the origin OF the fight, but thinks II commenced
between drunken sailors Neither does he
Know who shot Riggin. lie believes the au-
thorlties did all lney could under the cTcum'
stances.
stiucts MIR. Egan TO claim the privilege OF read
ing the paper which The American sailors IN
secret. In language they dld not understand,
and without being accompanied by counsel,
signed He is also instructed 10 see that no one
from The Baltimore is allowed 10 testify, except
In the presence OF a friend acting as counsel,
and 10 his own language, openly, not secretly.
Mr. Egau teiegraphs that the same Judge who
would not allow officer OF the Baltimore TO be
present al the inquiry permitted tie Secretary OF
the German Consulate TO attend the Investigation
of the killing Of a German man Of war ) mau,
which took place last month.
On the same day he writes that the Minister OF
Foreign Relations had explained TO him that the
Judge OF Crimes is independent OF the Executive
under old Spanish laws in use in Chill, and that
he could not comply with tile request and show
the document until the process was completed.
NAMES OF WITNESSES.
In a note 10 Minister Egan, dated November
1St, Captain SChley gives him the names OF
number Of witnesses TO the assault on The Balt-
mOre's men, and on the same day Captain Schley
wrote the Intendeute that Minister Egan could
supply The names 10 him upcn application.
November I'd Minister Egan, fearful that the
Intendente might take Captain Schley's cOm-
muucatiOn as a clatatiOn TO furnish the names,
suggested that he again communicate with him
upon the conditions laid down in Mr.. Blaine's
telegram aud give him directly tie names OF the
Witnesses.
Al thls stage in the correspondence Secretary
Blaine turned 10 lie American Consul at Val
paraiso and sent him tie following telegram,
dated November Sd:
" Give me all the facts you have and all the n.
formation relative TO the riot Use naval cipher"
AT this stage also The case Of Patrick Shields,
the fireman of the United States steamer ke-
", euaw ard an American citizen, was brought
TO the attention Of the state Department upon
Consul McCreery'S report that lie had been Dut
In jail without process of law and brutally
beaten by the police. Mr.. Esan also tells Of the
attacks being made on he legation by The news
papers; of threats OF violence made without
hndTauce, and 0! a public meeting at which res
OutiODS calling on the Government 10 request
the delivery OF the refugees, were passed. lie
continues that the Government did not deny the
story Of the attempt on Colonel CantO's lte Qhe
Immediate cause OF The demOnslratlOn) prlOT TO
the me ting, and before the legation had been
permitted 10 be publicly denounced.
November Sth Consul McCreeTy at Valparaiso
telegraphed directly 10 Mr. Bline substantial
confirmation OF the story OF The riot as told by
Minister Egan aud Captain Schey.
November ION Mr.. Egan reports an official
call on The President OF the Provisional Govern
ment; says he was received most cordially, and,
upon presenting bis congratulations, was asked
to convey the Presidents acknowledgment and
appreciation OF the courtesy TO the Government
of the United States.
November 10th Mr. Egan writes Secretary
Blaine that the refugees in his legation had been
treated as guests, land in this way have been
at an expense during some months past Of over
the city police who had been watching the lega-
ton became insulting and boiSlerous, under the
influence of liquor, and from the street used lu
sultlng language 10 the refugees.
ATTACKS ON EGAN.
On the 18th he writes that he has seen num-
Der Of untruthful and entirely indecent attacks
made upon hIm through the press Of the United
States especially an article In a New York paper
by Julio Foster, who pretended TO speak as u
representative or mOuthpiece of the Chilean Gov
ernment. He said that he brought the matter 10
toni tim Tllah aims EfGp Rf knF fflr
who, IN an inclOSed note, says: "Belng surprised
that the question should be discussed here In
stead OF IN Washington, where chile mas now an
Envoy Extraordinary nave 10 say III { there Is
no evidence In this department that julio Foster
has ever received any special commission or
authority whatever"
The Minister next transmits copies of a num-
Der OF letters passing between himself and Cap
tain Schley and the Iutendente in The course of
the testimony given by the BallimOreS men be-
fore the Judge OF Crimes.
November l6th Captain Schley requests from
the Intendene the same protection aud priyl-
lrges 10 his Officers ana men when on SnoIe as
the Chilean Government dccOrdS 10 the men OF
other foreign men, Of-War, aud which are usual
among nations IN time OF peace.
On The same date the Intendente replied that
he had InStrucl ed The COmmaudant Of Tue Police
that he should detail daily from 10 A. NJ at
the passenger mole, an officer With an apprO
PIRATE force 10 protect the market-boat that Cap
tain Schley might send. "Furtber than this, as
the protection depended uDOn the police force
and as these. according TO official documents do
not inspire the confidence of The commanding
oficerO the Baltimore, leave 1t TO his dlScre-
tion aud prudence the calculation as TO whether
II is proper TO allow the sailors 20 come on shore
In regard 10 the officers do not believe there
Is any hiudrance to their coming ashore"
Further correspondence Is transmitted from
Mr.. Eean, including his notes 10 Minister Malta
complaining OF the gross insults offered 10 the
refugees by the spies surrounding the legation,
and denying emphatically charges made by the
Minister against the refugees OF having with
voice, with gesture and with actions provoked
the pasSerS- BY"
Al this point the correspondence is diverted TO
the case of Shields, which Minister Egan brought
TO the attention OF the Chilean Government with
out making specific claim, and in relation TO
which he sends number of sworn declarations.
These are substantially similar In purpose to the
evidence taken IN California recently at the in
stance OF the Department OF Justice upon the ar
rival of the steamer keweenaw.