New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-08

MORE TROUBLE IN HONDURAS.
TIE AMERICAN SHIP COSTA RIGA REPORTED
TO HAVE BEEN FIRED ON.
MINISTER BAKER WAS on BoARD-CAPTAlN
BORILLA, ALLEGED TO BE An INSUEGENT

MINISTER BAKER WAS ON BoARD-CAPTNiN
BoRILLA. ALLEGED TO BE Az INsUEGENT
THE CAUSE OF THE ACTION.
Washington, Nov. THE report that the steamer
Costa Rica was fired upon by the Honduras author-
tiles is confirmed at the state Department. y W.
match was received from Minister Baker yester-
dav in which the details of the outrage were
briefly given The Department is not hkeiy 10 '"he
action In the matter until after ruler report 'h'
been made by Minister Baker Inc latter II ''e
diplomatic representative OF the Cnlted S'a.eH al
the republics OF Nicaragua, Costa hs'ca anu '''
vador The Department will probably hear iro'"
him again upon his arrival at the city OF san
Salvador whittier he is believed to be bouhd'
The adyices received by the Department OF STATE
from the scene of the last trouble In Hohouras
are to the following effect:
Minister Baker boarded the Costa Rica an AMER
lean shin. at Corinto dn Nicaragua for Salvador
The shin entered port of Honduras, ana WINE
there the authorities Of the Government w
manded of the captain Borilla, citizen OF hon
duras who was d passenger on the snip on his
way to Guatemala. Borilla, 1t is nhders'oo'' "'
been engaged in some insurrectonary movement
in Honduras for which crinmai cha'sc ""s
pending against him. After the snip had receNe'
her clearance papers and while she was leaving
the mort six or seven shots were hfeu' w'e"'''
directly at her or in front of her to BRING her TO-
conformity
is no hint of the Secretarys intentions IN lne a.
ter IT. however the usual course Is iolVweu, h'e
department will probably wait for full adVlces a a.
fore taking any action looking to redress Tesues
il Is a question. IL the shots were directed ac,o'
the bows Of the vessel and not directly AT her,
whether there Is any ground for complaint. IL -
probabl however that pending the recep' O'
further advces. steps will be taken TO prevent any
illegal Interference with American interests III tosc
waters The Alliance sailed to-day from san jose
de Guatemala for Acajutla- Salvador whlch Is WIN
in a days sail Of Amapala. where the nrinE TOOK
place Tn TO the close of Oiiic" hours To-Day no
orders had been issued her COMMANDER but ne Is
under general instructions 10 ~uife alonS the west
coast of the Central American States. using MS own
Judgment as To his points of stOppage and he may
voliton ii he has heard of the trouble there.
this has been pretty well defined in several in
stances, notably that of General Barrundia and
Mijares. but in closely still approx
mating the Borilla case This is what is known as
the GameZ case. Gamez, Nicaraguan political
refugee 1885 took passage at San Jose. Guatemala,
for Puentd Arenas, Costa Ica. on board the Pacific
Mail steamer Honduras. ana while the vessel was
lying in the port of san Juan del Sur. Nicaragua.
the local authorities made efforts TO arrest him. The
captain of the ship McCrae, refused TO give up his
passenger, and eventually sailed without the usual
permit. Proceedings instituted against Captain
McCrae in the Nicaragua Cyslrt of First Instance,
which resulted IN his acquittal. the court holding
that the captain was not under the obligation 70
that his refusal TO do disrespect 10 the
latter. The being referred to the Supreme
Court of Grenada, the finding Of the lower court