Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-26
CRISIS AT BLUEFlElDS
Uncle Sam and the British Governments
Defled by Nicaraguans.


NEW ORLEANS, LA. August 25-From
information received by the steamer GUS
sle. OF the Southern Pacific Line. which
vessel arrived last night. the Nicaraguah
government has defed the governments Vi
both the United States and Great Britain
and has taken into custody the representa-
tives OF both nations The commanders OF
the war vessels which have been at the
seat OF disturbance for the past month
have stood tamely by and permitted the
soldiers Of Nicaragua 10 arrest the SUD,
iects OF their respective countries ana
made no protest, and the cons squence OIL
this apathy may be the loss OF possibly
dozen lives and the confscation OF the
property of the prisoners. When the Gus
sic left Blueheids last Sunday the people
OF that town were In hourly anticipation
OF the NicaraCuans attempting further IN
dlgnities and threatening the peace OF the
place by placing the remainder Oh inc
American and native population under ar
rest The town. and In fact the ehu'e
reservation, Is bereft OF the semblance Oh
either American or English protecuon'
and the merchants and Others dolhs ous'.
ness in the town fear that every moment
Will be the last IN which they may assert
any individual authority.
CRISIS AT HAND.
The officers OF the Gussie. familiar as
they are with the condltiVn OF affairs IN
no disturbed country, consider that
crisis f. at hand. and that the time FOR
action on the part OF tho United States
is now or never
The men who have been placed under
arrest. and whom the Nicaraguans In
tend conveying to Greytown. where they
are 10 be accorded the privilege or
trial are not in any manner connectel
with the uprising or the Mosquito chiel'
Clarence and are all men or prominence
in the reservation. and possessed or con-
siderable means. To this fact is ascrDed
their arrest. as the Nicaraguens are 10
become the owners OF the property OF the
prisoners IL the men ara FOUND 10 DC
guilty, or are so presumed py the va
bunal before which they Will probably
appear. the property Of the prisoners WIZ
go TO help fiji the depleted coflers OF 'he
oppressors OF the reservation, ana IL the
prisoners are not sentenced to be exc
cuted by the Nicaraeuans they VIII DC
ordered from the country. ana VIII iea'e
their property in the hands Oh ulei'
capt0rs. ..,...
This Is said 10 be one or the stakes
for which the N!caraguans are playing,
ord II ia sad that If the powers do not
interfere the destlnies OF the peope ~
present in the town Of Blueiieids are
entirely in the hands Of the soldiers OF
the republic.
THE PRISONERS.
The men who have been made prisoners
by the Nicaraguans and who at the time
the Gussie left were in custody at the
Tluff are as follows: W. II. Brown, the
agent Of the Southern Pacific Company,
a Canadian: Captain George Wiltbank,
an American planter; Captain brown
Rick, of the steamer President u. Carseo;
Y. II. Hatcher, English Nice-Consul' SIM
Clapton. an American, and resident OF
New Orleans; II. Z. Ingram. planter.
partner of John Wilson ~ Co.. oil
New Orleans: John Taylor. native planter
Markham Taylor. John .. Thomas, ,. y.
HOdgsOn, George Hodgson. and Washing
ton Glover. native merchants; Charles
Patterson. vice-presdent Of the Mosquito
reservation: John 'Clrhbert, Attorney
General of the reservation.
These men were arrested without reason
or Justice. the cause Of the arrest being
stated by the soldiers as aiding and
abetting the uprising Of the natives. Sieve
raj other Americans are In hiding, and
the Nicaraguans are making desperate eff
forts 20 locate their whereabouts, thai
they may be also placed in custody Wher
/ the Gussla was ready 70 sail for the
| States the commander Of the Columbia
I sent an officer of the ship on board th'
! Southern Pacific vessel with dispatches
I which no desired 10 convey to the Secre
| tary of tho Navy, in this country, II
person. lie came fully prepared 10 MAKE
| the voyage. but the captain Of the Gussi'
/ decided that II would be- an infringement
/ Of the quarantine regulations to cary
passengers, and refused 70 permit the on
/ Ger 70 make the trip. TIE dispatches wcr'
, then sent by the captain Of the Gussie
/ and will be In the hands Of the 5 cretarJ
/ Of the Navy not later than Sunday c-e
! ming. They contain a 10 account Of lh'
/ occurrences in the reservation, and MAJ
| contain the reasons Of the commands
/ OF the Columbia for acting as he did Il
refusing 10 accord protection 10 tn
| Americans in that country.