New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-01
AFFAIRS IN BLUEFIELDS.
NEWS FROM THE MOSQUITO CAPITAL.
BROUGHT BY STEAMER
.,c.D.cr..xs STILL ARREsTING INDIAN AND
JAMAICAN PRIsoNERs-THE TRANSPORTED
L.NnIIsu AND AMERICAN CAITIVEs

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JAMAICAN PRISONERS TRANSPORTED
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN CArrIvEs
New-Orleans. Aug 5i.-The steamship Rover
arrived from Buehcds tonight ana brings t'ie
first news Of the transportation of the American
and English prisoners To- GreytOwn. whence tney
were sent 10 Managua. II also orought up u's
hatch of Official reports from IN" Marpenrau ~
and Columbia To the Nav, Department. Inc
first mate Of the Rover. Ed Ihornpsoh' s''e
the following news fropl here. He said
The English man-of-war left RucheIds the
dav before the transportation. leaving the 20
Iumbia alone 10 protect tre prisoners and pre-
won't their transportation A. tn" present time
when the policy of the American i1reieN .r, 9.i.r
hotter than 10 see American sailors rescue me
prisoners English and American b"tn' ana pos
sibly lombard the town. anh IN such way a.
complish two purposes IS. tn" hpera'iph
NJ the English subjects in the names III i"e
Snaniards and the collapse of the American
anal scheme in Central America.
This may be considered he truest ehp,ans-
tion Of why the English captain left BIueheihs
al the most critical time. while pretending 70 ..
on the lookout to intercept the prisoners Should
an attempt be made to take them 70 orey'own'
when he could have accomplished the same pu'-
nose much easier in Bluefeld waters
From Mr. Thompson's statements there ~ no,
the slightest doubt left that everypo1y on poatl
the Columbia as well as all on board IN" stedIhrI
Ro.or knew the exact hour when the prisoners
were pr. on board the steamer YUM Nhcn th"
Spaniards passed. signals were eNchangen WIN
the American man-of-war. MI VINO c"ud De
tbero were on board witnessing with fury In thor
n.arts the Yulu passing with me prisoner
stearn!ng toward Greytown. Mr. Ihorpspn ~,
that several hours before IA" Yulu ieit hu"hel y
for Greyiown Captain Sumner was ini'Imci oi
the Intentions n IN" Spania is ana c"uld nave
acted in the matter II he hal wished to 10 80
I'm, nrob.blv having instructions from our foreign
Office he could DO nothing ~,
I, is the opinion In Nicaragua that 'he Ni''-
rapua Canal Company concession Is 10 ',t-
,air exien. responsible for the failur" ~ the
American Government to display nrmer i'r-
nipn n,llev The company has not INeI up To
a. c,ncnsson but IL wishes n complications p'-
,recr mo United states and Nicaragua To afis",
for fear OF losing the concession Inc Pr'Srn'
sitration in Rluencl1s IL as dcporabie as ever
Indians and Jamaica negroes are daily arres"u
and roho1v is certain " his He ana property eN-
Meeting every hour 10 be Imprisoned on '"''e
frivolous charge. .,, ,,o, tho
Il is the present opinion in WueheIds that the
,ronertv II all foreigners who nave De"h nan-
ished from Nicaragua or who nave I,il On Oh M M
n,vn account Will be connscatcd by IN" rp''Ih-
man, At the time the Rover LEFT BlueneIus the
c'olunha had left ther" for Port Lifnon ana thr
Marblehead had just arrived The steamer lu'u
cane back from GreytOwn the next evening
aftnr leaving Blucnelds bringing news that zap
tain stuart Of the English man-o'-war' haI aI
rived at Greytown and visited the prisoners a'
the GreytOwn PRISON.