Evening star., 1894-03-27

like demons, Viva la Nicaragua-Niva
La Lacayo' Capt Howe turned to
us and said: can l am none
too soon.' The captain returned on
board his ship and sent his marines.
under the command of Lieut.. Colmore. to
the bluff, where they landed on private
property, belonging to an American citizen.
Capt. Howe told Colmore that if the foreign
residents asked for protection to take
charge of the town. on Monday Capt
Howe came on shore, held long talk with
the commissioner, but the nature of their
talk is unknown to us. Wednesday the
Cleopatra sailed for Colon, leaving forty
seven men and three boats, under Colmore
at the bluff. Friday the ship returned. The
captain came on shore and with the con-
! sui went to Lacaya and Cabazo, and told
them to withdraw their soldiers and declare
| martial law off, that all soldiers would have
| to be returned to Greytown, placing his
| ship at their disposal for that purpose.
| Capt. Howe also told them that a provis-
! ional government would have to be formed
| for the time being composed Of Ameri
| cans and Nicaraguans, and that the pro-
visional government would look after every
| thing till such time as the United States
and British governments could inquire into
[ the matter Lacayo consented to this ar
rangement and seemed satisfied.
| Monday, the 9Th, or 9th. was the time
agreed upon for the soldiers to embark.
Lacayo agreed to send all his soldiers, arms
and ammunition away on the ship. The
last boat left about 10 a. m, and the ship
| sailed at p. m. Just about the time the
ship went away 1t was learned that large
number OF the soldiers as well as arms and
| cartridges, had been secreted. Capt. Howe
| expecting trouble left Colmore, with his
marines, at the bluff. and lucky it was for
us that he did. About p. m. the same day
a fight occurred between Nicaraguan and
| a Jamaica negro. A lot of soldiers came
| into the streets and drove the people into
| their houses at the point of the bayonet.
| l saw them put the bayonet right to the
| breasts Of native women and drive them
| into the houses. While this was going on
Lacayo'S servant came by, calling every
! one abusive names. About twenty Of us
American merchants stood on the steps Of
an American merchants store and wit
! messed the affair expecting every moment
| to be involved with the soldiers. In few
| moments Lacayo's servant came back say
! ing Lacayo had given him a six-shooter
and told him to kill the first person that
| troubled him. He passed us and had gotten
| about twenty yards beyond when he saw a
native coming out of house. Without a
| question or a word, he fired point blank at
! the native but missed, though the man
was not fifteen feet away.
| FusiIlade Of Shots.
| "A lot of natives went into the street to
see what was the trouble, and then Laca-
| yo's man fired upon the crowd three times,
| hitting no one. A native got behind him
] by this time and seized him, when the
crowd rushed upon him, beating him badly.
He got away and ran in our direction. Just
! before reaching US the crowd caught him
| ana began pounulIS MIN with cluDS ana
/ stones. We Americans then went to his
| rescue and took him away from the natives,
or else he would have been killed. He de-
served death, but we were afraid of riot
| and had our wives and children to look at
ter. Everything was then quiet till dark,
| when the soldiers got into trouble again
I with the natives, the soldiers firing upon
the crowd, when the fire was returned, two
! soldiers being killed. The town was on the
( verge of a riot, and We sent for Colmore,
asking him in the name of the Americans
! to take charge of the town. He responded
| at once and landed at / o clock, cleared the
streets and has held them ever since. The
next morning Colmore closed all gin mills,
and gave notice that every one who carried
arms would be arrested at once. British
! marines We're patrollinS the streets and We
felt as though We would be protected. That
evening Colmore sent for me and ed me
| to take his steam launch and carry his dis
patches to the ship outside of the bar. Col
more asked me, as / was the only one he
could trust who knew the channels. / left
the town at a.m and as the launch drew
too much water to go over the flats at low
| water. l took her up the creek and down
the river to the ship. AS soon as the cap
tain received the dispatches two boats load
ed with marines were sent on shore. where
We arrived at pm. Both the captain and
Colmore thanked me very much for carry
Ing his dispatches a time when he had
SO few men that he could not spare any
of his own men.
THE day after the ship returned 400 rifles
and $500 cartridges were found, and the
! next day 1900 more were dug up out of
| the ground back of the court house The
British took the arms and cartridges on
| board Of their ship. gobbled up every Mica
| raguan soldier that could be found and
drove them down to Lacayo's, and told him
to keep them inside of his yard, which he
Is now doing. AS his yard is next mine We
see it all. Lacayo evidently thought the
| ship would go away after coming from
Greytown, and then these rifles and ammu-
milton could be brought out, the soldiers in
the bush would be armed, and he would
have things his own way. The captain of
| the Cleopatra says he will not leave until
he is relieved by an American ship.
| British Aid Appreciated.
| when our consul at Greytown sent his
cable to Washington he thought every thing
Bluefelds, but he answered that he was
waiting instructions from Minister Baker
! Saturday evening Samuel Spellma placed
the 5. s. Yewlee at our disposal, and sever
al Americans went after the consul and
| brought him up on Tuesday. On his arrival
/ here he could see what was going on, and
thanked the British captain for what he
had done. The Americans are sending our
consular agent and Samuel Merrill toWash-
| ington. and the consul from Greytown will
stay with US; also the ship Cleopatra till
/ the American ship arrives, which We are
assured will soon be here.
| Il see by the papers that the American
government is afraid that the English
forces were landed so England could have a
| foothold on account of the canal. 1t is not
| SO. We Americans asked and begged for
| them to land and protect US, and right no.
bly, have they done So At the present
| time We have no government, nothing is
| safe, business is at standStiii, and il it
was not for the English blood would be