The San Francisco call., 1895-10-15
SOME FATAL PROTESTS
Comrades Who Showed Signs
of Grief Were Also Put
to Death.
WATCHING FOR ANTONIO EzETA.
Gutierrez Says the General VIII Be
Lynched If He Appears In
the Country.

SAN SALVADOR, Oct. 14.-ThOugh de-
MED by the Government, a report is cur
rent, on what seems the best of authority,
that fourteen political prisoners were
forced to work on the road near La Liber-
tad, and after being most cruelty treated,
and even subjected to tortures to make
them confess the names of persons impli.
Gated in the conspiracy against the Gov
ernment, were shot Saturday afternoon.
number Of other prisoners. who pro-
tested and made other signs of grief and
disapprobation at the fate of their COM
rades, were cruelty beaten by the soldiers,
as result of which three died. Cases of
cruelties to prisoners. often resulting in
| their death, are daily more frequent. The
press insists that the Government order an
| investigation of these cruelties The
country is flooded with new Ezeta revolu-
tlonary proclamations, dated Acapulco.
There is not day without arrests on
| suspicion of being implicated in some sup
posed revolutionary conspiracy, and it Is
even claimed that plot to assassinate
President Gutierrez and a number of his
principal adherents has been discovered.
Troops are being constantly forwarded to
the principal points on the coast. Deser-
tions from the army continue, and yester-
day afternoon the guard at the artillery
barracks in this city, to the number of
| twenty-six, deserted in a body, taking
their arms with them, and orders have
been issued that deserters from the army
| are to be shot whenever captured.
President Gutierrez is again reported to
be anxious to resign and go abroad, but mis-
partisans, fearing that if he goes Vice
President Prudencio Alfaro, will make an
entire change of the Government and place
his own partisans (Liberals) into power,
oppose this move on the part of Gutierrez.
The army is entirely favorable to Alfaro
and opposed to Gutierrez. A Fumor is now
current here that the Conservatives, with
Jaointo Castellanos at their head, have
proposed coalition to General Manuel
Rivas against Alfaro, offering to place
Rivas into power provided he rids them OF
Alfaro. 1t is furthermore claimed that the
clergy all over the country favor the plans
OF Castellanos, and have bound themselves
TO preach to that effect. The reports cur
rent here for the last few days that the
Liberals had been offered support from
Guatemala in case of trouble are officially
denied by both parties. The Government
claims that the most harmonious feeling
now exists between the Governments of the
| two countries.
1t is officially denied that this Govern
ment has requested that of Mexico to take
any steps against General Antonio Ezeta,
who is now at Acapulco. A prominent
official here told the correspondent that an
emissary of Antonio Ezeta made propo-
sitions to the Government here that he
| (Ezeta) would go to Europe and never
trouble the Government if given a sum Of
money, but that President Gutierrez re-
| jected this proposition with indignation,
and told the emlssary that he should be
| glad to see EZeta invade this country, foY
an indignant people would soon lynch
him. 1t is also stated that this emissary
was ordered to leave the country within
| forty-eight hours, which he did.
| The Government denies the reports Of
an attack on the custom-house at La
Union and the robbery there of cash and
goods to the value of near 81, 100000.
| GUATEMALA, Oct 14.-The reports of
a secret alliance between this country and
Costa Rica against any aggression by
| Nicaragua, Salvador and Honduras are Of
| icially denied, but on the contrary it is
now stated that this Government has
lately entered into new treaties with the
| Governments of Salvador, Honduras and
Nicaragua, which it is claimed are but the
precursors of the long desired Central
American union. 1t is again officially
claimed that this Government was notified
of what was done by the Presidents of
those three countries in their interview at
Amapala when the preliminary steps were
taken for the formation of the new repub-
| lie to be called La Republica Mayor de
Centro America (the Greater Republic Of
Central America), which republic is by no
means fact as yet. President Barrios is
known to have said that he will under no
circumstances interfere in the affairs of
the Centro America, and that if the new
republic is organized he will be very glad
of it, for instead of this creating discord in
! Central America it will be productive Of
| greater harmony than ever before
| sharp lookout has been ordered for
Antonio Ezeia, who, it is reported, pro-
poses to make his way overland from Aca-
pulco to San Salvador, and if he is cap
tured in Guatemala he will surely be shot.