The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-16
BLOODY RIOT At SAN LUIS.
Colored soldiers In Uniform Kill Several
Per~ous-Great Excitement.

Colored Soldiers In Uniform Kill Several
Per~ons-Gre.t Excitement.
Santiago. Nov. Ian incident oc-
CURED last night at San Luis. about
% miles north of Santiago. which
caused a great deal Of Ill feeling among
the Cubans and considerable annoy
snce among the United States military
officials here.
All the colored regiments are en-
camped In h neighborhood of San
Luis. They were sent there virtually
to get them out of the way because of
the difficulty experienced in managing
them. The colored officers seem to
have little or no control over their
men, n officers and ~privates are often
seen drinking together. with arms
around n another's necks and be-
having In other ways not calculated to
inspire respect for the American troops
among the Cubans.
Ii was not expected that the colored
soldiers could do much harm In San
Luis district, which was chosen on
that principle. The trouble began last
evening In an attempt to arrest two
soldiers for abusing a Cuban workman
and stealing his hog. The outrage was
committed on the Normas sugar plan
tation. Lieutenant Jose FerroIa, chief
Of General Woods gendarmes in that
section. a Spaniard. but a Cuban SYM
pathizer. and a man whom General
Wood knew to be able and courageous.
attempted to a the arrests.
The soldiers. who belonged to the 9th
immunes escaped. Soon after. 20 colored
men. wearing the uniform of the United
States army. attacked the house where
Lieutenant Ferrora was n kept up n
regular fusillade. killing Lieutenant
Ferrora. Antonio Roman, an old man..
Emilio Betteran, a boy of IL. and a
baby and wounding several others. Two
soldiers were killed in the ARRAY.
When the news reached Santiago.
General Wood was at dinner. He inn
mediately went to the signal office,
charge of the key. For four hours dis
patches were sent and received. The
colored officers all denied that their
men were implicated in the affair, in
spite of all the evidence 10 the contrary.
After an unsatisfactory attempt to get
at re facts OF the case over the wires.
General Wood adjourned his inquiry
until this morning, when he left
on n special train for San Luis.
The American officials here passed
the day with no little anxiety.
At 8 o'clock he returned. report
ing that after a long investigation
he had come to the conclusion that all
III tOtptto WIZ " tto
mixed up in the ARRAY. He has offered
81. 900 reward for the names OF the men
who did the shooting. and before leav-
ing San Luis he res the colored OFF,
GERS a eve lecture for denying last
night that their men were implicated.
E-ye-witnesses OF the affair who arrived
here during the course of the day say
that the gendarmes who were wounded are
expected to die. The expression among
them Is that all the soldiers belonged to
the 9th immunes. Lieutenant Ferrora be-
haved most pluckily. and even when dy-
ing ordered his men to defend themselves.
He was shot while outside the house and
trying to persuade the crowd to dispense.
II seems that the soldiers a been drink
ing I'm the town and that a crowd OF them
was easily gotten together to make the
attack.
As the night approached the popular
feeling Of Indignation here intensified and
General Woods arrival was eagerly
awaited.