Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27
cUBANs CREATE DISORDER
Serious Conditions in Havana Pending
Spanish Evacuation.
MObs Parade the Streets and FIRE.
quently- Attack Inofepsive Spanish
Residents and Soldiers.

A dispatch from Havana yesterday says:
The city is in state of unrest, in antici-
patton of the American occupation. The
Spanish troops are evacuating the city so
rapidly that it is almost impossible for
the Americans to provide promptly for the
preservation of peace. Three wards were
evacuated today.
Today Cuban mob threatened to attack
the residence of Marquis de Montero. sec
rotary of the treasury in the autonomist
cabinet and member of the Spanish
evacuation commission. The house is 1915
Neptune street, in part of the city already
evacuated. On the matter being brought
to the attention of the United States evac-
uation commissioners. a guard of regulars
was sent to guard the residence until fur
Their orders.
Some disturbances having occurred in San
Lazare street and a Spanish store having
been sacked by the Cubans, the United
States commissioners have sent a staff of
officers, with a detachment of troops, to
the scene of disorder The Sth and 10th
Regular Infantry Regiments are encamped
near the Hotel Trotcha. the headquarters
OF the Americans at Ell Nedado
Cubans Create Disorder.
A party of colored Cubans this morning
entered the wholesale grocery establish
Spanish firm Of Mestro & Mata, and order
ed Senior Mestro to kiss the Cuban flag and
to cry viva Cuba Lbre." He refused to
obey, whereupon one of the Cubans cut his
head badly with machete.
Francisco Quintero, a Spanish guerrilla,
while walking along Genios street today,
was fired at from the roof of house and
seriously wounded. During the last TWEEN
ty-four hours one man has been killed and
twelve wounded in affrays in different parts
Of the city and eleven bufSlaries have been
committed.
La Lucha says it can see no disloyalty
to Spain the part of Spanish residents
in Cuba if they choose to hoist American
and Cuban flags because Spain renowned
the island without consulting the. Span
iards.
Captain General Castellanos, after for
mally delivering over the island to the
American authorities on JANUARY i. VIII
leave for Matanzas, where he will remain
a fortnight. going thence to CienfueSoS.
RiOting at Monserrate.
A censored special cable to the Chicago
Tribune from Havana Sunday night says:
Rioting began at Monserrate tonight. A
battalion of Spanish troops hurried from
the barracks the Prado to Galiano
street, the dividing line between Cuban and
Spanish territory.
Order was restored, but in the firing
which occurred before the troops arrived an
elght-year-old Cuban child was Killed by
stray bullet.
Spanish territory in the world is now
limited to a narrow strip of land between
Havana harbor and Galiano street. Flags
of Cuba Libre and the United States are
waving within two blocks of the Prado,
great boulevard which runs through the
center of Havana.
Monserrate having been evacuated, the
place was alive today with Cubans and
people from the United States. The scene
enacted at Cerro and Nedado last week. and
at Jesus del Monte yesterday, vas repeated
a Monserrate.
There was even greater demonstration,
for Monsarrate comes almost to the city.
Some of the flags leaped across the dividing
line and waved on the Spanish side.
The celebration which began on Christ
mas night, today reached its height.
Crowds of men and women, waving Cuban
of trees, paraded the streets, shouting and
singing.
Americans Are AppIauded.
Many Americans went over to see the
demonstration. They did not remain long
Owing to the intense enthusiasm the popu-
lace insisted on kissing the brave Ameri-
canos," whether they wared to be kissed
or not.
As evening came on the demonstrat ton
became nosier than ever, as many of the
negroes parading We're drunk and greatly
excited. The Americans became fearful Of
another clash with the Spanish troops like
that which ushered in Christmas day.
There was a fig-t between Cubans and
Spaniards in front of the United States
club at midnight. Several of the partici-
pants We're badly cut with machetes
Many American soldiers who are in town
behaved so boisterously that General Lud-
low says he is sorry that they were permit
ted to come into Havana and that in fu-
ture none would be admitted except upon