Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-06
EVEN WORM WILL TURN
ss Hundred Spanish machiniss in Havana Go
On Strike.
no WAGES ron FIVE LONG MONTHS
The strike WIN Dciay r,acuation nlauoo
Coafro, ted with ~ Empty Treasury
Troops Ciamoriuz.

Havana. via Key West. oct. G-slx
hundred men. maohlnlsis. blacksmiths.
skilled wnrkmcn. and lahorcrs. have
gunc On strike at the Havana arsenal.
refusing 20 work unless they ate paid
| ave months arrears vt VASES. The
strike bcEan on Monday and 40 aet-
Element has yet been made.
The spanish cruiser Conde de vcnid-
ITO. the gunb1nt Gallcia and thc tlfpc-
Do boat Nuoya Espana arc on the
Stocks al the navy yard undergoing
elaborate rupaifs, preparatory 90 theif
] u4p o. hpllnY The arsenal strike " la
I DE % delay The evacuation Hl Tar AZ
The navy o. concerned uulufH the dlf.
/ icfencca urc soon Hoitlud, AH the vuH-
sells in thcir present condition are
quite unequal 60 q sea voyage. IS
7 peclaily at this time u the yoar
The spanish authorities continue 20
declare their inability 10 uSacuatu tn
Island entirely before the end %
February. The Washington govern.
mcnt ihmIIh the American commits
Aonoir continue 20 Insist uv1n promp,
tNacuatiaui The SpAnlurdH says also
aH reason Tor delay. that IN addition
l tu the lack u vessels. large pruplr-
[ ton " their soldiers are tpu weak aud
w % undertake the voyage at the
winter season.
GENERAL iilanco h. bcsc, on all sides
l with Efato Problems requiring "a cash
| solution. Unfortunately the Madrid
| government la unpfvplttd gu meet
I ihrm. and the captain E.uNrni IL thus
I placed m "a very delicate position. on
ihi one hand n the navy yard strike.
on the other are troops cltmJfug Tor
back pay. Last week gunufal liiauUl 10.
. aud HHaIHHH IIHNHH
l lonai rtg|mtEA Ia certain places. AZ.
l Tor inHilLcu. at Sancu sp.rlua Tho
[ troops ttflfcd o. dlHbaud unless thuy
nfsi received their arrears ~ pay.
MANY Of them vent over TO ths cuban
! fat.iH.
'The trp 70 cicnfucgla Of General
| n1lau0. General hianCl'u chief 0f stan.
b. Understood 90 b. due 90 the sufllus-
ucaa % the situation Exactly what
rAtuha rfadcr,i itr measure necCHs
fafy have not been developed. but
General nlanc0 ytHtcriay revoked the
order diaaana'rH thu lrioTulara.
II has lt1hel uut that DO bile sx-
tfcuaty gruaul L|att1 rnm1nfd the
g1vurnuf " the lianco Espan0l and
called ur1n him fur an advance VI
mnrey fhH bank uniclhl at first re-
fused. but lnally yielded 10 Blanco's
alpcal aud aEfugd 90 advance t-0Q0y0.
ltit selAurHa u seriously Cuud.mued.
many " the dgIpat1rs Threatening 10
withdraw tasir depoHIts.
! be commercial condition " the
Island. iufisad % improving. seems 10
b. a. a r9mpleic standHilii. TIE IN
disguised corruption In gyefy branch
% she administration nils an minds
with diftrusL There are other omlnot q
clouds un the horizon that lndlUat
early trouble with tho Cubans. who aru
nos openly pruclalmlnE their readiness
q nFht u me last drop " blood for
absolute Independence. Prominent
chicin 10 the iuaurEent army have lu.
dicatod thglr lntsntion. a. soon az the
fur.hcomlnE elections arc over to come
10 Havana and work ntrunuouHiy Ia
behalf 81 Independence. IN this they
are SUPPORTED by the labor classes VI
rscincoa. not identlned With the last
uprising. thfrv'niiha u whom. 10 may
b. safely estimated. profess thglr ln.
trutlun gf lulnlnE the lnsurgent ranks
ln tbs airuskis Tot ladependyneg and ~
ilEht che Americans, Il the latter IN
any way oppoag absolute freedom Tor
tho Island.
DlHirunt and uncertainty o. 10 the
precise policy OF ihe United states
government with regard 90 cuba keeps
the ISLAND Ia a pfccari3us and unsettled
condition. Havana 10 deHcryedly
alarmed over the release u w Nanl-
goa. Who have been undergoing sea-.
fences ln fpaln'a penal colonies Ia
Afriea. These criminals are mostly
mufdewfa. belonging 20 the NanlzD
societies, whose initiation rites demand
that the Nruphyte should murder the
fifrl person h. meets IN the street after
tho ceremony ~ drinking the hot blood
Of a cock. u the feathers iu the uock r
tall are black he must Kill a nsgru. u
white. the victim must be a white man,
and Il yellow o. bun thea mulatto
or q Chinaman.
menace 10 thla city waglnE their bat
ties ln the streets and committing ter
fible crimes. During the last few years
upward Of 700 N them have been ar
rested aud sent 20 Quota. The reports
~ their release and probable return 20
Havana nAa the population with dread.
senior Francisco De Armaa. clyn suy-
efnor Of MatanEas, has been relieved %
hir once owing 10 hia inability % cope
with conditions there, D4ilug his adj
mnaiTauon nothlng seemed 10 be-
done % relieve distress ana 20 reduce
tho terrible mortality. Municipal regu-
iaiiona and sanitary provisions were
neglected and remained unsnforred, the
distress finally reaching such a point
that Nhen the United States IN the
name uf humanity, Insisted upon send
ing the Comal there. Il was impossible
! 10 deny tho request Armna 10 Gu
han and auionnmist gOvernnr and tho
snHulafda see ln his conduct some
hing beyond lncapahilty
10 appr1r. that az the sale, held last
Thursday In Marine street IN this city,
~ army mules. 600 animals brought
81 100 The sale was in sense secret
and the government undoubtedly made
! u had bargain. a. 10 NaN VOL known
that two parties we're ready 10 pay So.
| 900 for the lot hut were Kept Ignorant
20 the last hour of the sale,