Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-11
MOBBED BY THE SPANISH
Efforts to Land Food for the Starving
Resented.
Consul Brice Declared That Every
Pound of the Cargo Would Be
Distributed to the Suffering.

| A press dispatch from New Orleans says:
Additional facts are learned concerning the
mobbing OF the American relief Utstein,
| which recently took TO Matanzas, Cuba,
| a cargo for the starving reconcentrados,
| and has just returned to New Orleans.
The cargo was made up of food. medi-
cine and clothing; was valued at $4,000,
| and was collected by Kansas City paper
| in a week. A member of the newspaper
| staff, who went to MatanZas on the ship,
| reports partly follows:
1 The dock at Matanzas was crowded with
| people awaiting the coming of the Utstein
| The crowd was one of rags and gauntness,
| which represented the starving reconcen-
| TRADES, and gold lace and snowy uniforms
| of the sneering Spanish officers and SOL
diers. Through this crowd The little party
| from the UtsteinzQassed.
| THE reconcenGadoS pointed to their
mouths to signify their hunger. The party
was followed by hundreds of ragged men,
| women and children, begging for food or
money. AT every turn the street showed
| another starving crowd. Consul Brice's
office full OF clamoring people. The
| streets were crowded. Two clerks were
| busy writing ration tickets.
Unloading the Food.
| "At . O'Clock Saturday afternoon the
| first lighters began unloading. An effort
was made to have the unloading continued
| through the night but the Spanish au-
| thorities would not consent.
1T was afterWard learned that there
| was a runlor that several Thousand rifles
| for the insurgents were concealed IN the
| hold. AS the magnitude of the relief sup
| ply was realized by the Spanish mere hants,
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| ions.
Later in the day Others came to the
| consul once ana Saiu that N'onuas liai
! and ~ ~, a.ti'r,, 80 n h., ,na1a nndcr
| the leadership of the Civil Guards, the
| most formidable body Of soldiers in Cuba.
| 1hey reported that the consul once was
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| bnaril >'e
| so many reports Of this character had
| been circulated that this was gwen little
| credence by Consul Brice, who advised That
| 10 fear be shown.
| During Sunday the unloading OF the
| boat proceeded rapidly. and sunday alter
| noon the hauling of the cargo to the two
| large warehouses engaged began at once.
| The hauling was continued late into the
| tight, until the two warehouses; were
| crowd; d with the provisions,
| During Sunday Consul Brice gave out
| ration tickets until 14,ooo had been given
| out. 1t rained hard all sunday but the
| crowd before the consuIs office dld not de-
crease. nor did the consul or MS clerks
cease IN their labors.
| AT 4 o'clock in the afternoon Consul
Brice bought lot of bread with relief
| money and distributed several hundred
| leaves in front of the theater. 1T was
| fought for by q crowd of thousand or
more.
| In the meantime Consul Brice had given
! , great deal of the great vests money,
| in twenty and forty-cent Spanish pieces,
| to needy women.
| 1,.,It.a Inv Snopisb RnbhIe
| ~. .
| SUNDAY evening the ieehhS as'tihs, me
| Americans intensified. Insults were offered
| them everywhere Spanish soldiers crowd
| cd tben, off the sidewalks They were
| hi,.soa 80 900. -. a,,a u.bist,ad TO a.. 20
| MISSY" a. Spa' az ''iN ~ '' -
| dogs.
| That night they walked to their hotel
| IN the middle of n narrow street making
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| tEen. Eariy MONDAY morning they We're
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