The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-12-16
SPANISH AND GJBANS FIGHT
DESPERATE ENCOUNTER IN THE
STREETS OF HAVANA.
THREE CUBlNS KILLED OUTRIGHT
a spanish omcsr and Two other ouban'
Wounded Ia the Collision Flight
Carried Into Hotel.

three Cubans were killed and one |
Spanish officer and two Cubans wound. |
ed Sunday night in an ARRAY between
Spanish officers of duty and NUM-
Der Of citizens and a party Of Cubans
who wished to close the Taeon theater
on account Of the death Of General
Calixto Garcia at Washington. The
troops on duty interviewed and re-
stored order.
After the news Of General Garcia's
death spread through Havana early
Sunday evening the Cubans wished TO
have all the places Of amusement
closed. They succeeded in closing
two places frequented by Cubans, but
the management Of the Tacon theatre.
where there we're many Spanish
officers among tho audience, refused
to close the house. Thereupon Ale
gretto, a former captain Of insurgent
troops, got into an excited argument
with the manager Of the theater and
was escorted 10 the sidewalk by the
police on duty. There Allegrette en-
tered into heated discussion with a
Spanish officer, who struck him across
the face with the fiat Of his sword.
Then there was a collision between
tho Cubans and the Spanish military
men. More blows were struck on
both sides and many persons from the
cafes and park eheercd for Spain and
drew crowds Of people to the spot
from adjacent streets and squares.
Powder and Lead Used.
Suddenly shot was fred, whether
~ a Cuban or by Spaniard, inten-
tionally or accidentally, cannot be said,
aud the Cubans retreated into the
Hotel Inglaterra.
Mere shots were fired on both sides
and Arturo Tizet, a French citizen
born in Havana, was shot and seri.
ously wounded while sitting at table
More shots were fred, and the Cubans
ran through the hotel Office and made
their way upstairs Jesus Sotolongo,
a Cuban, fell wounded on the stairs,
and another man broke into the room
occupied by Lieutenant Fitzhugh Lee,
son of the famous general and former
consul general in Havana, demanding
protection.
General Greene and several mem
bers Of his staff, who had been out on
a balcony watching the crowd, heard
the uproar in the hotel and went into
the corridor.
AS soon as the Spanish officers saw
General Green, who was in uniform,
they stopped the pursuit of the Gu.
bans, saluted and retired.
In the meantime one Cuban had
been fatally wounded in the streets,
and two had been killed.
Shortly afterwards the Spanish
guards on duty swarmed in from the
neighboring streets and order was re-
stored.
At the time the Cubans and pursu
ing SpaDiards ran through the hote
Inglaterra General Humphreys was il
the lobby talking with Major Martin
of General Gleene's staff, and othel
gentlemen. A bullet shattered mir
ror near which they stood and twc
others splintered the staircase.
The hotel was full of American .tfi
GERS and civilians, and some of then
with their wives were standing on til,
balconies at the imminent risk of bein,
hit by bullets fred at an upward angl
to scare the crowds. From that poin
they watched the spectacle from tn
electric lighted square.
1t is reported that in addition t
those killed and wounded who hav
been previously mentioned, fourteen
are being cared for in private houses
Three arrests were made.
A few minutes after the shooting i
the hotel, frightened patrons and Gu
bans gathered around General Greene
asking if he would protect them. H
assured them that he believed the
were safe, but the only recognize
authority in Havana was the SPANS
9 executive.
He then sent Captain Cole and Lieu
l tenant Stevens to General Castellano
to inquire what was being done to pre-
r serve order The latter replied tha
+ the cafes had been ordered closed an
: the streets cleared, while troops i
sufficient numbers to keep the peac
had been posted in the squares an
thoroughfares. Two of the aids {
It General Castellanos called upon Ger
eral Greene and gave him further pei
d sonal assurances.
i Telephone messages describing th
d occurrence were sent to General Wad
y in Eel Vedado and General Greene CT
Q bled to Washington a brief statemer
!. of the facts What was taking WI
k taking place in the city was all III