The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-12-13
BULLETS WERE FLYING
IN A BIG HOTEL
CUBANs SOUGHT TO CLOSE THE.
Alters BECAUSE OF DEATH
OF GEN. GARCIA
COLLISION OCCURRED
WITH SPANISH OFFICERS

Americans and Their Wives Were
Spectators of the Excitin. Affair
and Had Thrilling ExDa-,.n
Gen. Greene Appealed to nv
Cubans, Who Asked American
Protection.
HAVANA, Dec. II. = Three Cubans
were killed and one officer and two Gu
bans were wounded last night in an
ARRAY between some Spanish officers
OF duty and a number Of citizens and
a party Of Cubans who wished to
close the Tacon theater on account Of
the death Of Gen. Garcia, at Washing
ton. The Spanish troops on duty inter-
Vened and restored order.
| After the news Of Gen. Garcia's
death spread through Havana, early
| Yesterday 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 theater.
Where there were many Spanish Of
ncers among the audience, refused to
close the house. Thereupon, AIlegrette.
former captain of insurgent troops.
got into a excited argument with the
manager Of the theater, and Allegrette
was escorted to the sidewalk by the DO
lice On duty. He then got into a spir-
lteo argument with Spanish officer
| VINO struck him across the face with
! the fiat Of his sword. There was a coll
lis1on between the Cubans and the
| Spanish military men, more blows were
struck on both sides and many persons
from the cafes and parks cheered for
Spain and brought crowds Of people
from the adjacent streets and squares.
| Suddenly a shot was fired, whether
by a Cuban or Spaniard, Intention
| ally or accidentally, cannot be said,
and the Cubans retreated into the
! Hotel Inglaterra. More shots were
fired on both sides, and Arturo Tiset,
a French citizen, born in Havana. was
shot and seriously wounded while sit
ting at a table. More shots were fired,
and Cubans ran through the hotel Of
| flee and made their way upstairs.
Jesus Sotolongo. Cuban, fell wounded
on the stairs, and another wounded
man broke into the room occupied by
Lieut.. Fitzhugh Lee, son Of the famous
general and former consul general
here, demanding protection.
Gen. Greene and several members Of
his staff, who had been out on a bal
cony watching the crowd, heard the
| uproar in the hotel and went into the
| corridor. So soon as the Spanish Of
| f1cers saw Gen. Greene, who was in
uniform, they stopped the pursuit Of
the Cubans, saluted and retired
In the meantime EastaQuio Lemus
had been fatally wounded in the street,
and Pedro Blesa and Foro Jiminez had
been killed.
Shortly afterwards the Spanish
guards on duty swarmed in from the
neighboring streets, and order was re-
stored.
SOME CLOSE CALLS.
At the time the Cubans and pursuing
| Spaniards ran through the Hotel Ingla,-
terra Gen. Humphreys was in the lobby
talking with Maj Martin, Of Gen.
Greenes staff, and other gentlemen. A
bullet shattered a mirror near which
they stood, and two others spIintered
the staircase.
R. S. Howland, editor Of the Provi-
dence Journal, and M. L. Riley, New
York contractor, were jostIed by the
sudden rush of shouting and fighting
men. Gen. Julio Sanguilly was sitting
at a table in the lobby The violent
scenes In the Office and on the stairs
lasted, however, for only a few min
utes.
On the outside the Spanish soldiers
were clearing the great square and the
vicinity. The hotel was full Of Amer
lean officers and civilians, and some of
them, with their wives, were standing
OF the balconies at the imminent risk
Of being hit by bullets fired at an up
ward angle to scare the crowds. From
that point they watched the spectacle
In the electric-lighted square.
1t is reported that in addition to the
killed and wounded who have been pre-
viously mentioned, fourteen are being
cared for in private houses. Three ar
rests were made.
GEN. GREENE APPEALED TO.
A few minutes after the shooting in
the hotel frightened patrons and Gu
bans gathered around Gen. Greene.
asking if he would protect them. He
assured them that he believed they
were safe, but the only recognized au-
lhO41ty LII 1ldNelld vas JIl6 spanish GX-
ecutive. He then sent Capt Cole and
Lieut. Stevens to Gen. Castellanos to
inquire what was being done to pre-
serve order. The latter replied that
the cafes had been ordered closed, and
troops in sufficient number to keep the
peace had been posted IN the squares
and thoroughfares. Two Of the aides
cf Gen. Castellanos called upon Gen,
Greene and gave him further personal
assurances.
Telephone messages describing the
occurrence were sent to Gen. Wade in
Ell Vedado and Gen. Greene cabled to
Washington a brief statement Of the
facts What was taking place in the
city was all unknown on the American
warships and transports in the harbor,
nor did the news reach them until this
morning.
A number Of Spanish officers called
upon Gen. Greene to ask If ne had any
objection to having Sanguilly and other
Cubans. who were "secreted" in the