The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-11-17
SPANISH DISCIPLINE
Unpaid Soldiers Defy Their Com
manding Officer.
GENERALS COMMANDS sHuBBED.
Ordered His Regulars to Fire on the
Mutinous Orden Publioo, But They
Refused to Obey the Command, and
the General Left In Disgust.

Mutinous Orden Publioo, But They
Refused to Obey the Command, and
the General Left In Disgust.
Havana, Nov. 15.-Private reports
from Puerto Principe and Neuvitas
Cuba, say that 1000 regular soldiers
mutinied. demanding their pay before
embarking for Spain. About 1000 arm
ed soldiers. the reports add, presented
themselves In front of the palace. call
Ing upon the military governor, Emilio
March. for their overdue pay. There
upon General March drew his sword
and ordered them to disband. The SOL
diers. however. refused to obey, and
some Of them. armed with loaded rifles,
threatened the life Of General March.
who returned his sword to Its scab-
bard, crying out:
"Do you wish to kill me? Well. kill
me-"
The soldiers In reply shouted:
mo. no; we only want our pay before
embarking for Spain"
General March promised them that
they would be paid. and the soldiers
returned to their quarters peaceably.
The mutiny Of the orden publico
forces. which for two days threatened
the peace Of this city. resulted yester-
day In the dissolution of that body.
when. after the payment OF some ar
rears and the promise Of full liquida-
tion, the revolving troops laid down
their arms. Captain General BlancO
then ordered all the foot and mounted
regiments Of the orden publico to be
disbanded. that organization ceasing to
exist from this date.
The Havana mutiny was precipitatel
by General Arolas. the military gov
ernor Of the city. whose fiery temper
and brutal treatment of officers Is the
source OF daily spreading disaontent.
At midnight on Wednesday General
Arolas, at the head of a battal on OF
regular infantry. having been apprised
OF the intention Of the troops to join
In the mutlny and demand their pay.
surprised the artillery outposts station
ed along the Vedado road. disarmed
them and placed them Snder survcil-
lance.
The next morning the third company
OF tn, orden publico. numbering about
$50 men, drew up before the captain
generals palace. on The Plaza de Ar
maz. and demanded their overdue pay.
The men were ordered to retire. but re-
fused. General Arolas, who arrived on
the scene almost simultaneously in an
excess OF rage lifted his baton of offic.
and savagely attacked some Of the on
lockers. seriously hurting government
ernploye who had rushed out of the
palace from curiosity.
The orden pubIc0. with fixei bay
orets, assumed an attitude OF deep hos
tuity towards General Arolas. whom
tire men considered responsible for the
'disgraceful way in which they had been
treated. That moment General Solano.
Captain General B!snco's chief OF stan.
appeared at the palace door and COM
manded the atten sion Of the men. He
addressed them In q conciliatory tone.
upbraided them for their insuDordina-
ton, and condemned the Ill advised
course they were pursuing. Then plac-
ing himself at theh head Solsno him
self marched the men back to their
quarters. where he again addressed
them. promising them they would be
paid.
The mutinous orden publioo subse-
quently learned that General Arolas
had called over 1000 regulars from the
suburbs. Relieving that General Arolas
meant to disarm them they iaft their
quarters. each mar with $50 rounds Of
am mmuniticn In his belt, and lined up
In the street opposite TO the armory.
ready to ofle- resistance II necessary.
Shortly after nighttsll General Arolas.
at the head OF the regulars. arrived be-
fore the orden Publicos quarters,
where before him srsod the mutinous
Third company. General Arrlas re-
minded them they ware regulars and
veterans. not mere policemen. as they
had been tsuntingly referred -. The
orden puolico then gave three cheers
for Spain and the army. which were
Justify answered. To the disgust OF
General Arolas. however, right on the
heels OF these "vivas" the regulars
cheered their comrades. and the orden
publioo answered in turn.
General Arolas, mad with raS,e. or
dered his men TO charge. but they re-
fused To obey. He then ordered them
to fire. which they also refused to do.
General Arolas then left for the pal
ace. accompanied by his s;ar and ssven
officers.
About Two blocks from the scene OF
the mutiuy General Arulas' party came
upon an innocent and unsuspecung
member Of the orden publico. who was
unarmed. Arolas drew mis- sword and
savagely attacked the man. intiictinS
on him severe wounds. from which the
victim of the assault died.
wilmington's Race War Euded.
Wilmington. y, c., Nov. 1.-THE race
war In Wilmington has ended. though
nine negroes have been killed and the
regro newspaper oftlce WAS wrecked by
q crowd of whites. The paper The
Record. had published an article de-
famatory OF white women. and the
whites demanded that the editor leave
town and the paper be suppressed.
prominent negroes being called on ~
enforce the decree. As no answer WAS
returned the office was wrecked and
burned. Then the town officials were
forced 10 tender their designations and
an entire new city government WAS
chosen. with eS-Represeptatlve wad-
dell rs mayor, Three oS the retiring
officials were forced TO leave the city.
and have presented a complaint at /.