Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-17
DANGER OF A REVOLT
Situation in Havana is Critical and
Excitement is Intense.
GENERAL OUTBREAK MAY YET OCCUR
Appearance Of Order Restored is Only
Superficial.
RIOTERS WANT A PRISONER RELEASED
If Their Request is Not Granted Trouble
May Follow.
GENERAL BlANC0 HAS A HARD POSITION
DcIieycs In Mild Methods of Warfare
and Finds 1t Ditiicult to
Quen Rioting in the
Streets.
If Their Request is Not Granted Trouble
May Follow.
GENERAL BLANC0 HAS A HARD POSITION


Delaved in transmission.) ALTHOUGH out
wardly order is restored here, great excite
ment continues and unless the newspapers
exercise. under the present press censorship
great prudence, general revolt is probable
with much bloodshed, because, in such an
event. the army volunteers would fraternlze
General Blanco's position is more difficult,
because his mild methods Of warfare dis
qualify him to use energy with a mob.
The rioters intend going in a pacific man
ner to the palace to request General Blanco
to release Senor Jesus Trillo, a prominent
attorney who has been unjustly charged by
political intriguers with fomentlng mob
violence.
Up to the time this dispatch Is sent no
American has been in danger; nor has there
been any hostile demonstration or shouting
against them, nor have any Americans taken
refuge at the United States consulate. GEN
eral FitZhugh Lee, the British consul ana
other consular officers witnessed the disor-
ders from the balcony of the Hotel lngla-
terre.
calm the agitation, but pointedly suggested
that General Arolas should try to calm him
self also, as he was increasing the disturb
ance by his Incorporate and insulting lah-
guage."
At one point the mob moved toward the
private residence of Senior Bruzon, the civil
governor OF Havana, but was promptly dis
persed by the police.
LATE HAVANA DISPATCHES.
HAVANA, Jan. 16.-No "disagreeable in
cidents' have occurred today and complete
ollmuess' exists General Morroto, General
Bernal and General Saiedo have arrived and
arc assisting General Blnnco in maintaining
peace. While Senior Garcia, governor of
Santa Clara, was attending base ball match
hospital employe attempted to shoot him.
General Agulerre and his aide-de-camp
frus rated the attempt.
General Pando arrived at Manzanillo on
Tuesday blst, According to the official re-
ports there have been only "unimportant
skirmishes'' in that direction.
MADRID, Jan. 16.-Senor Romero Reboido,
presiding al meeting of his friends tonight,
attacked the autonomy scheme AMI sought to
magnify tile significance Of the recent demon
strations at Havanl. The meeting decided to
reassemble on Tuesday next in order to draft
an address ito the queen regent, protesting
against the dissolution of the CorteS and re-
questing that they be convoked. General
Weyler was invited to attend the meeting,
but excused himself the ground of
"'scruples arising from his military posi-
tion."
crowd of 500 men that had massed in Cen
tral park began stoning windows and shout
ing Death to Diareo!" "Viye Weylern' and
"Down with autonomy" General Parade,
General Solano and General Garrich rode
up and General Solano ordered the cavalry
to charge the mob. The cavalry commander
replied: Whom shall l charge? Loyal
Spanards for shouting Long live Spain
and Long live the Spanish generals? "
The commander then dismounted and en-
deavored to persuade the mob, in which were
a number of officers ana several adjutants,
TO retire General Garrich, an intelligent,
noble Cuban, whose loyalty has never been
doubted confronted the leader of the mob,
Major Fuentes and Captain Calve of the
artillery. Major Fuentes resented the re-
buke and General Garrich, infuriated,
snatched several decorations from the breast
the army" Major Fuentes and Captain
Calye were arrested.
STICKS TO HIS WORDS.
General Solano, in the coLse of an inter
view, has denied that he called the rioting
officers drunkards. but he confirms the re-
port that he characterized them AIS "un-
worthy of the uniform they wore.' Some
of the papers having criticised this language,
General Solano said: 81 used those words
and | am willing to sustain them at the
point OF my sword"
Wednesday and Thursday nights the the
aters and cafes were closed and the mill
tary band did not play at Central park as
usual. When the newspaper offices were
being attacked General Blanco called upon
several of General Weyler's friends to use
their influence to calm the rioters. They
replied that they deplored the outburst, but
did not know the leaders OF the riot. They
offered to do everything In their power to
For several months there has been a
conflict of authority between DR.. NJ. ].
Rosenau surgeon, in command of the Ma
tional quarantine station on Angel islaod,
and DR.. w. p. Chalmers, civic quarantine
officer The supremacy of the federal Of
ficoc has been sustained, although not con-
ceded by the civic official. At IL o'clock to-
night DR.. Chalmers is starting in a tug for
the Peru, with the idea of Inspecting the
steamer and of landing the Hawaiian presi-
dent. The federal officials maintain, how
ever, that II Chalmers succeeds in boarding
the Peru he will be detained on board all
night until Or. Rosenau shall have inspected
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