New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-15

with wildly excited crowds. who loudly cursed
General Arolas The Orden Publico. with fixed
bayonets assumed an attitude Of h. stility
toward General Arolas. whom the men cons'd-
cred responsible for the dissraceful way In
which they had been treated. That moment or
suspense might have been fraught with deep
significance had not General Solano, Captain
General Blancos chief OF staff. appeared at the
palace door and commanded the attention OF the
men He then addressed them In conciliatory
tone upbralded therp for their INSTRUMENTATION
and condemned the III advised course they were
pursuing.
Placing himself at their head General Soano
himself marched the men back 10 their quarters,
where he again addressed them, promising them
they would be paid
This occurred at o'clock in the morning. ana
the day passed quietly without any further In
cident until dusk.
when the mutlnous Orden Pubco learned
that General Arolas had called over four thou
sand regulars In from the suburbs. and believ-
ing that General Arolas meant to disarm them.
they again left their quarters. each man with
one hundred and fifty rounds Of ammunition in
his belt. and lined up in the street opposite the
armory ready to offer resistance. If necessary.
AROLAS ADDRESSES THE MEN.
Shortly after nightfall General Arolas at the
he al Of the regulars and preceded by a band of
music playing national airs arrived before the
Orden Publico's quarters where ne halted Be
fore him stood the mutinous Sd Company. grim
and sullen. Turning to the men. General Aroas
reminded them they were regulars and Veter-
ans. not mere policemen. as they mad beeh
tauntingly called The Orden Publico then gave
three cheers for Spain and the army. which
were Justify answered. To the disgust OF Cen
eral Arolas. however. Immediately AFTER these
"Vivas" the regulars cheered their comrades
and the Orden Puhlico answered in turn
General Arolas mad with rage, ordered MS
men to charge, but they refused to obey He
then ordered them 10 fire. which they also re-
fused to do
General Arolas then realized he had lost his
influence over the men and, after calling the
officers aside and comforting with them for a
few minutes he started for the palace, accom-
panied by his staff and officers.
AROLAS KILLS A MAN.
About two blocks from the scene or the
mutiny General Aroas's party came upon an
innocent and dnsuspecting member OF the
Orden PublIco. who was unarmed. Mad with
fury General Arolas drew his sword ana saw
agey attacking him. innicting on him severe
died this morning.
In the assault Lieutenant Malta. Generai
Arolass aide-de-camY. had his hand cut. sup
posedly by Aroas's sword as II was the ohy
one drawn Malta had his wound dressed. ana
although he was forced to carry his injured
arm in a sling he remained with General Arolas
all night.
Toward II o'clock General ArOlas. who had
been Informed that further uprisings had taken
place among other companies OF the Orden Pun
leo now somewhat sObered and pacitied, re-
turned to where he had left the troops and or
dered them away, leaving a guard stationed IN
the buildings adjoining and facing the barracks
Of the Orden Publlco, who by this time had been
persuaded by their own officers to Withdraw
within their quarters.
Toward midnight most OF the regiments or
the Orden Publico. both cavalry and Infantry
throughout the city had mutinled and turned
out. fully armed, into the streets
General Arolas with the regulars, met them
at the Calzada del Monta, where repetition OF
the earlier incidents occurred, the troops again
refusing to obey orders to fire when commanded
TO do
MUTINEERS AT LAST DISBAND.
A conference then took place between the Of
fcers and the men. and the mutineers disoanded
and retired for the night
At o'clock the following morning General
Arolas ordered the troops to retire to their quar-
ters and hold themselves in readiness for any
emergency.
The palace was heavily guarded all night and
extreme precautions were taken to deal with
possible general revolt.
The night. however passed without any
further untoward incident, bringing about to-
dav the result before mentioned. namely the
DIS banding Of the Orden Publlco forces.
This uprising, which has been settled on the
only possible basis. that OF cash. though unirn-
portant i'm itself affords good illustration OF
the condition II affairs here. and OF the utter
decentralization If even the army where the
officers have lost entire control Of the troops
Although the possibility Of further uprsings
f. secuted by the military authorities there is
reason to believe that trouble is anticipated
among the Guardia Civil. Artillery ana even
other regular forces Is proved by the fact
to