The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-27
They Are Pos
sible.
BITTER FEELING.
Spanish Troops Are Clam
orous for Their Pay.

Havana, via Key West, Oct. 26-The
bitter feeling among the Spanish troops
against the government for not pay
ing them, is increasing daily and
menaces possible outbreaks, entailing
serious trouble, before long.
The Orden Publico forces, who, as the
name indicates, are entrusted with
maintaining order in the city, con-
stitute the most seditious and turbulent
element. At first the government pro-
posed to pay only those who were dis
charged. Then, after protests, offered
to pay all by promissory notes, a pro-
posal which was refused. No cash set
Element has been made, and the entire
body expresses its dissatisfaction open
ly.
Yesterday so irregulars, movilizatios,
from the Camajueni regiment, arrived
here and went to the palace to demand
pay. Their attitude before Gen. Blanco
was such that he ordered them to be
taken to the Cabanas prison, on pretext
of being fed there, but they have not
been allowed to leave the prison, and,
to all intents and purposes, are under
arrest
Twenty one members of the Guardia
Civile of this province also presented
themselves at the palace to demand
payment arrived just as the Moviliza-
tics We're leaving for CabanaS prisons,
and met Gen. Blanco's aide, who
threatened to send them there also.
The threat had the desired effect, and
they left the palace without further
trouble.
These. incidents prove the real feeling
of the troops. The possibility of an
outbreak is confirmed in private con-
versations with the men, who threaten
to riot if they are ordered to embark
without payment.
The demand for overdue salaries has
taken an active and aggressive form in
the municipal departments Beside the
mobs who daily infest the office of the
mayor, clamoring for pay, threatening
every variety of personal violence, and
even drawing guns, as happened one
day last week, there are many indiVid-
ual instances of a more or less sensa-
tional character. One of the victims,
an employee of the city named Rodri-
guez Casares, entered the mayors office
on Monday morning to insist upon a
settlement. The marquis D'stoban re-
fused and made some excuse not en-
tirely satisfactory to the claimant, who
slapped the mayors face, following up
the slap with a couple of well directed
blows The attendants hustled Casares
out of the building, but the mayor re-
fused to prosecute and endeaVored to
hush the matter up. The story leaked
out, however, and gave rise to good
deal of unfavorable comment at the eX-
pense of the mayor, though his friends
applauded his GOODNESS and Self-re-
straint in not returning the blows.
Yesterday Gen. Blanco issued the
following general order Having re-
ceived by cable on October II COM
munication from minister of war at
Madrid announcing that the troops will
be paid and discharged upon their ar
rival in Spain, l have resolved to sus-
pend until the minister of war replies
further discharges, pursuant to my or
der of October 4th of troops desiring
to remain in the island.
Signed, Blanco."
1t has been agreed by the Spanish
authorities, in view of the protest of
the United States evacuation commits
sioner, to leave the matter of sale of
alleged obsolete ordnance in allegiance
until the question can be decided at
the peace conference in Paris. This af-
ternoon, however, two siX-inch guns
from batteries at FL Vedado, just back
of the Hotel Trotcha, were carried
away before the very eyes of the Amer
lean commissioners, presumably for
shipment to Spain.