The Monte Vista journal., 1898-11-19
CAUSE For SHAME.

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Santiago de Cuba. Nov. 1a-Several
Cubans were killed last night at San
Luis. about twenty-five miles north Of
SantiaG0. Two soldiers also met death
In nght over \ trivial incident.
All the colOred regiments are em-
camped In the neighborhood Of San
Lula They were sent there virtually
TO get them out Of the way, because Of
the difficulty In managing them. The
coiored officers seem TO have little or
no control over their men. and officers
and privateS are often seen drinking
together. with arms around ench 9TH
ers necks. and behaving In other ways
not calculated to inspire respect for
the American troops among the Gu
buns.
II was not expected that the c0lored
soldiers could do much harm In the
San Luis district. which was chosen
on that principle. The trouble began
last evening In an attempt 10 arrest
two soldiers for abusing Cuban work
man and stealing his hog. The Outrage
was committed on the Normas sugar
plantation. Lieutenant Jose Ferrorn.
chief OF General Woods gendarmerie
In that section. n Spaniard. but Gu
ban sympathizer. and n man whom
General Wood knew To hc able and
courageous. attempted to make the ar
rests.
The soldiers. who belonged To the
Ninth Immunes. escaped. Soon after
thirty colorsd men. wearing the uni.
form Of the United States army. at
tackled the house where Licutenun
Ferrora was aud kept up n regular
fusilndc. killing Llentenan; Ferrora.
Antonio Roman. an old man: Elimlo
Betternn. boy Of II. and n baby. and
wounding several others. Two soldiers
were killed in the affray.
When the news reached Santiago.
General Wood wa, nt dinner. lie i'm.
Tedintely went TO the signal office.
where Chief Signal Officer Brady TOOK
Charge OF the key.
For four hours dispatches were sen,
and received. The colored officers all
denied that their men wcrc Implicated
In the affair. in spite of all the rr e
dence to the contrary. After nn unsat-
isfactory attempt 30 gcf nj the facts u,
the ease over the wires. General Wood
adjourned his inquiry until this morn
Ing. when he left on n special ,raiu 10,
San Luis.
The American officials here passed
the day with no little anxiety. Al :
o'clock General Wool returned. re-.
porting that after long investigation
he had come To the conclusion that all
the culored regiments were more or
less mixed MP In fhc afrrny. He ha.
offered si.9o reward for the names of
the nl.D who did the shooting. and he-
for. leaving San Luis he read the col
ored officers n severe lecture for deny
Ing last night that their men were i'm.
plcaied.
Eye witnesses of the AFFAIR. who ar.
rived here during the course Of I'll,
day. say that the gcndarmcs who wer,
wounded nrc expected 10 die. The i'm.
pression among them IL that all III.
soldiers belonged 10 the Ninth I'm.
muner.
Lieutenant Fcrrora behaved mos,
piuckily. and even when dying he or.
dcrssi his men to defend them ns..lves.
lie was shot while outside the house
and trying to persuade the crowd to
disrerse. The soldiers had been drink.
Ing In the town and crowd Of them
was easily got together TO make the
attack.
The indeI'endencln calls upon Gen.
eral Wood to relieve General Eweru ot
bis command. claiming that he IL ..ab
solufely Incompetent" The paper says
also:
1T is contrary To all Justice 10 send
here as an army Of occupation cut,
fhroats and mur'icrcrx. who ever sine,
they came have acted worse than the
spnnlnr'is ever lid. These men nrp ~
had that they Ind b..-n sent To a far.
on town. where their niissL.zis have
eliminated In bu'chcry and slaughter
worse than even Cubans have been ne.
custoins-i to-