The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-12-13
RIOTING IN HAVANA.
Cubans Insisted on the Theaters
Being Closed.
ONE OF THE PLAYHOUsEs REFUSED


ed and one Spanlard wounded-our
Soldiers Pathetic Welcome.
Havana, Dec. 13.-Three Cubans were
killed and one Spanish officer and two
Cubans were wounded Sunday night
in an affray between some Spanish Of
ficers off duty and a number of citizens
and a party of Cubans who wished to
close the Tacon theater on account Of
the death of General CaliXto Garcia al
Washington. The Spanish troops on
duty intervened and restored order.
After the news of General Garcia s
death spread through Havana the Gu
bans wished to have all the places Of
amusement closed. They succeeded In
closing two places frequented by Gu
bans but the management of the Tacon
theater, where there were many Span
ish officers among the audience, re-
fused to close the house. Thereupon
Allegrette, a former captain of insur-
gent troops, got into an excited argu-
ment with the manager of the theater,
and Allegrette was escorted to the side
walk by the police on duty. There
Allegrette entered into a heated dis
cussion with a Spanish officer, who
struck him across the face with the
fiat Of his sword.
Then there was a collision between
the Cubans and the Spanish military
men, more blows were struck on both
sides, and many persons from the cafes
and park cheered for Spain and
brought crowds of people to the spot
from adjacent streets and squares.
Suddenly a shot was fired, whether by
a Cuban or a Spaniard, Intentionally or
Cubans retreated into the Hotel Ingla-
| terra. More shots were fired on both
Sides and Arturo Tuzet, a French
| citizen born in Havana, was shot and
seriously wounded while sitting at a
| table.
More shots were fired, and the Gu
bans ran through the hotel office and
made their way upstairs. Jesus Soto
| longo, q Cuban, fell wounded on the
| stairs, and another wounded man broke
into the room occupied by Lieutenant
| Fitzhugh Lee, son of the famous gem
eral and former consul here, demand
Ing protection.
| General Greene and several members
of his staff, who had been out on a
balcony watching the crowd heard the
| uproar in the hotel and went into the
corridor. So soon as the Spanish Of
ficers saw General Greene, who was in
uniform, they stopped the pursuit of
the Cubans, saluted and retired. In
the meantime Eastaquio Lemus had
been fatally wounded in the streets
and Pedro Blesa and Senior Jiminez haC
been killed.
At the time the Cubans and pursuing
Spaniards ran through the Hotel In
glaterra General Humphreys was in tn
| fa1l tn oi nf
eral Greenes staff, and other gentle
men. A bullet shattered a mirror neal
which they stood and two others splin
tered the staircase. General Julio San
gully was sitting at a table in the
lobby. The violent scenes in the office
and on the stairs lasted, however, for
few minutes only.
1t is reported that In addition to
those killed and wounded who have
been previously mentioned II are being
cared for in private houses. Three ar
rests were made.
few minutes after the shooting IL
the hotel frightened patrons and Gu.
bans gathered around General Greene
asking If he would protect them. H.
assured them that he believed they
were safe, but the only recognized au
thority in Havana was the Spanish ex
ecutive. He then sent messengers t.
General Castellanos to inquire wha
was being done to preserve order. Th
. latter replied that the cafes had beel
, ordered closed and the streets cleared
while troops in sufficient numbers t
: keep the peace had been posted in tn
squares and thoroughfares.
The First North Carolina regimen
which arrived here Sunday mornin
on the United States transport RoU
manian. disembarked yesterday an
marched through the city, with ban
and colors, to Camp Marianao. BY TIL
time the regiment had reached the sub
urb of Cerro many hundreds of mer
women and children were following, a
showing deep emotion, the men EN-
bracinG one another, the women weep
ing from excessive pleasure and tn
children shouting endearing names a
5, the North Carolinians marched alont
- The troops were amazed at the in
tensity of feeling displayed. Sewers
s. hundred Cubans followed the regimen
. all the way to Marianao, distance
seven miles,
u Captain General Castellanos accus'
d. the Cuban General Jose Sanguilly al
Jose Lacret of a plot to create an u
is, rising and seize the city at a time wht
Oo the Spanish garrison is greatly weaker
10, ed and before the American troops ha'
N. arrived in numbers sufficient to enfor,
Ia order. He declares that the riot
u Sunday night was provoked by SaI
g, gully and Lacret, and he issued d
~ rections yesterday for their arres
%. Sanguilly and Lacret promptly appea
ed to the British consulate and TO II
American officers for protection. The
officials requested the captain gener
elk not to carry out the order OF arres
81 The Americans think the charges a
ek entirely without foundation,