Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-15
CUBAN FIRES ON OFFICERS
Native with His Gun Interrupts Drive o
Colonel Black and Party,
lNTERDICT is LAID ON THE CAB STRIKE
Mayor of Havana Insists that Owners
Must Arrange TO Carry Pnsscn-
gers without Further
Delay to Traffic.

HAVANA, June 14-Colonel Black Major
Kane, General Lees chief surgeon, and Cap
tain Stafford OF the Seventh cavalry went to
Playa de Mariana, about six miles from
Havana, yesterday. Major Kane and Cap
tain stafford, who were riding in an ambu-
lance. left Colonel Black and drove on along
a lonely road protected on either side b.
heavy underbrush. Suddenly they heard the
report Of a gun and a bullet whisted close
to them. Quickly getting down from the
vehicle they saw a Cuban kneeling in the
roadway about 100 yards off. Aiming his
rife at them apparently he fired again, the
bullet passing over their heads, The gem
eral belief is that the affair was not serious
and the officers themselves treat it as a
joke
The cab strikers called today on the
mayor. The men are willing to take the
cabs at a daily rental of SO for frst-class
vehicles and $3.50 for second-class The
owners want 1920 and $3.50 respectively.
Both sides obstinatey held their ground and
the mayor finally told the owners, who
were represented at the conference, that he
would have them drive their own cabs or
have their relatives drive them; that the
cabs must come out for business tomorrow
or risk cancellation of licenses.
The English edition of La Lucha today ad-
vises the Americans to study the Cubans and
learn the natures Of the people they are try
ing to teach
1t says: There are two classes of Gu
bans, the conservatives and the 'shouters'
The former are accustomed to guard their
speech They must learn the art of ex-
pressing their opinions freely which will
be valuable to the Americans in helping
them to reconstruct the country. The other
type is made up of the men who called
Spain's attention to themselves and got sent
away, in order to be saved from going to
the field
The very first lesson for the Americans
is to discriminate between the two to dis
cover some practical plan for getting the
benefit of the views and the friendship of
conservative Cubans and TO find some method
of restraining the shouters' and making
them good citizens by giving them a new
channel for their thoughts and furnishing
them an object upon which to expend their
surplus energy"
Press Libels Police Court.
La Union Espanola continues its policy Of
attempting to throw suspicion upon every
thing under American influence.
Dealing today with the case Of Vicente
Mora, leader of the Spanish mob that at
tackled the Cubans, Carlos Crusade and Mi
suel Atleza, last saturday, IL says that when
he was released from Viyac, the tombs of
Havana, yesterday, the authorities declined
to return to him 500 that was taken from
him on his incarceration. AS matter OF
fact on his provisional release the 7aonev
in question was retained as security for his
appearance today, and on his final release
after trial the money was paid over to him.
On the other hand Captain Pitchers con-
duct of the police court is becoming popu-
lar, even the anti-American press admit
ting its wholesome effect on the criminal
class and the increasing respect for the
police which it entails
This morning at the Salon Trocha, wald-
ston Root, the newspaper correspondent,
was married to Miss Jeanette Thomas,
Major Kennon Of the governor generals S
staff giving away the bride General Brooke
was present at the ceremony.