The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-20
cUBANS FIGHT THE POLICE
PITCHED BATTLE OCCURS At A
DIsREPUTABLE HALL.
hes"ssers Used Freely and Qutte .
Number Are Wounded, Inciadiux
seyersf Women-OMcers al the
.Caban Army Mixed Up In ARRAY.

HAVANA, March IA serious conflict
between the police and people Of Havana
last night resulted IN rnuCv shout.nr and
Clubbing. From thirty 10 nf.y people we've
wounded, some seriously. Among the in
jureS IS Police Captain Esiampes. formerly
a colonel in the Cuban army
Ever since the police interference about
week ago AT the demonstration In honor
Of Gen. Mexima Gomez the police have
been unpopular with the popuiacc. wao ieer
them and declare them inefficient Cuban
newspapers let no opportunity escape 10
crisicise the force. denounelng fhe arrests
rs unfair. and charging The police with
'ttrampsing upon the rights of IRE. reo-
pie" The police ara virtually In the poss-
tioa Of men who have to make the people
fear them In orsier 70 secure obedience a
they have no record 10 fam bark upon for
example.
Last nights troahle occurred At a public
uulat:o bali !n San Jose street an unsavory
quarter. Many Cuban officers ccgoness ard
CAPTAINS among them, attended the affair
4 policeman on duty IN that street follow
Ing orders TO prevent crowd collecting in
front Of the building where the ball was
in progress asked gY0us ~ men To 60 IN
or dssperSs. His request was unaeeded. ANA
after repeating Il NJ was attacked by the
group. whereupon many men fSued from
the building and SCI upon sirn. taking away
his club and revolver ard handling him
roughly.
TIE polseeman Immediately notified head
quarters who ordered twenty reserves 10
ts1e scene The crowd has been prepared
FER their arrival f. Is -sts th.y opened
WITH rtEolver tlse upon the pel3ee. which
the latter returned. the shooting being kept
up autll the ammunition was exhausted.
The opponents OF the police aesed with de-
termination In ne aTsAy. Many une we're
In the building mounted Ene roof. which
was iow. and Grest upon tho pasice from
that point. They r. apparently seli arm
ed and fhlx fact. together with the Fesa.a-
;.ou with which they fought. sessrs 10 c5o-
firm the belief thai the aftaeksa& psrfv
WAS mostly made up ~ Cuban officers.
ordinary civilians would have fed from tte
reviewers of the pslsce-
Many weFssa wer. wounded 4 report iE
ia circulation sat@ evening fass tive af the
IN rtzsrxs. c4sasiars have ss1rranafses 20 their
wounds bar this is war confirmed AnsaAg
these seriously burr are Policemen Donate
Aruxa Enrsgrp Nugnx ard BersgslT Vas
Quez and Civilians Jose Dumtexfsea, f.t9so
esasiana. Agherlo AlesA sad Irene Ho1we.
II Is reported On good authority that
uszuy we're Wounded wae wzfaaFew has
ssly because unwfiIinx % havs Il kFE9ws
tHas thsy weFa present
AmsTsean troops were eaiss8 10 sha
&rrne When the fToAbts gas os~y AsS ru
rnsru8s zrTs8fs foll5wf3 paisr. Capt
Esssau.s, w3S Is well known .f ssugszn mil
starry etse3~~, Is 81 badly injured sis; fears
are entertained that he viii a9t recover.
SssFnevgus permits save isssn issued for
similar bassa sM&s ev~us-g. and IL Is fsasess
ehAa ,fgsfe naay hz farther treaiSf
Saortiy befofe 5'esack il wAx reported
east sxsstaaer eSEsfsiat befweea tsse p9apse
an8 tae psises hsd tsksss pIasae ihis sxsn
hzg ~ tie oassklr9s os HEsaSa ana that
swe EWssas&1sss ard SEVERAL Civilians all
sssszsds-s. ~@s@ rg9zes~zs 10 nesssre head
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fise sssgSartns~Fzf 81 Havana desires - Ess
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fz@ls. he il se@Tg - she assAsix ~ esky
administration
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ess@fszE sssAts sssesse ss9 an@r sax ssaFxsess
f0FuzsFsg pa sAe rsssa asxg rasran8ssgs w&ss
s1gssae sg1 ssngsr* 80 Ire s~sAssezsaxA IN sssya
GSzssSx. where they wexe }saacd - : s.xxsi-
szF Procession :ro.r 6umnahsea&