The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-05

Warned Against Surfing
up StrifeBetveen Police and Soldiers.
Slow Progress In Arranging for Pay.
ment of Cuban soldiers

up StrifeBetveen Police and Soldiers.
Slow Progress In Arranging for Pay
ment of Cuban soldiers
Havana, May During the last few
days some of the local papers hat are
printed in English have published sen-
sational stories regarding b disputes
between the soldiers and the Cuban
police, evidently with the intention of
preventing an understanding between
them, and, if possible, OF stirring up
more trouble. General Ludlow, mill
tary governor of the havana depart
ment, summoned an offending editor
before him and warned him h a ne
must desist trying TO embroil the SOL
diers and the police.
General Ludlow complains hat one
of the principal difficulties Havana is
now suffering from is the presence of
many worthless Americans"-men
who come here virtually TO change
their sphere of idleness.
Governor General Brooke and Gem
eral GomeZ-both of whom are annoyed
at the slow progress mad in arrang-
ing for the distribution of the So, 0OO. 900
to the Cuban troops-held another con-
erenc today at the Salon Trocha,
General Boorke's headquarters. The
latter emphasized h necessity of dis
posing Of the question at once and
General Gomez quite agreed with him.
At their previous conferences, the
Cuban commander had freely admitted
that. the rolls, as drafted by the Cuban
military assembly were too large, and
General Gomez undertook TO get the
facts from the individual commanders
- y10In fhn- n
In the meantime General Brooke was
to make Independent inquiries. The re-
suits of the two Investigations are no.
where near an agreement. For instance
the agent Of General Gomez in the
province of Santiago, reports hat there
are 1860 Cubans there entitled to
share in the distribution. General
Wood, the military governor of San
tiago department, does not figure
out half that number General Gomez
roughly estimates the entire army az
about 1920 men.
The governor general things it would
be an unbusineSslike proceeding to be-
gin the distribution until something
more definite is known, and he has been
| urging General Gomez to collect more
facts upon which they could proceed.
The conference today consisted of an
exchange Of oral propositions, several
of which were rejected, but ultimately
General Brooke wrote out which
General Gomez took home with him for
further consideration.
According ito dispatches from Puerto
Principe province, the village of San
, Andres has recently been raided by a
band of forty outlaws led by Antonio
| Barcelo, formerly a citizen Of Hol-
gum, Santiago province. The place was
completely sacked, the bandits carry
ing Off twenty horses, a large quantity
of clothing and groceries and 81, 200 in
money. Five mounted men, armed, the
dispatches say, attacked a store in the
village Of Tiena AZul, abducted the
proprietor and his wife and carried
away 5000 in money. The people of the
locality are frantically begging fol-
protection, and a force of rural guards
is greatly needed. The country folks
are moving into the larger towns fol-
safety, while the planters, many OF
whom have bought quantities Of sugar
cane in isolated localities, fear that the
marauders will destroy it before it can
be gathered.