New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-12
RAILWAY STRIKE ENDED.
CUBAN ENGINEERS DECIDE TO RETURN
TO WORK.
SHOOTING AFFRAYs STIR UP BAD FEELING
BROOKE ISSUES AN ORDER RELAT-

ING TO CEMETERY MANAGEMENT.
Havana Anr,I 1.-THE order of the military
administration directing that, owing to the re-
fusal of the first-cass engineers TO WORK. '"e
trains should be manned by second and third
class engineers In order to carry mails anu
Government stores. broke the back OF the STRIKE
on the United Railroads. To-day trains nave
been running since IL a. m, and all the i''e"
are now back at their posts. The strlkers'
afraid of losing their jobs. surrendered to the
company without condition.. leaving the settle
ment of their demands to c. A. johnson. the
agent for Government railroad transportation
in Cuba.
Mr.. Johnson saw the committees OF the strik-
ers and informed them that he had organized
six train crews, with engineers, TO move INC
Government business. He told them tna' "e"-
era Brooke would not interfere regarding any
personal differences between the strikers ana
the company, but would assuredly protect 'he
companys new employees. The strikers theh
sought the companys officials and surrendered
Internationally.
Patrick John Tighte, Company NJ, I'd Artil-
ery was killed by Policeman Ramon Cesar at FL
Vedado last night. Twelve armed men, coh-
rades OF Tighte, took Cesar from the police STA
ton about midnight. and beat him severely with
sticks They did not then know that Tighte was
dead. 1t seems Tighte had been drinking, ana
caused trouble the train for Ell Vedado The
report is that he insuted a woman, ard that
Policeman Cesar dragged him off the train.
From that point the accounts differ. One story
is that Tighte took the pocemans club and
struck at him. and was then shot by the officer
Another is that Tighte ran. stumbled over the
track. and was shot in the back by the police
man while he lay on the ground. He died at the
military hospital three hours afterward and his
comrades insist that II of murder.
Cesar is confined to his bed in the Jail.
AFFRAYS CAUSE ILL FEELING.
This affair and the wounding of Condor on
Sunday night. with several other minor rows
between the soldiers and the police. have caused
a good deal of i'll feeling and the men of both
services are threatening to what they will do
in the event of provocation. The citizens for
the most part take the side Of the police; and
the local papers publish letters from prominent
people approving the conduct of Cesar in shoot
ing the American soldier under such conditions.
The management Of cemeteries has been the
subject of lively dispute from the outset of
American occupation between the Church and
the municipalities. The Church has been siren
to keep the cemetery revenues. which
amount In gross TO about S5OOOOO year. The
Colon Cemetery. in Havana. yields a large
amount number Of municipalities which have
founded burial grounds want all the receipts.
which hitherto have been exclusively within the
Jurisdiction Of the Church
To-day General Brooke issued decree that
cemeteries purchased by municipalities should
be managed by them, while those acquired by
the Church and the municipality conformity shall
be managed by the latter the receipts to be
shared proportonately. With respect to ceme-
teries exclusively owned by the Church. these
are to be managed by the Church. but in respect
Of policing and hygiene these shall be under the
direction of the municipal authorities. the CIVIL
Governors in the various provinces shall decide
in the first instance as to management ana
either party dissenting from the decision may
anneal to the courts. Thus the settlement rests
ultimately with the Supreme Court Of the Island.
pefora the decree was issued the opinions of
eccesiastics were freely solicited. and Arch
h,shon Cbapelle the Apostolic Delegate. saw
rough draft before he left Havana, ana Is uh-
derstood to have approved IL.
The recent benefit performance for SuDaI 800 500
ders given at the Tacon Theatre yielded Hl'loV'
which has been spent for provisions that were
placed at the disposition of General Maya ROO
rigueZ
GOOD FORTUNE OF SPANISH SOLDIERS.
The committee Of Spaniards who yesterday
shinned 10 Spain the last Spanish soldiers VINO
were left sick or wounded in the Alfonso Mi
Hospital. twenty-one in number, will continue
its efforts on their behalf andthe men VIII prop
ablv he the most fortunate of all who have re-
turned TO the home country. They were well
treated In every respect In their last days IN
Cuba. and will receive on their arrival IN SPAN
more than 500 each the closing efforts OF tne
Spanards in Havana on behalf Of the troops Oh
the Spanish rule. ,, IN
Several Spanish families. fourteen persons III
all who were detained at Batabano py the i't,
way strike and who consequently inlsseu ~.
steamer for Spain from Havana VIII sue VIC
railway company for damages They lelt oaiicu
Spiritus because they were perseSuteu,. ,,ho
saw hy the small but rabid Cuban clement who
set about making their residence unpeal a''e
merely because of their Spanish nationality.
The steamer Havana Is due at MatanZas no nc.
Friday to embark four companies OF the az,
engineers and is due here the following uay
to take eight companies , OF the "a bhs"
Captain williams of the British steamer MOI I vi
Anglia which arrived here on March % LII In
phiIadephia with a cargo or coal, mas w
from veiloW fever and one OF the crew II Sut
fering from the same disease Wheh ,he GO
.naito reached this port she anchored at casa
aianca on the other side of the harbor Where
g To- thought the fever was probably contracted
BEDFORD Mass April 11.-News has been
received by The Evenik STANDARD Oh t"e
death Of William L. Cowen, eighteen years OF
oco q nrivate of Battery ID, I'd United states
ARTILLERY, at Havana, as result Oh mou Of a
riconar from the guardhouSe. CoWen was sho,
r. tho check and the wound speedily pIoNou
fatai He discharged his rifle at the pIlSonnn
Who was hit. as blood was found along MS "a"