Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-07
EDITORS JAILED.
Mayor Of Santiago Acts with
CommendabIe Promptness.
Labor Troubles at San Juan de Puerto
Rico Cause Rioting.
Five Murcerers 10 Be Executed, Today. at
Ponce by The Garro!e.

Santiago De Cuba, April 6.-The first
important action Of the new mayor,
Senior Grinan. in suppressing FL Gu
bano Libre, and placing the editorial
staff of five men under, arrest created
intense excitement when ii became
known, this morning.
FL Cubano I.ibre had always been in
tensely radical in its utterances
against Americans, Spaniards and
white Cubans. Yesterday. it published
an editorial both offensive and indie
cent in criticisms Of the civil govern
ment, particularly the muhlcipal
branch.
The editorial characterized the pal
ace as IAN official sewer and cess
pool of moral corruption" and used
other language not fit for publication.
1t charged officials with stealing, even
specifying the contracts-and with
selling immense quantities of valuable
timber belonging to the municipality,
particularly 1000 trees of mahogany
that were delivered on contract Tor
800 Furthermore the editorial as
serted that Senior Grinan became legal
" incapacitated for holding office years
ago. on account of his currupt con
duct.
The new mayor, who proposes an az
gressive and progressive admlhistra-
ton, acting under Gen. Woods order
Of March "a, giving mayors the con
troll of public order, confiscated the
printing plant and lodged the editorial
staff in Jail. He justiiies this step on
grounds of public dec5ncy. The Amer
leans foreigners and the best class of
Cubans applaud this action. Two hun
bred prominent Cubans signed tele-
gram to Gen. Wood. today. endorsing
Senior Griran's course.
The colored party objects and says
the time has arrived for decisive ac-
ton. The cOlored general, Rabi anu
other leaders We're requested by tn"
telegraph to Immediately come to san
tiago to head popular movement
against the Americans and the Cuban
traitors"
There is considerable excitement in
the city, tonight. and it is expected
that the release OF the editors will bt
followed by riots. All the police of the
city and the rural guards are under
arms and ready for an emergency.
The friends of annexation are pleas
ed with the situation. They say that
the attitude Of the Cubans who arr
fighting for each other shows the i'm
possibility of self-governmcnt.
An the papers except the Independ-
encia endorse the mayors action.
Sa Juan De Porto Rico. April 6.-At
O'Clock yesterday. the natives made
concentrated movement at Puerta
Tiera Different mobs, totallinS about
20OO men, attacked the foreign colorcd
men. Any English speaking negro was
subject to attack. particularly the ma
tives of st. Thomas and St. kits one
Puerto Rican was killed. one seriously
injured ana three negroes Of st. kits
were dangerously wounded. The ar
cair was the outcome Of the pier strike
and the pretcnce Of the attack. appar-
entity. was that the English islanders
were usurping Puerto Rican labor.
The islanders anticipacd trouble and
some of them We're armed with revdl-
vers. The mob entered the house of
a St Kits man and his abdomen was
was gashcd with machet. Another
st. Kits man was stoned. He escaped
to the roof and was forced to jump to
the ground. He was followed in the
street ana stoned until exhausted when
his h, al was hammered to a jelly.
A company of infantry, under Capt.
Alexander ana Lieuts. AnsCll and Park
or was called out, martial law was de-
clared. soldiers now patrol the streets
and the rum shops We're closed. TIL :
mere present of the soldiers dispersed
the crowds. There We're no demon
STATIONS after their arrival. The con
dition of affairs necesstates the pres
ence of troops indefinitely in order t.
prevent more trouble. The municipal
police are utterly inadequate to pre-
serve order or handle any crowd. They
stood by during the riot as spectators
and made no attempt to interfere. Tn"
Puerta Tiera district Of San Juan is
about a mile from the city hall
1t is understood that the British con-
sui has demanded protection for Brit
ish subjects. though the authorities
here will not make any statement on
the subject.
Ponce. T. r.. April at an early
hour. tomorrow. Simeon Rodriguez.
Carlos Pacheco. Hermogenes Plchcca,
Eugenio Rodriguez and Resale Santi-
ago. who are condemned to death by
garrotting. viii b. executed. Their
crime was the murder, in October 1888,
Of senior Prudencio Mcndrz at Yaucp.
The murdercrs after criminally as
aaulting the wife and daughters Of
their victim. compelled them to dance
about the corpse.
Today business has almost been sus-
pended and the public is greatly eX-
cited in anticipation of the execution.
This will be carried out by two con-
Victs from san Juan. The chief *
ecutioner. Justine GarCias, was oriSi-
nally sentenced to - years imprison-
ment FOR murder. He has served four
years of the term ana tn rcmainder
will be RENTED. The assistant eXecu-
TONERS. Virentc Marsario. who was
originally sentenced to Is years i'm
prisonment for murder, will have this
term reduced to four. The two men
have passed the day in cleaning oiling
and otherwise preparing the two gar
rotes.
Gov. Gen. Davis has recalled til,
American convict and former soldier
of the United States, who had Offered
to Superintend the execution on condi-
ton that he be subsequently released
Each of the condemned. heavily mano-
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