The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-19
HANDS Off AMERICAN SHIPS
MIDRIZ GJNBOlT ALSO FOR-
BID 10 BONBiRD BLCEFIEL Us.
a. =. Naval Oaicer Limits landing Party
should the Ciu Held 10 iOO Men
Venus seiSrs NaIisirsmer. hut Lets
Her go Esttutlists strong AGAIN.

Her 60 Esirudlsts sirong Again.
SPECIAL cibs D,spaisA 10 THE SUS.
| BLUEFIEi.Ds NAV ls-The steamer
Venus accompanied by tho tug San
Jacinto. with a force u 80 men under
command Of Gen lrias. who calls himself
Minister General of the Atlantic Coast.
arrived tonight OF Bluedelds BmH and
demanded the immediate surrender 1t
Bluefelds In the name n President Madri1.
Gen. Estrada. the rebel leader. refused
10 mpituhte The Venus then announced
that Il would bombard Bluefelds Bluh az
3 o. ClOck tomorrow morning and warned
nOn-comhatants n seek shelter
The fruit steamer Dictator from New
Orleans arrived this afternoon. She
was held up and boarded by a party from
the Venus. who arrested her passengers
and seized her mais
Commander Gilmer " tho American
gunbOat PaduCah. the senior American
Officer here. promptly obtained the re-
lease Of the Dictator. her passengers
and mails.
The Venus Is equipped with inch
guns Of modern pattern and has a num-
her Of American gunners To insure
protection to American life and property
interests Commander Gilmer has warned
the belligerentz that h. will permit no
fighting az Bliefields. and In the event
Of the surrender ~ the city he will only
allow force not exceeding a hundred
men to enter the city for the purpose Of
maintaining order.
Madras forces near Rama and Blue
fields have bcen efectually checked by
the revolutionists. whose positions at these
points are stronger than those held by the
Government forces
The steamer Hiram arrived to-day from
Mobile, bringing a consignment 81 quick
firing guns and ammunition which will
be used to augment the armament az
Bluefields Bluh
The steamer Marietta di Giorgio also
arrived here to-day. hoth she and the
Hiram escapihgl b. vigilance IT the Venus.
The rule u ~ American naval officers
here Is. Hands On all vessels trading
commercially With the United states
The effectiveness Il the demand Tor
surrender Is nullihed by the impregna-
bility 81 Bluehelds Bluh. Five siege guns.
ten quick firers and a secondary battery I,
Of field pieces comprise the armament I,
of the Blum and Il would he easy for the .
defenders there to prevent the landing
Of troops.
NAsHN0ToE. Nav n. Commander " I
W. Gilmsr U \ y. commanding Officer .
81 the Eunboat Paducah. now at Blue /
fields. Nicaragua. has served notice on I
the two factions that no fighting will he .
allowed IN the city Of Bluefelds. and that .
only such armed forces not eNceeding 100
men shall be allowed in Bluehelds 40 are
necessary for policing tho town until a
stable government ~ established Com
mandsr Gilmer will not allow Senior Arias,
the commander OF the steamship Venus.
20 lombard the city. as there IL no armed
force in Bluefelds such lombard
ment. Commander Gilmer believes. would
only result In the Unnecessary destruction
Of the lives and property Of American
and other foreign non-oomhatants. Yes
terday SeGOr AriAs served notice on the
revolutionary forces that he intended 20
lombard the town II the insurgents did
not surrender.
Thomas p. Mohat. American Consul
Al Bluehelds. has advised the State De-
partmeRt that tho Venus has 30O men
and mounted guns on board A demand
for the surrender OF Bluefelds and the
customs house was made through the
gunboat Paducah and the American
Consulate He also reported that SeAor
Estrada. President of the Provisional
Government. had replied. refusing sur
render The steamship Dictator 81 New
Orleans was prevented from entering
lhe port by the Venus. which has estab-
ished a blockade there