The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-04
Port all Prince in Hands Of
RevOlutionists Divided
Against Themselves.
MARINES LANDED FROM
GERMAN CRUISER BREMEN
Committee of Public Safety
Preserving Order; Outbreak
Is Feared.

PORT AU PRINCE. Hayti. Aug. s.
| Hayt today is without a president or
| organized government. The capital is
| occupied by two rival revolutionary
parties headed respectively by General
Cincipnatus Leconte. former min
| lister Of the interior, and General Au-
tenor Firmin, who deserted his post
as Haytien minister to Great Britain
| Simon.
A committee of public safety COM
posed equally of Firminists, Leconteists
and neutrals, has been organized
through the initiative of the diplomatic
corps and is maintaining public order.
American and British marines have
been landed to aid the provisional au-
| thorities, During the night there were
attempts at pillage and several looters
were shot. Energetic measures pre-
vented any serious outbreak.
Antoine Simon, the deposed president,
who yesterday was compelled TO with"
draw from the city, today was still on
board the American schooner Bradford
G. French, which is anchored in the
harbor under the protection of the guns
of the American cruiser Chester. Simon
awaits the arrival of a fruit steamer
for Kingston. Jamaica.
Mistake of Simon
His boarding of the schooner yester'
day afternoon was due TO a misunder
standing, He wished to go aboard the
American cruiser Chester, but was di-
rccted by the American officers to the
American cruiser Des Moines, the senior
ship. Simon failed to understand and
went aboard the, schooner That craft
moved of into the roadstead to where
the Haytieu warship Seventeenth of
Decembre was anchored. Last night
the schooner moved over close to the
Chester and guard was sent from
the cruiser on board the schooner TO
protect President Simon.
Following the debarkation of Simon
late yesterday there was an attempt to
pillage the business house of Makslouf
CO., the proprietors of which are
Syrians. The attempt was put down
by force under the direction of the COM
mittee of public safety and four Of the
rioters were shot.
Some of the soldiers also refused to
lay down their arms when ordered to do
so, and there were occasional conflicts |
between the soldiery and civilians. 1t
is estimated that forty persons were
killed during the occupation of the city
by the revolutionists and subsequent
rioting
German Marines Land.
At 10 O'Clock last night band of
armed men made an attack on the GUS
toms house and also attempted to raid
met by Il force of soldiers and police
under the command of Captain Auguste,
Six of the pillagers were shot, putting
an end to the outbreak.
An hour later detachment of ma
rines was landed from the German
cruiser Bremen. They occupied the
German legation and the banking
houses of Keitel & Co. and Hermann
& Co. This morning marines from the
British warship Melpomene occupied the
British consulate,
during the early hours today and the
streets were almost deserted. The cleo.
tric lights had been extinguished.
The only foreign marines in the city
before this morning were the forty men
from the Bremen.
At an early hour the American
schooner John Paul, which was lying
alongside the dock, was threatened by
a mob. who probably believed that some
political refugees were aboard. The
committee of safety dispersed the mob.
the part of the warship was not re-
duired.
The committee of public safety con
sists of tweuty.one members. one OF
whom is an American resident, Stephen
Archer. The diplomatic corps, after or.
ganizing the committee, arranged to
notify the rebel leaders outside the city
and who may soon come In, that order
must be preserved In the capital
Clash Feared.
Revolutionary troops under General
Leconte and the Firminists' leader.
General ST. Juste are marching hither
from Cape Haytien, The location OF |;
General Firmin himself is not known
here. There lB soma fear that the two !
revolutionary parties will clash when
their leaders meet In Port au Prince.
Meantime sort Of armistlce between
the two factions has been arranged and i
this is being observed by the rebel
forces still outside
The Atlas line steamship Allemania. Il
which arrived here yesterday. cleared
direct for New York today. Evans r.
Dick of New York. former owner Of
The Seventeenth of Decembre, sailed on
the Allemana
a number OF persons appointed mem
oers OF the new committee on public !,
safety which was organized today. having
refused 10 serve, that oody again has
been dissolved and is being reoraan!zed Il
Members OF the diplomatic corps are
bending their efforts TO secure an equal
on the committee for the
followers OF General Leconte and General
Firmln and for citizens who have re- Il
NAMED neutral
This afternoon two groups of man |
OF Lecontisis and F7irminis:s
fought In front OF the telegraph office II
Two men were killed. Later the city II
again became calm,
Report Of Captain Oman. il
WASHINGTON. August 3.-CaptaIn