of Colon).[RL30172]1888 Korea: June,A naval force was sent ashore to protect American residents in Seoul duringunsettled political conditions, when an outbreak of the populace wasexpected.[RL30172]1888Haiti: December 20, A display of force persuaded the Haitian Government to giveup an American steamer which had been seized on the charge of breach ofblockade.[RL30172]188889 Samoancrisis; First Samoan Civil War; Second Samoan Civil War: November 14, 1888 to March20, 1889, US forces were landed to protect American citizens and the consulateduring a native civil war.[RL30172]1889 Kingdom ofHawaii: July 30 and 31, US forces at Honolulu protected the interests ofAmericans living in Hawaii during an American led revolution.[RL30172]189018991890 Argentina: Anaval party landed to protect US consulate and legation in BuenosAires.[RL30172]1890 South Dakota:December 29, Soldiers of the US Army 7th Cavalry killed 178 Sioux Amerindiansfollowing an incident over a disarmament-inspection at a Lakota Siouxencampment near Wounded Knee Creek. 89 other Amerinds were injured, 150 werereported missing; Army casualties were 25 killed, 39 wounded.[citation needed]1891 Haiti: USforces sought to protect American lives and property on NavassaIsland.[RL30172]1891 Bering SeaAnti-Poaching Operations: July 2 to October 5, Naval forces sought to stop sealpoaching.[RL30172]1891 ItataIncident: US and European naval forces intercepted and detained a shipment ofarms sent to the Congressionalist forces in the Chilean Civil War.1891 Chile: August28 to 30, US forces protected the American consulate and the women and childrenwho had taken refuge in it during a revolution in Valparaiso.[RL30172]1892 HomesteadStrike: On July 6, Striking miners attack Pinkerton National Detective Agencyagents attempting to break the strike by bringing non-union workers to themine. 6,000 Pennsylvania state militiamen sent to reinstate law and order. 16dead, 2747 wounded1892Wyoming: April 11 to April 13, U.S. Cavalry sent to breakup a gun battle at theTA Ranch. Johnson County War1893 Overthrow ofthe Hawaiian Kingdom: January 16 to April 1, Marines landed in Hawaii,ostensibly to protect American lives and property, but many believed actuallyto promote a provisional government under Sanford B. Dole. This action wasdisavowed by President Cleveland, and the United States apologized in1993.[RL30172]1894 Nicaragua:July 6 to August 7, US forces sought to protect American interests atBluefields following a revolution.[RL30172]189495 China:Marines were stationed at Tientsin and penetrated to Peking for protectionpurposes during the First Sino-Japanese War.[RL30172]189495 China: Anaval vessel was beached and used as a fort at Newchwang for protection ofAmerican nationals.[RL30172]189496 Korea: July24, 1894 to April 3, 1896, A guard of marines was sent to protect the Americanlegation and American lives and interests at Seoul during and following theSino-Japanese War.[RL30172]1895 Colombia:March 8 and 9, US forces protected American interests during an attack on thetown of Bocas del Toro by a bandit chieftain.[RL30172]1896 Nicaragua:May 2 to 4, US forces protected American interests in Corinto during politicalunrest.[RL30172]1898 Nicaragua:February 7 and 8, US forces protected American lives and property at San Juandel Sur.[RL30172]1898 SpanishAmerican War: On April 25, 1898, the United States declared war withSpain, ostensibly aligned with Cuban rebels. The war followed a Cubaninsurrection, the Cuban War of Independence against Spanish rule and thesinking of the USS Maine in the harbor at Havana.[RL30172]189899 Samoa: SecondSamoan Civil War, a conflict that reached a head in 1898 when Germany, theUnited Kingdom, and the