Mr. Muruaga to Mr. Gresham.
Washington, March 25, 1894.
Dear Mr. Secretary: A cablegram from the governor general of Cuba informs me of the fact that a mob composed of several hundred roughs, armed with clubs and revolvers, attacked lately the Spanish cigar-makers of the tobacco manufactory “Rosa Española” in Key West, obliging them under fear of personal violence to stop work. The interference of the police could barely avoid bloodshed.
It is intimated that should work be resumed to-morrow the same lawbreakers threaten wholesale murder.
Would it be too much asking of your kindness to have matter recommended at once to the governor of the State of Florida, on whom devolves the authority to guarantee protection and security to foreign residents?
Very sincerely, yours,