The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-06-28

ment-- Election at safe Distance.
Havana, June "details reached
here today of desperate fight be-
tween a portion of the insurgent force
under Maxine Gomez in the province
of Puerto Principe and seventy or the
auxiliary troops Of the Spanish gov
eminent, known as guerillas. under
Captain Aguerro. The engagement
took place on the day OF the insurgent
raid upon San Geronimo, as exclusive
~ cabled to the Associated Press last
night. The seventy guerillas were sur
prised by the vanguard or Gomez
forces, commanded by Mirau. and there
was great slaughter on both sides, the
fighting being mainly with macheteS.
The guerillas Unexpectedly came up
on the insurgent vanguard, consisting
of about 400 men. At first the gueriilaS
imagined they had only comparative
ly small ody of men before them ana
their commander. Aguirro, called upon
the insurgents TO ha!ts crying out
who goes there?
"Spa nish forces" was the reply Of
the insurgents, as his men continued
to advance rapidly upon the govern
ment forces. Twice or three times did
the guerillas try 10 halt the insurgents,
but the latter pushed on quickly. until
finally their leader. seeing that the
guerillaS were in an awkward position,
cried: AT the machetes." This cry
showed the guerillas that they were
confronted by insurgents and not by
detachment Of Spanish guerilias, as
they had been led 10 believe and, the
mask being thrwon off, the guerillas
replied to the oft repeated cries of lat
the machetes" with volleys from their
carbines, as they commenced to re-
treat before the vastly superior forces
of insurgents. Then the government
soldiers and the insurgent troops be-
came engaged in hand to hand COM
bat, which quickly became little less
than a massacre Of the unfortunate
guerillas.
NO GUERILLAS LEFT.
! The insurgents, in the meanwhile.
had been reinforced until they are said
to have numbered fully 800 men, COM
! posing the main body or men under
| commend of Gomez.
Again these overwhelming numbers,
| the guerillas fought heroilcally shout
| ing sylvia Espana," as they defended
| themselves as best they could against
/ the enemy, using rocks or anything
available behind which to shelter them
! selves. The insurgents pressed for
ward from all sides upon the little
1 band.
For an hour the fight lasted and moth
/ ing could be heard but the rattle OF
( musketry, and the shouts of the com.
batants and the clashing of matchets
| 1t is believed that few. if any, of the
guerillas escaped being killed oil
wounded
The insurgents engaged with the
guerillas are believed TO form part o.
the body of men which recently burn
ed the towns of Ilmutto and San Zero
nimo after capturing the forts and gar
risons of those places and 1t is stated
the news 81 this fresh disaster has cau
ed very uneasy feeling in official Gil
Giles.
The rebels are not far from the capi
tai of the province of Puerto Princlpi
| and the situation ola ffirs there mus
be very grave indeed and may prove
| muci, more so when Meceo. who is re
I ported to have made his way from tn
| province of Santiago de Cuba int
Puerto Principe, joins his forces u
/ those of Gomez.
That there is real cause for alarm
NAV be gathered from the fact that l
is reported in well informed official cir
Giles here today that Captain Genera
Martinez de Compos has cabled tn
Spanish government asking Tor TN
prompt dispatch Of large reinforce
ments of troops.
New York, June 27-The World says
A republic is to be proclaimed in Cuba
An election of delegates will take plac'
in New York, July 10. All Cuban clup
of the United States will be represented
A provisional president will be chosen.