The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-27

Havana, June 26-General Navarro
has returned to Hongolo Songo, after
having captured the insurgent camp
and strong position in the Sierra
Maestro. For three days. his column
exchanged shots with the insurgents
at Jacategas, Begona, Escondun ana
Ajuba. The insurgents lost twelve
killed and had many wounded and the
troops captured twenty-five saddle
horses and a quantity of ammunition
and clothes. Four soldiers were
wounded.
The most serious news of Spanish
disasters received here since the out
break of the rebellion reached here
this evening. The ganisons of two
towns have surrendered and the places
themselves have been burned py
Maxine Gomez. Firing was heard
constantly around Puerto Principe last
night, and extraordinary precautions
are being taken to protect that city.
Only MeRgre Details.
Owing to the restrictions placed by
the government on the transmission o.
teIegraphic news concerning the in
surrection, only the most meagre de-
tails OF the disaster to the Spanish
arms are obtainable. 1t appears GER
tain, however, that the garrison of FL
MaIato, in the province OF Puerto
Principe, near the city of Puerto Prin-
cipe, has surrendered TO Gomez. The
garrison consisted of about twenty-five
Spanish soldiers under Lieutenant
Romero and they were quartered in a
guano house. fortified with palisades
with loop holes for rifles. The place
was also proVisioned and contained d
cOnsidera BILE stock of ammunition.
During the unexplained absence OF
Lieutenant Romero the fort was sur
rounded by about 1000 insurgents
under command of Maxine Gomez
The lieutenant surrendered the garri-
son against the decree OF his soldiers,
VINO were Inundated at being COM
PEELED to Capitulate without shot.
Villages Burned.
When the garrison was in the hands
OF the insurgents Maxine Gomez
ordered the village of Ell Malato TO be
burned and, after depriving Lieutenant
Romero of his arms, set him at liberty
The lieutenant was afterwards ar
rested by the authorities of Puerto
Principe, and it is thought probable
Ie will be tried by court martial and
shot like Lieutenant CALICO.
The town of Sangeronimo met the
same fate. 1t was attacked by the
insurgents under Maxine Gomez, and
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garrison of about fifty men had sur
rendered.
Advices from Puerto Principe indi-
cate that the city is invested by insur-
gents. The military governor Of that
place has issued a proclamation for
bidding anyone to come into the town
or to go out of it and not more than
three persons are allowed to assemble
in public and, finally, no one is allowed
70 be on horseback in the city of
Puerto Principe after nightfall.
1t is rumored that Antonio Maceo
has succeeded in making his way from
the province of Santiago de Cuba into
the province of Puerto Principe at the
head Of a large body of insurgents.
and it may be his intention to join his
forces with those of Gomez and make
a combined attack upon Puerto Prin-
cipe. 1t is also rumored here that the
rear guard of the insurgent forces com
manded by Gomez, has been attacked
by the Spanish troops tvho killed
twelve of them and captured nineteen
prisoners.