Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-06-27
CITY ABOUT TO FALL.
Combined Forces of Gomez and Maceo
to Attack Puerto Principe.
Garrisons Of Two Towns Have
Surrendered.
News sf Serious Disasters Which Have Over.
taken the spanIards

HAVANA, June 27.-It is reported that
Antonio Maceo has succeeded In making
his way from the province Of Santiago dc
Cuba into the province Of Puerto Principe
st the head Of large body of insurgents,
end 1t may be his intention to join his
forces with those Of Maximo Gomez and
make o combined attack upon Puerto
Principe.
Although the authorities here will not
admit 10, the situation Of affairs In the
province Of Puerto Principe Is looked
upon as being most serious.
With large body of insurgents under
Naximo Gomez burning towns and cap
curing forts q short distance to the south
Of the city Of Puerto Principe, and with
Antono Maceo at the head Of another
large body Of insurgents, reported to be
advancing upon Puerto Principe from the
north, further and more serious news may
be anticipated shortly.
Two Victories For Insurgents.
Owing TO the restrictions placed by the
government upon the transmission OF tele-
praphic news concerning the insurrection,
only the most meagre details Of the dis
aster to the Spanish arms are obtainable.
1t appears certain, however, that the gar
rison of Ell Mulato. in the province Of
Puerto Principe, about 30 kilometers from
the city of Puerto Principe and capital OF
the province, has surrendered to Maximo
Gomez. The garrison consisted of about
% Spanish soldiers under Lieutenant
Becerra Romero, and they were quartered
In q guano house, fortified with palisades
and pierced with loopholes for rifles
The place was also provisioned and con-
tanned considerable stock of ammuni-
ton.
During the unexplained absence Of
Lieutenant Romero, the fort was sur
rounded by about 1000 insurgents under
the command of Maxine Gomez. The
latter sent messenger to the garrison of
El Mulato, announcing that he gave the
soldiers Is miputes in which to surrender,
with the alternative of being fired upon by
the full insurgent force If they re-
fused TO do so. 1t is added that the
soldiers were willing to fight, and were
preparing to do so when Lieutenant
Romero arrived at the fort and his pres
enoe being made known to Maxine, the
latter sent him second note saying the in
surgents had no desire to shed blood un-
necessarily, and, therefore, the lieutenant
was given I've minutes more In which to
surrender tho fort and les contents to the
surrendered the garrison against the de-
sire Of his soldiers, who were most indig-
nant at being
Compelled TO Cspitulats
without firing shot When the garrison
was In the hands of the insurgents,
Maximo Gomez orderd the village Of FL
Mulato to be burned, and after depriving
Lieutenant Romero OF his arms set him
at liberty.
The lieutenant was afterward arrested
by the authorities of Puerto Principe, and
IL is thought probable that he will be
promptly tried by court-martial and shot
Lieutenant Gallego, who commanded
garrison which was surprised in O similar
manner while the lieutenant was in COM
mand, was away.
In addition the town Of San Geronimo,
situated about Is Kilometres southeast of
El Mulato, has met the same fate as the
latter place. 1t was attacked by the in
surgents under Maxine Gomez and was
burned to the ground after its garrison of
about 30 men had surrendered. In this
case, however, it is stated that the soldiers
succeeded in burying a great part of their
stores OF ammunition before the fort of
San Geronimo was captured by the enemy
Advices which have reached here from
Puerto Principe would seem to indicate
that the city referred to is invested by
the insurgents. Tuesday night firing
was constantly heard around Puerto
Principe, and the military governor of
that place has issued proclamation
forbidding any one TO come into the
towns or 60 out of them after dark,
and no more than three persons are
in future to be allowed to assem-
BILE in public. Finally, no one is to be al
lowed on horseback in the city Of Puerto
Principe after nightfall.