Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-12
BUTCHERY OF CUBaNS
Peaceful Residents Shot
Down by Spaniards.
Defenseless Women and Children
Among the Slaughtcred-Gove
ment Forces, Defeated. Vent Their
Near Cayo Espiro.
Near Cayo Espiro.


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follows: Two brothers. Aiiruel and
Jose Gonzales V Hernandez, were own
ers of a plantation and lumber mill in
Cayo Espino. about league distant
from Aguada de Pasageros. A colony
grew around them. At about 10 o'clock
on the morningof Nov. the insurgen.
forces, 1,5OO strong. all cavalry. com.
mauded by Gen. Perez. Col. I.acret
and the NUM- brothers. arrived and
pitched their camp. At 3 o'clock their
sentries exchanged shots with the cav.
airy of the Spanish under Col, Molina.
about 25O strong. Gen. Perez ordered
800 of his men to 90 back to the plain
at Flontine, about a quarter of n lcnu1o
distant He kept the rest in ambush
in some banana fields, near the main.
With 100 men he went to the aid of his
vanguard against Molina's column
Molina hastily retreated, leaving eleven
e dead, seven wounded and three prison
ers, one of them lieutenant. and
eighteen horses in the field, besides
some arms.
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of the mill and +vrartz--se,,,,, ,,o,.s,,,s
crowded into it. A Chinamau named
Andres hid under space made bv the
fy-wheel of the engine. Jose Looves. a
lumberman; Miguel, a CAinaman. 50
years old; Felieiaus and Miguel Lopez,
guides, and PHILIPPINE Castillo, a work
man for Count Romeso, hid in the
kitchen of the house of the workman.
Jose Caro-, where they thought they
We're out of danger. The veteran.
Paucho Perez, who, with one hundred
cavalrymen, had won such sipnal
victory over the forces of the enemy.
when he heard that Col Molina. com
manding the forces that had been de-
feated, was protected by a large force
and that they were advancing again to
the place of battle, retired to a conven-
lent place with the majority of the
forces of Nunez and Lacret to await
again the attack of the Spanish troops.
The enemy advanced to the Sierra. re-
fusing the battle that was offered to
them by the conquerers of Col. Molina.
They vented their fury, instead, on de-
fenseless peasants.
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heard the cries of the children n,o.,,i-
ing from the suwdust in the hole. began
to fire into it, wounding several, among
them child and Josi Gonzalez. part
owner of the mill, who had shown his
head to tell them who they were.
Gonzalez fell into the lap of his son
Miguel, child fourteen years old
Francisco Gonzalez, brother of Josi,
came out, crying to the butchers: 1--WE
are the owners; we are peaceable cti-
zens, stop firing!" 1t was all in vain.
Spanish officer shot him through the
skull. These people had to stay for
twelve hours longer, the living,
wounded and dead together in a mass.
The Chinaman, Andres, was shot
through and through. At daybreall
some Spanish forces, under Major
Mitjaris, arrived with the principal
owner of the mill, Miguel Gonzalez
Gonzalez was then informed of the fate
of his brothers, and Col. Molina con
sented to the removal of the people
from the hole. Gen. Prats, the Spanish
should protest or complain.