The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-22
BADLY DEMORALIzED


by the constant pursuit of the troops
and by divisions amongst themselves
on the race question.
The Artemisa guerillas have buried
the body of Augustine Martinez. who
was hanged by three insurgents.
The inhabitants of the farms in the
neighborhood are in a terroriZed con-
dition and are fockIng to the village.
The insurgents. out of revenge have
burned their houses.
The insurgent leader Alberto Rodri-
guez has died in consequence of
wounds received in an engagement at
Brujo. DR.. Girat, commanding a band
of several young men of we'll known
families in Puerto Principe and Sancti
Spiritus has joined the insurgents
Maxine Gomez accompanying the
provisional insurgent government is re-
ported to have arrived in the province
of Santiago De Cuba
Near Coloma. in Pinar Del Rio the
insurgents have killed three cart driv-
ers with machetes.
Reports have been received from Re
medios that the bands of Carrillo, Con
zales, Napoles and Perez were moving
towards that city on July Is.
HANGED LABORERS.
The insurgents have hanged seven
laborers and a boy Is years old at the
plantation Santa Ana.
In The course of various skirmishes
in the provinces of Havana, Matanzas
and Santa Clara, the insurgents have
suffered a loss of twenty-five killed
and twelve wounded.
An insurgent lieutenant has surren-
dered to the authorities at Artemisa
in Pinar Del Rio.
The insurgent leader Cloti1de Garcia
has made an attack on the village of
Managua in Matanzas province, but
was repulsed by the garrison with two
wounded He again attacked when
fifty of the garrison left the village
in pursuit of the insurgents, following
them as far as Wanda. At that place
500 insurgent cavalry fell upon he
men of the garrison, who began to re-
treat. keeping UP the fight They
brought off one killed and four wound
ed and left three killed and five wound
ed. Antonio Maceo is reported to be in
A FRENZY OF RAGE
over the death of his brother, Jose,
who, according to statements made,
was shot by order of Calixto Garcia
for INSTRUMENTATION. Antonio. who is
in the province of Pinar Del Rio. wants
to cross the Spanish trocha at all haz-
ards, and to summon all the colored
men among the insurgents to aid him
in avenging the death of Jose upon
Garcia.
The authorities at Artemisa have
been warned that the insurgent leader
FREDERICK Nunez has had a large force
of men at work for several days filling
in the bitches which drained the low
lands into the Limonez river. which
stream flows past Artemisa The pur-
pose was to cause an overflow of the
river thus flooding the town during
the cyclone season. The plan has been
frustrated.
A convoy from Manzanillo was de-
tanned for several days before it could
ascend the Canto river, a force of 1 500
insurgents having intercepted it. A
Spanish gun boat was sent to the as
slstance of the convoy and opened a
HOT FIRE UPON THE INsUR-
GENTS
at Petrero, before which the enemy
was compelled to retire with heavy
loss. Of the detachment of troops
three were killed and eighteen wound
ed. Six Of the latter are seriously in
jured.
1t is runored in official circles that
the recent explosion on the Sabanilla
railway was the work of spectators,
VINO expected that the effect of the
scare would depress the price of the
railway company's shares, when they
would purchase freely.