The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-05
FORTY CUBANS SLAIN
SPANISH ACCOUNT OF A FIGHT WITH
"PATRIOT" INCENDIARIEs.
Insurgents I'm the Province of Puerto
Principe Preparing to Worry the
Captain Generals Army.

HAVANA, May 4.-The insurgent leaders,
Mora. Villanauva and Degado at the head
Of about one thousand men, have burned
the village of Punta Bravo. near this city.
The Spanish forces from San Quintin and
the guerrilla forces from the neighboring
forts attacked the. insurgents and repulsed
them with the loss of forty killed. Several
inhabitants Of the village are said to have
been burned to death in their dwellings.
The Plantations Of Mapos, San Fernando
and Nativided, in the district of Sancti
Spiritu, province of Santa Clara, have been
compelled to suspend the grinding of cane.
the insurgents have threatened to burn the
plantations unless they ceased work. Near
Amonillas. province of Matanzas. the in
surgents are reported to have killed with
machetes the wife of Mauricio Jimenez and
their two daughters, respectively six and
three years of age.
The insurgents under Matos and Tureto
are on their way to join Maximo Gomez in
the province of Santa Clara. Garcia Is re-
ported to be near Guira. in the Manzanillo
district of the province OF Santiago de Cuba,
concentrating his forces after the engage
ment at Cascarajicara.
Socorras and Pillar Rojas, the insurgent
leaders, are seriously wounded. They are
the men who are said to have directed the
destruction by fire OF the villages of Lapalnna,
province of Pinar del Rio. Antonio Socor-
ras, son of the noted insurgent leader OF
that name, was among those who were
killed at the last engagement at Lechuza,
The. steamer Triton has arrived here with
the soldiers who were wounded in the re-
cent engagement at Cascarajicara. They
include seven officers and forty-seven pri-
Yates.
Admiral Navarro is expected to arrive in
Havana on Wednesday. The court-martial
o.
schooner competitor is awaiting his arrival.
The following persons have arrived here
bell Congressman Castro; lawyer named
Marwins; the vice presidents OF the commit
Vcs avoTs sera and aya Vadvia Hha hder
men Cruz and Perez, the fiscal Toboado,
the editor of the Autonomist organ, the
parish priest Castillo, DR.; Garcia Rigo ;1sd and
Altagraca Cepeda, an American citizen.
They left Sanciti Spiritus in obedience to
They are to see Captain General weyier.
Captain Pozo and the guerrilla Palama
have had fight with the filibusters who es-
she was captured by the Spanish gunboat.
1t is reported that the insurgent leader,
Roberto Bermudez. has died from wounds.
tain, Vasquez, has been shot in Pinar del
Rio, because II was learned that he intended
to surrender to the Spanish authorities.
The authorities here are receiving intell-
gence of renewed activity among the in
surgents in the province of Puerto Principe
and combination of forces there that seems
to promise an aggressive movement The
forces under Calixto Garcia, Mayia. Rabi.
Capote and other leaders are said to have
effected a junction at the farm of Santa
Lucia near Guaimaro, in Puerto Principe.
Countrymen also bring in information that
the leader Carrio has passed towards Santa
Clara escorted by the band OF Bacon.
Rabi has joined into one body the inSur-
gent forces of Puerto Principe along the bor-
der OF Santiago de Cuba. Among the Puerto
Principe forces are Braulio and Penas, who
landed in Cuba on March IS at Punta Gra-
with an expedition. They brought with them
two cannon, which were used in the form
liable attack on La Zanja, near Manzanillo,
and resulted so nearly in the destruction of
the fort at that place. After Rabi had
rived in Puerto Principe he was Joined by
the Marques of Santa Lucia and Roloff with
an escort. AT this writing Garcia ought to
Lucia. whom he has followed from Santias3
de Cuba Calixto Garcia. it appears, is to
take command OF the insurgent forces in
Puerto Principe and the east of the island
Antonio Maceo. on the other hand, has been
chosen insurgent chief for the provinces of
Matanzas, Havana and Pinar del Rio. 1t
is alleged that Rabi's force only numbers
200. who are badly armed and equipped
Francisco Carrillo has left Puerto Principe
with 200 insurgents He has been called by
Gomez to the Sancti Snritus zone and is
destined for the command OF the insurgent
forces in Santa Clara. The two brothers of
Gomez Eugenio and Armando and Calixto
Bernabe BoZa, will also join his force
Among the political prisoners sent to the
prisons in the Isle Of Pines yesterday was
enc woman