The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-04-08
ESTABLISHING IN CUBA.
Weyler's FutileB8orts Against the
Determined Insurgents.
DEsPITBMANY REPORTED DEFEATS

The Fighting Cubans Keep the Troops Busy e
in Defending the settlements Entrusted
to Their Care, While Laying Waste the
Property of Those who Oppose Them.
HAVANA, April S.-The insurgents have
plundered and burned three stores at Su-
midero, province of Pinar del Rio The
news was conveyed to the nearest Spanish
commander, and n force of cavalry was
sent in pursuit Of the enemy. The troop
ers overlook the insurgents near the city
of Pinar del Rio, and killed six of them.
The insurgents under Bandera recently
surprised detachment of Spanish troops
at night by advancing upon the latter's
outpOsts and cheering for Spain. But the
troops consisting of the guerilla Of the
village of Consolation and the garrison of
the town Del Norte, soon found out the
deception and opened fire upon the insur-
gents. The latter, however, threw the
place into panic and succeeded in burn
ing five stores before they were beaten off.
The engagement lasted about three
hours. The insurgents left twenty-nine
killed in the streets, and in the morning
the troops sent out to reoonnoiter found
sixty newly made graves of insurgents,
.
with many wounded.
Lieutenant Commander Juan Cervera,
of the Spanish gunboat Alvarado, cruis-
ing along the coast of Baracoa, province
of Santiago de Cuba, saw a number of
boats containing insurgents trying to hide
| in the swamps near Port Maravi. The
Alvarado opened fire upon the enemy,
| who jumped out of their boats and sue
ceeded in gaining the Shore from whence
they returned the gunpoat's fire. The
guns and the Mauser fire of the gunboats
soon silenced the insurgents, who event
ually fled.
Delayed advices received here from
Whales say that Maceo attacked the vii
lage of Palma, near that place, on March
20, and succeeded in entering the place.
He plundered a number of stores and ap-
preached a church which had been con-
verted into fort. The insurgents, how
ever, were repulsed with the loss of thirty
nine killed and withdrew, taking with
them the corpses of as many more killed
and ninety wounded. The garrison lost
six killed and had seventeen wounded.
There have been several skirmishes re-
Gently in the province of Pinar del Rio, in
addition to those already reported, during
which five insurgents were killed and one
was captured
The column of troops from the Rey bat
TALON, operating in the province of Pinar
del Rio, has found repository of insur-
gent arms and ammunition in the Iris
plantation.
General Altamora, leading three col
umns of troops along the roads in the
vicinity of Ciego de Avila, drove in a
number of insurgents killed six of them,
and captured two prisoners. One soldier
was killed and three were wounded during
the operations.
The insurgents have burned the village
, of Pijirigua in Pinar del Rio, to the mum
ber ofsixty houses. They also burned ,00C
tons of sugar cane at the central planta
4 tion of Riforma, in the Remedies district
T and / 200 cords of wood, to the value alto
! gether of $lS0000. They were repulsed by
i the forts before they were able to burn the
machinery Of the plantation.