The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-06
CONFLICTING REPORTS,
But Through the Lines It May Re
Seen the Insurgents Make Gains.

HAVANA, March 5.-Captain-Gen-
eral weyler visited the hospitals today
and expressed himself satisfied with
the manner in which the wounded and
sick were being cared for and with
the condition of the buildings.
Up to date the insurgents have
burned thirteen villages and towns in
the province of Pinar del Rio. Among
them are several important places, in
Guiding San Juan de Martinez. In
addition they have burned many to-
bacco houses and the extensive sugar
estate at Guacamaya.
Garlic and Rojas, the insurgent
leaders, at the head of about zoo of
their followers, recently attacked a
! company of Stella battalion and the
local guerilla force of San Andreas,
! near Holguin, province of Santiago de
Cuba The soldiers made a brilliant
| defense and repulsed the insurgents
with a loss of twenty-five killed. The
| enemy retired with. many wounded.
Captain-General Weyler has ISSUED a
circular prohibiting the sale of petro-
leum and other lnfammable articles of
a like description in the villages of Cuba
and regulating their importation.
Major Farrer, in charge of a detach-
ment of troops guarding a provision
train bound from Sand Espiritus to
PicO Puerto, province of Santa Clara,
has repulsed an insurgent attack.
-Four insurgents we're killed and the
troops lost six men.
The Spanish gunboat Lines, convey
| ing provisions to Jibacoa. found the
entrance of the river closed by a chain
stretched from bank to bank. The in
surgents fired upon the gunboat and
the latter returned the fire. The troops
were sent in pursuit of the insurgents.
INSURGENTS CAPTURE A FORT.
A detachment of insurgents, belong
ing to NIaceo's forces. have captured
the fort at Santa Cruz, a small place
north of Jibacoa, by unfair means, it
is claimed. The insurgents called upon
the little garrison to surrender and the
Spanish in charge left the fort for the
purpose of comforting with the insur-
gent leaders.
rounded the fort entered it and made
prisoners Of volunteers defending it,
also capturing all their arms and the
supply of ammunition. The volunteers
were subsequently released and the
military governor of Jibacoa sent a
detachment Of troops in pursuit.
Generals Prats and Arolas are close
ly pursuing Gomez who is now on the
limits of the border OF the province
of Santa Clara, according TO the CT
fetal advices.
The situation in the province of
Pinar del Rio has greatly improved.
1t was recently entirely lacking in tele-
graphic communication and in garri-
sons and was at the mercy of the in
suHgents. But order has been restored
and matters are now in their usual
state although communication is MAIN
tanned by the photographic system.
The insurgent leader Calunga, who
was reported to have been killed is still
alive.
General Melguize had an engage
ment, at the plantation of Moraloc,
near Casigues, this province with the
bands of insurgents belonging to Ma
ceo's command. The troops dislodged
the insurgents from the positions
Which they occupied and the Castillos
squadron and the Tareteces volunteers,
in pursuing them. killed eighteen of
the enemy. wounding many more.
The troops had several wounded.
Colonel Martin later had another en-
gagement with the insurgents at the
zero farm after crossing the river
Tuncio. not far from Santa Cruz, in
the province of Puerto Principe and
the colonel afterwards dispersed the in
surgents at tSaboracoa and Pico Plea,
where the insurgents had again united
their forces. Colonel Martins cavalry
charged the insurgent forces and dis