Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-04
EXPLOITS IN CUBA.
COlt.blOadtd Bu'chsry Of Wounded
Insurgents.
DETAILS OF A SERIOUS BATTLE.
spanl.h Victory Celebrated with a Mas.
Ikere-Looaing 10 France
for Aid.

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,recial correspondence from San Cris.
tobal, Cuba, dated May 10:
The following story Of tho cold.
FLOODED butchery OF more than forty
wounded Cubsns In a hospital and OF
four prisoners after the fight st Las
Lomas do Junones, was told to your
correspondent by Spanish soldier, who
took part In II, ana they spoke a. II the
ra.s.cres were every Gay occurrences
with them.
Our column, under Geoeral Zerano,
Left San Cristobal May 4 10 operate In
tue mount.ips between here and the
north coast. A. midnight We camped,
but at o q. m. the buRlo sounded for us
10 be W. We were preparing to break
camp when suddenly there was = call
10 arms. A moment later there came
perfect rain OF bullets.
Then the insurgents began to close
10 upon ne. Several tinos they came
down upon Us with tremendous fury,
swinging mschetss above their heads,
hut IL was impossible for them 20 stand
beiote the fife OF our Mausors.
We were under nTe and constant
Wtuhtt VI Wv hAhtuoNt uhtll HlHt uONus
until the enemy apparently Withdrew.
A consultation was had by our officers
and II was learned that retreat was
cut on.
,.when the night came We were ttill
on the mountain aide. Day dawnoI,
aud with light came tho enemy's
fire.
Thus We fought on. our boys falling
about US In n dreadful manner, when
suddenly We heard the distant boom Of
n cannon. We know assistance had hr.
rived from Bahia Honda, aud tue
enemy was being attacked In the
fthr.
Tho iDsurgents' hre was gradually
Withdrawn aad we succeeded In taking
possession OF their camp. They had
rstfeaIod, but had occupied another
height, where they dofied us IL was
all we could do 10 attend 10 cur dead
and wounded. or my battalion We
had TO bury ton and gather up thirty
tUven wounded.
We then killed four prisoners who
had bsen captured, Including a China
man.
On the road the day before our fight
Ia tho forest, We had passed a fine
house. IL was said tho general had
topped there and had been well re-
eeivsd by man occupying the place,
who said he knew nothing OF tho In.
turgsnts. IA We came 10 this houhe ON
cur return halt was ordered and our
tnlcera went In tho house. The general
went W TO tho man, shook hands,
aud then Invited him out dooTr, where
he ordered him TO DO killed with tho
machets. We then examined the
Iauaa and HuFlana s.l
medicines which satia1ed US that the
house was an insuTgent hospital and
tbs man We had killed was their
uoolot. We then went through the
oulhOnses aud found upwards OF forty
sick Aud wounded. These We killed
with cur mAoheIos anu then spilled
the totch.
Those who had died outside Of the
house we threw into tho flames. We
then resumed our march,"
LOOKING TO FRANCE FOR AID.
NEW York, June 4 "A dispatch 10
The World from MadIid, says;
Among thu roasons that have en-
outraged ths Bpaniards 10 look 10
france tor assistance, Ia tho fact that
10 every Stage Oftheir difficulties with
the United States anu Cuba In the
lat seventeen months, tue French
lfves has shown them more sym pathy
Than the pfoss OF any other European
nation.
Tue SpAnlards argue that, even "
france and Spain had not 30 many
common Interests In Morocco, Ia |
Muditetfan-An questions, and In
Egypt, their financial and CONNER
elal relations alone would Justify a
close understanding. Three quarters |
Of all tho shAres ana bonds OF tho |
spanish railways are In tho hands VI |
french capitalists who also have |
Invested several hundred mil.
lions OF dollars In Spanish |
publio works, gas and electric osmps- |
hlst, m!nos, wine growing estates anu |
municipal loans. Last, nut not least,
french Investors hold about $4,000.
WV OF !he Spanish foreign four percent |
usot and about tho same amount oil |
Cuban bonut.
French bankers advanced last year
lO,OyO 10 tue spanish government for
Tue Ouoan treasury. aud since then
,hty have made further advances on |
Cuoau bonds Tor war expenses.
Besides tho financial con ection |
spain hesa o0nsiierabls commercial
eennecsion with france, az " percent |
oI Tue total Imports into this Kingdom |
come from Francs anil about 80 per-
cent Of toe total exports 40 TO France.
Inc spaniarda believe that France |
must assist them some day, because
hef West lpdia colonies, her Interests
10 'he Panama canal scnomes and her
.nde with Cuba anu Porto Rico, which
hs suffered much already from the
competition with America, will make
hef desiro 10 check American inteifsr.
,nce IN Cuban affairs.
AFTER A THRiLLIEa VOYAGE
CHICAGO, June A special to tho
ilhlei-hsFa!d from Jacksonville, Fla,
byi;
Ailer thrilling voyage, during |
when she was chased aud fiIed on by
spanish steamer, tho fihbuetering |
WAinet Three Friends hes reAched
'ae port alter landing more than 100
.n.h ana a large cargo oil Rfma and am
Aunitlun IN Cuba. Tho landing wac
1TSaue on the night OF May 20, westo
suIuhu. on the southern coast OF
sanuA Clara province. Tho men anJ
ahunillon weis received by n a,Tong
sehohment from General l.. Creps
to'umn, anu there was not u Spaniard
'nhght ~ Interfere.
a Wv 700 Jay OF the landing, May 25,
'''ufisa tho nost exciting Incident o. !