The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-16
DISrERSES THE RAW RECRUITS
The IssurGsnt Leader Breaks Through
the Line sud Durns Two bridges In
the vicinisy Of P0xO RsdOudO.
Weyler's DEGREES Cause Panic.


manza battalion formed a combination
to encircle MaceO and prevent his en-
trance to Havana province. The Of
ficial announcement was made at th'
palace Thursday of the combination
of the seven columns. The result wa!
anxiOusly awaited. Yesterday the gov
ernment announced that Maceo de
clined an engagement and entered Ha
vana province From other sources Il
Is learned Maceo discovered the com
binatiOn and with I.acret and Bander
as forces numbering over ten thOus
and. fell upon the AlmanZas battalion
which happened to be raw one, re-
Gently from Spain. broke it to piece:
near Los PalOs. rode over the remain.
and crossed the Havana line, leaving
the government combination In thu
rear.
MACEOS MARCH.
Maceo passed south Of Guines and
struck the railroad north of BatabanO
removed the track and telegraph wires
from the trocha and caused cOnsterna
ton In the block houses along the
strong line. In the vicinity of Pozo Re
dOndo he burned two bridges and was
last reported going in the direction of
Pinnr Del Rio line. General Weyer is
very angry over the failure of the col
umns to prevenS Maceo's return, espe-
cially since he has just proclaimed the
provinc, fire.. of insurgents. The gov
ernment troops are now being rushed
west in pursuit of Maceo. and the
strong line Is again being strengthened.
There Is no Improvement in the situa-
ton i'm the other provinces, The Span-
ish hold only three towns in the west
ern province, Pinar Del Rio. Candle
laria and Artemisia. In Matanzas
many thousands acres of cane have
been burned i'm the last ten davs rail
roads DESTROYED and towns oft.cksd
There have haan encounters daiIv
Tba rebels are ,nora nn,nsrn,,s ,,.,
a,.r M. .o,.,e H. ,,,,,. ~ go. ~.
and S,n,i,, yo ,'r,,.,nnas ra"n,ni 49,.
I.,,, r..,'.ns io,','.1. 81, ", 1919, ,',,, VII
.n,",asL ,o,,.,,, -
,;"n' "'s p"'''' III many
E,r ,,,,x,c,n
"H, N'r"'
Havana, March l5-An untoward
military accident that occurred last
hisht, growing out or u inisunderstand-
ing or the reply To a challenge. resulted
III the kiihng or twtire soldiers ana
the Wouhuins of u NUMBER or others. A
sinai pahu VI Insurgents hau set IRE
I" 'ne cahe anu puhoihss VI, sugar
ESTATE ,, near .Mar,ano province VI nav
au' ., Nv snhe a''Ia'.eu ~ tne ul'en-
I'M I'M v, .no ,ons VI "pannsn ..o.p'
'a1,,.' m nv a,,,, Si',', a., ~ ..e
,;,,'.,I o, Nv. s.a.n ,','I,' ,t,
,a,va, % os % ,,r.,a',,io,, 90 im,, ..,,, s,,a
a. .,,,aoL e., ,b.' i.s''r~.a,S vlh,
we're s,,nnnsed to h,. near The secnnd
cn,,,,,n rnms;r,iug NJ IN. San onintin
Iars 40 thsv .nnrna ched the on.
trancbments nf the tirst coInmn they
wsr,. hailed nv the usral Alert from
n nickat and responded by calling out
tb, name of their battalioi,-San Ouin-
lin The nicket confused by the sud
den appearance or the column, mis,,n-
derstood the reply. taking il from the
similarity of sound 20 be Quintin ban
dera. the name of one of the. rebel lead :
ers H.. at once concluded that the in
suryents were moving to attack the
column to which he belonged. and with
ont further parley discharged his piece
and fell back to the entertainments
where the sho: Of the rifle had caused
all the trOOps to seize their arms and
prepare to rdppd aa,,,'nn a." 'i h.S !, tho maar.
time continued to advance, supposing
that they had come upon the rebels foi
whom they were looking. They had
not gone far before the first column
noilred n yolley into their ranks. The
second column returned the fire and
,ben in resnnnse tn an order fixed thri,
bnyonets and rushed forward to take
the entrencbmeuts by storm. As they
went over the entertainments. the first
column poured another volley into theu
and then when the troops came into
close quarters. IL was discovered from
the uniforms and flags, that a fata
blunder had been made
1t Is reported that the losses on both
sides i'm killed ard wounded was over
thirty. hut there IL n strong suspicior
that they were much larger.
All the circumstances tended to the
making of the mistake. Resides tn,
do rkness the smoke from the burning
one fields preyented the combatants
from recognizing each other. The mis-.
take is greatly deplored. and though
II ia generally held to have been un.
avoidable. II is pretty certain that tn,
officers in command Of the columns will
he court-martialed.
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RECfulIlNd IN IHiCAto.
Chicago, March 15.--A morning paper
SAYS: Senior George Gomez, said to be
q nephew of General Gomez, is in Chi
cago on a secret mission to aid Cuban
Independence. According to all reports
offers have been made previously and
a,a ,,o,,, ho;pU reuewed IN hnth nriya I a
troons and individuals in Chicago 10
get them TO 90 and fight for Cuban
liberty -,
,r,,'o ,o,,hs avo the R,act uussors
q Mo c~act .ho.nT navs,rv | troon @ were We're ] seIsctsG