The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-18
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. DfsaDpear-The Insur-
ITS Firing the Cane Fields OF
,zas-Guanabac Fired on
obeIs on Two Nights and An
mar Attack Expected-The In
.Dts Reported to Have Blown
Train Near Union.
.o March 17.-From Sagua La
comes the news that on the 18th
1IaH the parties of Aniceto Herman
pobau and Julio Dominguez, sur
o'A' section Of volunteers belonging
p' .ss sixth Company of that city, the
..foritv of them being negroes, who were
netting the cane cutters Of the estate
dor mile distant from the place.
-, we're killed on the spot and two
's,,. disappeared. Many large cane fires
..,orted all over Matanzas province,
rebeIs applying the torch to the fields
:. order to prevent grinding. They also
Gre TO a great section of the Matan-
railroad. burning the crossties for
long distance.
pebds fired on. Guanabacoa on the
-.-bfs of Sunday and Monday. The city
1s much alarmed and the garrison I'M
dor arms during the two nights. No
,..-os are reported. Another attack is ex-
nscted tonight and the government is
sending troops.
several Cuban leaders in Matanzas prov
i1ce have received orders from Gomez to
march towards Las Villas, or Santa Clara
province.
The last information locates Gomez at
Dagamal, near Arroyo Blanco, on the
borders of Puerto Principe.
II is reported, at the last moment, that
the rebels have blown up train near On
ion. Matanzas province, but details are
lacking.
Advices received from Sancti Spiritus
detail the attack made by the rebels on
the town of Paroles, on the railroad line
10 Sancu Spiritus On the morning of the
10th instant, about l o'clock, the rebels,
after taking possession of the town at
lacked the railroad station, which had
been converted into a fort, and protected
by a detachment commanded by Capt.
Huertas, two sergeants, a corporal, 100 SOL
diers and about fifty volunteers. The
Insurgents fired on the fort from all sides,
Trusting their guns into the very loop
holes of the same. The firing then became
intense, and the defenders, despite their
stout resistance. were forced to abandon
the fort, leaving their dead and wounded
with their arms and ammuni-
uon, which were all taken away.
only few volunteers managed
to escape A sergeant and twenty-three
soldiers were killed. The captain and fif-
teen soldiers were seriously wounded. The
telegraph operator was also wounded as
he was in the act of wiring for assistance,
but this did not come, as the wires had
been previously cut. While this was taking
place at the station fort, another party
Of rebels attacked another fort named
Fiel at the extremity of the town. The
garrison, composed of a sergeant and
thirty-ive soldiers, were soon overpower-
ed. All persisted, except one, who was
carried away as a prisoner. All the arms
and munitions were captured and the fort
destroyed. The Cubans were commanded
by Jose Miguel Gomez, a brave leader
in command of that district, but their num-
hers are not stated. 1t is said three were
killed in the attack, a private named En-
rique Canizares; a Spanish deserter and
the other one unknown. Near this town
of Paroles occurred the explosion lately
reported,