The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-15
FROM HAVANA.
Correspondent Tells What Is Doing in
Beleagured City.

Copyright, 1898, the Associated Press. }
Havana, June 13.-(Delayed in trans
mission 1.-The United States cruiser
Montgomery at about o'clock this after
noon approached nearer than is usually
the case to the Santa Clara battery ana
fired three shots at Punta Bravo. Inc
first shot was fired at 5000 metres anu
others were fred at 5000 metres. The
Montgomery then resumed her place IN
the blockade line. Her projectiles fell
very near thelbattery.
"a Spanish battery east OF MORO nred
one shot at another American warship.
The German warship Goier arrived at
Cienfuegos on Saturday last. The British
steamer MytIedene left Isabella-Sagua
for Halifax on Friday last, with IL 500
bags of sugar, large quantity OF manu-
featured tobacco ana II passengers on
board. Advices from Matanzas just re-
ceiyed, say that on Saturday last OVER
1000 insurgents, commanded by Bermudez
and Anguinal, made an attempt to enter
Camanayuga, province of MatanZas, and
succeeded in burning some houses, but
it is added the Insurgents were repulsed
with loss including Capt Morrison, one
lieutenant and one private killed and O
serveant, q corporal and nine priyates
wounded. The Spanish had 10 men
wounded.
The same force OF insurgents was after
wards encountered on Saturday and Sum
day last and the Spaniards claim they
dispersed them with loss of IL killed.
The insurgents are also reported to have
carried away many of their wounded
and to have abandoned a quantity of
property which they looted at
Camanayga.
The local guerilla force of Las Lajas,
province of Santa Clara, it is announced
officially, has been engaged with and dis
persed an insurgent force which left
eight men killed on the field.
The Union Constitutional says the in
surgent chief Damio Cabellero, arrived at
Santa Clara a few days ago from Manz-
anillo, to join the brigade being or
ganized by the former insurgent chieftan
Masso Tt also appears that Cabellero was
interviewed by the correspondent of the
Union Constitutional about the situation
of affairs in he eastern part of Cuba and
Caballero d alleged to have asserted that
the leading insurgent chiefs met in as
sembly at Bayamo, province of Santiago
de Cuba, in the middle Of May, and dis
cussed for SO hours the question of the
acceptance or non-acceptance of Ameri-
can Intervention in Cuba and the cores
pondent of the newspaper asserts that
Caballero declared the opinion of the
majority of the insurgent leaders was
against American Intervention.
The chancellor of the university has
cited Professor Federico Hortsman
Canter, Manuel johnson, Juan Larraldo,
Francisco O'Farill, Julian Carlos Chap
paton, L'Hoste and Ricard DoolZ Atango
to present themselves to him within Is
days from date of answer to the charge of
leaving the island without permission.
AT IL o'clock this morning the soma
phore of MORO castle announced that a
. vessel flying a flag of truce was in sight
and the Spanish gunboat La Flecha,
with Col. Gelpi of the general staff, DR..
Congosto, the secre tary general of the
government and Mr.. Alexander Gollan,
the British consul here on board, went
to meet the vessel, which turned out to
be the U. S. auxiliary gun boat Maple.
An officer on board of her handed Col.
Gelpi sealed document addressed to Mr..
Gollan. The Spanish gunboat returned
to this harbor at p. m.