Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-08-15
WILL DO NOTHING PENDING AR
RIVAL OF COMMISSIONERS.
TRUCE FLAG NOT RESPECTED
AMERICANS NOT PERMITTED TO
GIVE NOTICE OF PEACE.
Col. Nuevillas' Defiant Reply to . De.
mand for the Surrender of
AibOnitO-HOt Fighting Be-
tween Gonna and
AibonitO Friday.

peace news has stopped all forward move
ment of the American army IN Porto fico.
General Wilson. at Coamo. ana Henerai
Schwan, at Mayaguez. will remain at those
places. General Henry. who Is at ottaoo
will return to Ajuntas, and General Brooke.
who had advanced beyond Guayama' Will
return to that town.
General Miles expects to do nothing pend
ing the arrival at San Juan or the peace
commissioners.
HEADQUARTERS OF GENERAL WILL
SON, AT COAMO, Aug. 13.-The orders TO
advance given to General Ernest's brigade
| were countermarded upon receipt OF the
presidents order to suspend hostilities.
General Wilson this morning sent party
with a flag of truce to notify the Spaniaros
of the suspension of hostilities but the
| flag was not respected. This was by order
| of Governor General Macias. AS General
Macias has no communication with Madrid,
| he may thus cut himself off from official
| notification of the situation, although ma
| tiyes have been sent to the Spanish lines
| to spread the news that cessation OF hos
| tilities had been ordered.
| The soldiers of the American army gen.
orally received the news Of peace with de-
light, although some are disappointed that
| there is to be no further lighting, and
4 many officers express regret at the sus-
| pension of hostiliues in the midst of the
| campaign.
| HEADQUARTERS OF GENERAL WILL
i SON AT COAMO, Aug. 13. morning.-(De-
Iayed in transmission0 Tell the Ameri-
can general if he desires further shedding
of blood to remain where he is"
This is the reply that the Spanish COM
mander Colonel Nuevillas, sent to General
| Wilson'S demand for the surrender of Aibon-
ito, made last night. A fight is certain to
occur unless orders are issued from Wash
ington to prevent 1t.
AT THE FRONT WITH GENERAL
WILSON'S COLUMN, FIVE MILES BE-
YoND COAMO. PORTO RICO. Aug. y,
evening.-tDelayed in transmission.) Gen
eral Wilson moved one Lancaster battery
| out to the front this afternoon for the pur-
pose of sheIling the Spanish position on the
crest of the mountain at the head OF the
pass through which the road winds. The
enemy occupied a position Of great natural
strength, protected by seven lines of in
trenchments and battery OF two howitz-
ers. The Spaniards were eager for the
fray, and earlier in the day had fired upon
Colonel Biddle of the engineer CORPS who.
| with a platoon OF Troop c, Of New York,
| was accommodating on their right flank.
AS our battery rounded a curve in the
road 1000 yards away, the enemy opened
an artillery and infantry fire. Four COM
panies of the Third Wisconsin, which were
posted on the bluffs to the right of the
road, were not permitted to respond to the
infantry fire.
The guns advanced at a gallop in the
d | face of terrific fire, were unlimbered and
were soon hurting common shell and
:, shrapnel at the enemy at lively rate
n ! striking the emplacements, batteries anG
| intrenchments with the rhythmic regu
/ larity of a triphammer. The enemy soor
. ! abandoned one gun, but continued to serve
| the other at intervals for over an hour
5 | They had ocr range and their shrapne
| burst repeatedly over our men. One shell
= | burst, the fragments killing Corporal Swan
8 son, of Company /. and seriously woundint
Corporal Yanke and Privates Bunce ant
t Vought.
Q Captain Paget, the British army officer
2 who is with the American forces for tn
a purpose of observing the operations in TIL
, field. distinguished himself by aiding DR.
: Woodbury., when Captain Lee and Privat
Sizer of Company F. were wounded b,
=, Mauser bullets In about two hours tn
: enemy abandoned the other gun and tn
+ men began to flee from the intrenchment
n towards a banana grove in the gorge. Gu
/. | guns shelled them as they ran.
One gun was now ordered to advance t
a position a quarter of a mile further or
: 1t had just reached the new position whe
Spanish infantry reinforcements filed int
| the trenches and fired down deadly fir
upon our men. compelling the battery t
retire at a gallop. Then both the enemy
. howitzers reopened and shrapnel screame
and Mausers sang. Another gun gallope
from the rear, but our ammunition wa
| exhausted.
$ Lieutenant Haines was shot in the bod
- by a Mauser just before his gun retire,
- the ball following rib.
10 The orders issued for two companies
advance were countermanded and the fiji
ing soon ceased.
, Colonel Bliss, of General Wilson'S stat
:. went forward to the enemy's lines with
70 flag of truce, and explained that peace M
"A gotiations were almost concluded, and thu
;s their position was untenable and demand
to ed their surrender.
g The Spanish have no communication wit
l. the outside world, and the commando
n asked until tomorrow morning, in ord'
re that he might communicate with Governt
General Macias. at San Juan.
at General Wilson and his staff viewed t
al days action from a hill at the right
as the battery. The enemy's guns were fire
IN from a high elevation with low velocit
'n The Spaniards had the ranges as acc'
sn- rately as they had at Santiago. The
te position from the front is almost impre
- nable.
E. Estimate of the strength of the enen
nj range from 500 to 1000. Their position
five miles from Aibonito.
he
n, r, JAPANESE ADMIRAL TALKS.