Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-04
MET THESP PAN|ARDS
Gen, Stones Force En-
counteTed the Enemy
THEY REFUSED TO SURRENDER
A Few Regulars and Volun-
teers at Utuado.
NO REPORT OF ANY FIGHTING
San Juan Road and Cliffs Filled
With Explosives.
NO REPORT OF ANY FIGHTING
a FLANK NOV EN2


Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
Copyright. 1881
| PONCE, Porto Rico, August > (via Kings
| ton, August 4.-A flank movement was
| practically begun yesterday by the occupa-
| tion Of AdjuDtas eighteen miles above
here, the road TO Arecibo. the second
principal seaport on the upper. coast.
The San Juan road, between Juana Diaz
and Coamo, is mined; the cliffs are also
filled with explosives, necessitating the
| change to the Arecibo road. and thence
| along the upper coast of San Juan.
Gen. Stone, with Company c, I'd Wiscon-
sin, pushed forward TO Utuado, fifteen miles
beyond Adjuntas, today.
The road from here is impracticabe for
artillery and wagons; cavalry and infantry
are all right. Transports will take the 9TH
ers to Arecbo and there is good road
thence to San Juan.
The inhabitants OF Adjuntas and Utuado
| are enthusiastic over the advent of the
Americans.
spaniards Advancing.
BY Associated Press.
PONCE, August 3, via Kingston. ia
nlaica, August 4 5:20 a.m.-The Spaniards
are reported to be advancing, though this
is not generally believed.
at Aibonito, on the road to San Juan. it is
reported that the enemy had mined the
cliffs. preparatory to blocking the road if
obliged to retire.
San Martin. the Spanish commander
here. who evacuated this place without
orders, is prisoner at San Juan de Porto
Rico. He will be tried for cowardice and
will probably be executed.
Encountered Oppositiou
PONCE, Island Of Porto Rico, August .,
via st. Thomas, ID. W. l., August 3.-Gen.
Roy Stone, while accommodating north
ward along the road leading to Arecibo, on
the north coast, with a company of the 2d
Wisconsin Regiment, encountered opposi-
tion at Utuado, where a small force Of
Spanish regulars and volunteers had been
Instructed by Captain General Macias to
resist to the bitter end.
The Spanards refused to surrender, and
Gen. Stone teephoned back to Adjuntas
that he would push on, aided by force OF
natives armed with machetes. Before the
messengers left Adjuntas, where twelve
men had been left, Spanish force was re-
ported to be between Gen. Stole and Ad-
juntas, picketed on the trail between Ad-
juntas and Utuado. in the heart of the
mountain.
ten men can stop a regiment. General
Stones messengers rode all night.
No Forward Movement.
PONCE, Island of Porto Rico, August A.
So far as known, no further forward move
ment will be made by the American troops
until the arrival of more transports, which
are expected hourly.
The Spaniards are expected TO make their
first stand at Aibonito. thirty-five miles
from here, where two or three thousand
Spanish regulars are believed 10 be in
trenched.
The present prospect is that there will
be no actual fighting for several days.
Aground mt Ponce.
PONCE, August >, via St. Thomas D. W.
l., August 3 delayed in trausmissionl.--
The transport Massachusetts, having on
board Troops A and G of the New York
Cavalry, the Philadelphia troop, the 9th
Cavalry and the sth Infantry, is aground
here.
The Romania, with four batteries of ar
tillery, under the command of Major Rod
ney, is aground at Guanica.
The transport Washington, with the 4th
Pennsylvania Regiment. and the Seneca,
with Colonel Queries regiment, are landing
today at Guanica.
iments and Troop b of the I'd Cavalry have
here.
Plan of Campaign.
PONCE, August 2 (evening), via ST.
Thomas. d. W. J., August 3 delayed in
transmission).-The plan of campaign is not
fully determined upon. but the natural
strength of the Spanish position at Aibonito
and the character of the defensive works
erected there necessitates a flank move
ment.
The turning movement was inaugurated
today, when General Brooke landed 5000
men at Arroyo, sixty miles east OF here
From there he can strike the military road
leading to San Juan at Cayey, beyond
This will compel the Spanish
General Otega. who has a
great reputation, to abandon his stronghold
or be caught between two fires.
It is possible that a second column may
move on his left flank also. IN which case
the present advance on his front will be
shown to be only felnt.
Gen. Stone is making a dasning recon-
% north in the direction OF Areci-
bo. He went into Adjuntas last night, with