Connecticut western news., 1900-07-26
REBELSATTACK PANAMA
Battle Continues All Day With
 Heavy Losses.
HOSPITAL FILLED WITH WOUNDED
All Business Suspended. Food Crow ing Scarce. Railroad Traffic Inter rupted, Steamers Unable to Land, and the Outcome Uncertain.

Panama, Colombia. July 24, via Gal
 weston, July 25.-Fighting is now going | on in the outskirts of this city. Large numbers of the revolutionary forces reached the suburbs early this | morning and began a vigorous attack,
 which is still in progress. The rife fire | Is sharp and continuous. and at intervals
 the artillery fire is heavy and severe. Government forces are making a strong
 resistance in the intrenched positions
 they have occupied for several days. It is calculated that POO men have been
 killed or wounded so far, among them
 being many well known young residents
 of this city.
 The Red Cross hospital here is filled
 with wounded and dying soldiers. All
 available doctors and nurses and Sisters
 of Charity are caring for them. These
 are being aided by many private persons,
 both Colombians and foreigners. Their | assistance is invaluable and is worthy of
 the hghiest praise.
 The help of the ambulance corps of the
 British cruiser Leander has again been | requested in caring for the wounded, and | efforts are now being made to bring about a short armistice in order to bury
 the dead and pick up the wounded still I in the trenches.
 General Loznaa Wounded. Among the wounded is General Lo- zada, formerly in command of the gov | ernment troops, who took refuge with others on the cruiser Leander on Satur- | day. He returned to shore today and | took the place of a private in the ranks, | fighting with the bravest. Every possible effort has been made by | the foreign consuls here to prevent a dis astrous conflict in the streets of the city, but they have not been successful. General Herrera, commander in chief
 of the revolutionists, is still at Corozal,
 but it is believed he will soon join his forces now in action. If he does so, the | attacks will undoubtedly be still more | vigorous and the fighting more general, with disastrous results in the city proper. | Panama's streets are almost deserted | Stray bullets are constantly dropping in I the streets. and several persons have been struck by them.
 Railroad traffic has been interrupted | This mornings train from Colon. bring | ing passengers for New York. had great | difficulty in passing under the bridge on
 account of the risk from bullets and shells. Passengers had to lie flat on the | car floors to avoid bullets. The Pacific Steam Navigation compa- ny stedmer 6uatemala, Wnlcn arrived | this morning with several passengers for | New York, and the French steamer were
 unable to make landing because of the ! firing in the neighborhood of the wharf at the old station of the Panama rail- road.
 Today's fighting followed an indecisive
 battle which lasted most of yesterday
 afternoon at La Boca between the regu-
 lars and rebels, who were landed from
 warships in possession of the revolu- | tionists.
 | To Intercept He-enforcements. The fighting was hard. but both sides
 maintained their positions last night. | The rebels held several points on the rail
 road, their purpose being to intercept the
 federal troops coming from Colon, num-
 bering 15O, under General Sarria. All business places in Panama are
 closed. Provisions and other necessaries
 of life are growing scarce and are hard
 to get at high prices.
 Public excitement is intense. Many
 families residing in unprotected .locali-
 ties have taken refuge in the Grand Cen | tral hotel for safety in case of an out | hraal- of trnul1a in aif