The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-24
PREPARING FOR
GREAT STRUGGLE
Panama is Being Fortified Against
Rebels.
BOTH SIDES ARE ACTIVE
INDICATIONS THAT THE BLOW
WILL BE STRUCK SOON.


Colon, Colombia, Nov. 23.-The rail-
'5road bridge, 200 or 300 Yards from the
4Panama station, aEd commanding the
entrance to the city. win undoubtedly
be the scene of the coming struggle.
The government accordingly IS forti-
sEying IT, placing q cannon and raising
Entertainments and barbados. Nearly
al the fighting in last years battle
occurred there.
The steamer Canada. belonging to the
gomqagnie Generate Trans Atlanrque
from Havre, is the first steamer that
has entered the PORT under the new
regime. She viii sail for SaviniIla to-
day There is much conjecture as to
how her papers will be received on
her arrival there.
The liberals along tho line of the
railroad nightly tie the rails here and
there after the passage Of the evening
train, removing the obstructions be
1ore morning. thus hindering the run
sSning Of speiai trains during the night
They have not forgotten how Loco gov
ernment endorsements from Carta-
Eena were rushed to Panama during
the night last year. and that this was
the browning cause Of the defeat OF
the revoluti0nists
The British cruiser Tribune has just
arrived II Colon harbOr.
Many versions are current, all based
in favor Of the Liberals. regarding the
whereabouts and tate of General Al
bans expedition, which left Panama
on Sunday last. The following is the
most authentic and plausible;
General AIban Repulsed.
on arriving Oft Pereauet. distant
about thirty miles from Panama and
ten miles beyond Chorrera. General
sAlbs-. on the gunbost BOyaca. sent
iOrvsaTd Swo schooners which ground
Rd The Liberals on land Immediately
poured a terrible rifle fire into the YES
sells causing much havoc on board.
General Alban then ordered the Boy
AGA boats to so to the assistance OF
the schOoners. The crew of the Boy
AGA complied. with the result that
1nany of them were wounded and the
boats returned to the BOyaca. When
ordered for the second ime to so to
the assistance of The Schooners, the
b0ats' crews refused, on the ground
tha- il was useless TO DO so. and that
such step meant sure death 10 them.
e Hence the BOyaca returned TO Pan
x ma on Thursday night taking many
wounded men with her. The Liberals
claim that 300 rlen OF General Adams
force were captured in this way. and
hat they nov strengthen the Liberal
ranks.
It has been held all along that Cen
sral Alban undertook no easy task
when he attempted to land troops in
The vicinity Of ChOrrera. The gener-
ais return to Panama was looked for
ward to with great hopes but when he
returned I'm the manner in which he
lid, many people there were disCOur-
ged and downcast, which leads to the
belief that the gravity of the sitUa-
ton is recognized The Boyaca, with
General Alban on board, started yes
= erday morning for Panama, her desti-
atioa presumably being Perequet
- Troops on the Move.
4 IT is not yet safe To consider the
overland route from ChOrrera to En-
i.e sta son under complete Liberal
Eontrol. as otherwise the full Liberal
orce will have already arrived at En-
$, ire station. Yesterdays estimate that
/ eco men had arrived at the station
brOves TO have been exaggerated, but
{ is certain that troops are coming in
ln the time.
Nothing has been heard of the land
Iorce which left Panama on Sunday
EAST. but K is reasonable to conclude
bat 1T is now haraSsing the move
neuts of the Liberal forces. The re-
5ored sinking OF the canal company's
sunch rs not been confirmed.
The Colombian guubOat General Pin
8 .0n, which escaped from Colon when
MS town was captured by the Ldber-
us, NOV. l9. arrived safely at C8rta-
ssena, and there spread the news Of
hC capture of the city The French
ruiser Suchet was there on her way
Martinique, and she hurried back
o Colon. arriving here TO-DAY. The
nited States gunbOat Marietta has
lTived here from Key West
The situation along the railroad line
~ unchanged. There is no Interrupt
ION of isthmiau transit