Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-28
COLOMBIAN REVOLUTION.
The Contending Forces Within Two DaIs
March of Pansms-Ata ek on
the City Expected.

Kingston. Aug. 25.-Details of the
capture of the Colombian government
gunboat Boyaca by the insurgents
outside of Panama have reached here
The Boyaca was captured August l by
the insurgent gunboat Padilla, after
q short and unequal fight. She had
on board at the time nearly three
hundred soldiers under the command
of Generals Ferrero and Enao, who
were to reinforce Gen. Morales Berti,
at Aqua Dulee. The Boyaca also car
ried several colonies. a supply OF am
munition and a considerable sum of
money. An American gunner named
Rose, who was serving on board b
Boyaca, declined to sail on her last
and fatal expedition. Flying the in
surgent flag, the Boyaca is now
guarding the entrance to the Panama
harbor, presumably with the inten-
ton of preventing steamers or other
vessels from bringing government re-
Inducements to Panama.
Insurgents Gaining Ground.
Nothing definite is known on the
lsthmus of the situation of the gov
eminent general, Morales Berti, at
Aqua Dulce, but many persons be-
lieve that the general, after with
standing a siege of several days, dur
ing which his forces were subjecteu,
chiefly at night, to a severe artillery
FIRE from the insurgents, perceived
the hopelessness of receiving rein
forcements and supplies from Pana-
ma and was forced to surrender the
troops of his command to Tue insur-
gents.
The insurgent forces in the Aqua
Dulce district are said to number be-
tween 1000 and 1900 men. Associ-
ated with Gen. BERT in the defense
of Aqua Dulce were Gen. Castro, who
gained notoriety at the previous bat
tie at Aqua Dulce, and Generals Go
mez and Moreno.
An Attack Expected.
Rumors are current on the lsthmu:
that several d~etachments of insur
gents have been seen at the variou:
stations along the railroad line be
tween Colon and Panama and an at
tack at either end of the line is eX
pected, in certain quarters, to oceu
| at any moment. Because of the pres
: ence of insurgents along the rail
roads, the government is most anXlou
' to obtain achievements on the 18th
mus as soon as possible. FIRES
trouble, however, is said to be brew
:, ing in the interior of the republic
and, owing to the frequent refusal
of steamships to carry government
troops, the bringing of reinforce
e ments to the isthmus is %apparentl
: no easy matter. The government CUR
boat Gen. Pinzon arrived at Carte
t gena a week ago from Colon, afte
o having made the voyage with diff
l. Guilty.
t Only Two Days from
l. If the reported surrender of tn
e government forces at Augua Dulce
true, the insurgent general, Herrer
Is confronted by a big problem to pr
vide food and shelter for and to col
a trol this large and hostile elemen
Owing to the fact that the govern
ment line of communication betwee
Panama and Aqua Dulce is broke
:. but little news reaches Panama fro
the seat of war. although the co
10 tending forces are only two day
narch from that rity.
q, A Serious Situation.
~ 1t is now said to be impossible fl
20 the Gen. Pinzon to go to sea again
"a her present condition. Important al
"a indispensable parts of her machine
C have been completely ruined. III
=, Pinzon was formerly the America
70 Yacht Namona. She was bought
.. the Colombian government n e
of tered its service last summer. &c
y. eminent officials on the isthmus q
n sert that the newly-acquired COVER
ment cruiser Cartagena shortly w
as bring troops to the isthmus.
&c The Colombian government recc
nizes the revolutionary situation
he be serious.