Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-28
LIMA CONFIDENT
REVOLT IS AT END
Enlistment of Volunteers SuS.
pended for Present.
BY AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
To Permit All Insurgents to Accept
Amnesty.
LEADERS READY TO DISBAND
Pine Guerra Holding Out With the
Only Formidable Body Of Men
Prestige Lost.
BY AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
LEADERS READY TO DISBAND

HAVANA. August 2S.-The enlistment OF
volunteers by the government has been suh.
pended until the effect of President Palma's
offer Of amnesty to the insurgents cin bA
determined.
At the palace confidence Is felt that tho
great body of rebels who have been carried
away with the idea that they were to have
conspicuous part in the overthrow of the
Palma administration will seize the press
ent opportunity to return to lawful purs
suits rather than jeopardize their liberty by
further supporting what the government
characterizes as a hopeless cause.
Senator Dolz, the moderate leader fols
lowing his conference with Presidents
Palma. declared today that with the ex.
ception of Pino Guerra, all the insurgent
leaders were prepared to disband their men
If assured of immunity. Guerra is yet to
be reckoned with.
If seemingly reliable reports can be cred>
tied he has with him formidable body Of
men. but his recent inactivity leaves the
impression that he desires rather to make q
display of force than to do any serious
fighting. His earlier promises to capture
Pinar Del Rio and then to march upon Ha-
vana. followed by a period of inactivity,
has apparently injured his prestige among
insurgents and sympathizers, who had ex-
pected him to make bold dash against the
government forces.
w WlllluSuCss W OleUduu.
Investigation shows that the statement
made by Senator Dolz, leader Of the mod
crate party, at the conclusion of con.
ference with President Palma at mid
night to the effect that practically all the
insurgent leaders of consequence, except
Pine Guerra, had signified their willing.
ness to disband their men if all were posi-
lively guaranteed Immunity for their insur-
rectionary acts, was an exaggeration, but
the impression is very general today that
the insurgents, with the exception of Pine
Guerra, will shortly lay down their arms.
Meanwhile, 1t Is asserted, all recruiting will
cease.
The pay of the artillerymen and rural
guards has been raised, the officers get
ting twenty per cent increase and the
privates an increase of fifty per cent.
Ex-Congressman Carlos Mendieta. lead
er of the insurgents In Santa Clara prov
ince, who was arrested August 26 at the
city of Santa Clara. and Col. Amanda, who
was arrested with Mendieta, were brought
to Havana early this morning.
Inquiries From Insurgents.
Secretary of the Treasury Font Sterling
informed the Associated Press today that
during the last few days numerous in
quiries had been received from many of the
insurgent chiefs in Havana, Matanzas. and
Santa Clara provinces as to whether they
would be prosecuted If they laid down their
arms '
1ne government decided, therefore, as
general answer to such inquiries and in
order to encourage other insurgents to SUBJ
init to the government to issue an-order to
the commanders of the troops to grant
amnesty to those who surrendered.
The secretary denied the announcements
made here that further enlistments of re-
cruits had been stopped. On the contrary,
he said, the government intended to
strengthen in every possible way the army
oad ha nf fhn amt
Details Of Yesterdays Fight.
Acting Secretary of the Interior Montalvo
had a long conference this morning with
Gen. Rodriguez, commander Of the rural
guards, and directed him to continue the
enlistment of recruits and to push the pur.
suit of the insurgents in all directions.
The only details received this morning by
Gen. Rodriguez of yesterdays engagement
between the government forces and the
insurgents near Cienfuegos, province Of
Santa Clara, were contained in the follow.
ing dispatch from Col Vale, who COM
manded the detachment Of rural guards and
volunteers engaged:
"Insurgent parties under Guzman and
Portela having camped near Aureus and
commenced harassing the rural guards, we
proceeded toward Aureus with force Of
rural guards and volunteers and encoun-
tered the revolutionists. who were intrench-
ed in the town of Aureus. We routed the
enemy, killed many revolutionsts and cap
tured a quantity of arms and ammunition
and number of horses Yesterday we con-
tinued our operations to Rodas where our
advance guard was charged by the revolu-
tionists who were holding the town and a
little fort, called De Piedra fort, where
fierce fighting continued. The enemy was
persistent but the revolutionists were final
ly dispersed and ran away in different d.
rections, leaving large number OF men
killed in the streets.
1.-THE full extent of the revolutionists cas-"
ualties is not yet known. Once in possess
sion of the town We got in touch with the
detachment of rural guards commanded by
Lieut.. Toro.
"Our forces fought valiantly throughout
the engagements. Later the enemy re-
turned and rushed the town, but the rev
olutionists were again scattered by our
machete charges"
Col Vale expresses the opinion that the
engagements fought yesterday In Santa
Clara will prove to have been of great inl-
portance toward ending the insurrection
In that province.
A band of insurgents today fired volley
at a passenger train on the Western rail-
way west of Alquizar, Havana province,
thirty three miles by rail southwest OF the
Cuban capital. Several bullets hit the cars
but nobody was wounded.