Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-13

the chief of the municipal police. Gen.
Agramontes, and the chief OF the secret po-
lice, Jerez varona and ordered them to
take care that none of the American sail
ors was arrested for any cause whatever,
but that if any of them got into trouble
to hand them over to their officers. He
ordered that their drinks should be paid
for and that they should be well treated
in every way President Palma merely
expresses his JOY at the arrival of the
Americans Naturally he is reserved as to
other matters The palace was crowded
with Palma,s friends and high officials.
Company Trains Stopped.
Pine Guerra has carried out his threat
against the Western Railway Company
and the company's trains are stopped. the
Calabazar bridge, $40 meters In length
fifteen minutes from Havana, was set on
fire Last night and is still in flames, ana
the water tanks have been overturned.
The morning trains had to return to the
city. There are now three trains IN the
station in Havana which came back tnis
morning. having found it impossible to
cross the bridge.
All telegraphic Ines belonging to the
company have been cut. So have the gov
ernment lines. and what is going on In
Pinar del Rio province is unknown, except
such as is learned from people who nave
made their way to Havana on horseback
or from arrivals on the coast steamships
They report the situation desperate.
The manager of the Western railway
called on Secretary Montalvo this morn
ing and asked military protection for the
trains Montalvo told him it could not
be given. He said it was also impossible
to furnish twenty-five men to escort an
engineer along the line in order that ne
might inspect the damages. All the troops,
Montalvo said, were needed In Havana.
The manager is urging the British minis
ter to take action. He has wired to the
directors of the company in London that
it is necessary to stop the traffic
Lively fighting is in progress at different
places in the outskirts of the city Both
sides will fight to the bitter end. Should
the revolutionists win, what all fear In the
city is retaliation on their part.
Colonel Galdos. in command at Clen1ue-
gos has sent a telegram to the government
from Cienfuegos stating that the msur-
gents under Ferrara have burned the 1ort-
ress of Jagua, across the bay, and nave
also burned the steamboat that piieo oe-
tween the city and the fortress. The loyal
lists in the fortress, Galdos says. held out
bravely, but had to abandon the palace
when Ferrara massed his forces against IT,
The loyalists are now defending every lnch
of ground against the rebel advance on
the city, but it is now admitted tnat the
situation there is desperate.
President Palma Is in seclusion today, en-
gagged in drafting the message he Will send
to the congress tomorrow. 1t is UNDERSTOOD
that in it he will describe the gravity Oh
the situation The message will be ready to-
night be read to a meet ng OF the caplnet
and be sent to congress early in the morn
ing. 1t is believed that. in word and spir-
il. II will be an indirect hint to the United
States. =
Rebellion Stronger.
HAVANA, September lathe rebellion
looms stronger today than ever. The small
er towns in Santa Clara province appear to
be absolutely in the control Of the insur-
gents. Cienfuegos is in state of alarm.
Railroad river and steamboat communica-
ton has been stopped. The rebels outside
Of Cienfuegos continue to receive REIN
forcements.
Trains over the lines of the United are
running without interruption, except oc-
casional hod-ups. Both Santa Clara and
Cienfuegos are prepared to resist invasion,
but the number of rebels before these cities
is vastly superior to government forces.
Pine Guerra is marching toward Havana,
and this coupled with the very much in
creased concentra ton of rebels outside the
city, is causing uneasiness here. Deposits
in the banks are extremely heavy, but
money is tight All the troops which can
possibly be spared from duty in Havana
province are being brought into the city
proper.
Depredations along the lines of the
Western and Cuban Central railroads con-
tinue. Trains on other lines are not mo:
Tested. other than to be fired upon by
small bands of rebels.
Feliciano Prieto who has the reputation
of being a strike leader has been arrest
ed. There is reason to believe that the
liberals attempted to complicate matters
by causing a strike in Havana. Their ef-
forts however, were futile.
The steamer Maria Herrera, with arms
and ammunition aboard for the govern
out incident.
The governments supplies Ct arms and
ammunition are fairly plentiful. but there
is little doing in the way Of enlistments.
Another Attack Feared.
HAVANA. September 13.-The insurgents
today set fire to the long bridge of the
Western railroad at Calabaxar, near Sa-
qua la Grande, but it was not sufficiently
burned to prevent the passage of trains
The rebels are using the locomotives mo.