The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-08-25
CUBAN Insurgents
CAPTURE San LUIS
FORCE UNDER GUERRA ATTACKS
CITY AND DESPERATE BAT
TILE FOLLOWS.
SEVERAL KILLED
ON BOTH SIDES
Fifty Rural Guards Taken Prisoner
Ex-Governor Of Pinar Del Rio
Province Joins Rebels-No Cause
for Alarm, Says Palma.

Ex-Governor of Pinar Del Rio
Province Joins Rebels-No Cause
for Alarm, Says Palma.
Havana, Aug. 23.-According to re-
liable advices received here Wedncs-
day afternoon the insurgents Wednes.
day captured the city of San Luis, in
the province of Pinar del Rio.
Later in the afternoon the report of
the capture of San Luis was confirmed.
Pine Guerra's force OF insurgents ap-
peared outside San Luis at $3.50
| Wednesday morning a severe fight
followed. during which several men
We're killed or wounded on both Sides
Eventually the insurgents captured
the town and 80 rural guards, who are
being held prisoners. Guerra is now
in complete control of San Luis. which
is reported to be completely quiet.
| The city of San Luis has Il popula-
ton of about 5000 and is situated near
the San Sebastian river, nine miles
south by west of the city Of Pinar del
Rio, in a region noted for the produc-
tion of tobacco.
Ex-Governor Joins Insurgents.
| Luis Perez, the last liberal governor
of the province of Pinar del Rio, has
joined the insurgent forces in that
province.
1t became know later in the day
that practically all the inhabitants of
the town Of Aguacate have, with the
mayor, declared themselves in insur-
rection against the government.
A .dispatch from Rancho Vcloz, prov
ince of Santa Clara, says that a band
OF insurgents has been organized there
under Col. Reinos, and it is believed
that ex-Congrcssman Mendieta is with
them. Gov. Nunez, of Havana prov
| ince says that the organization of his
local loyal bands has begun here.
Special precautions are being taken
to protect the reservoir at Nento and
the pumping station at Palatino. Par
ties of insurgents have been seen in
the neighborhood of both these places.
American dealers have been COM
missioned to buy hundreds of horses
for the use of the rural guards now
being recruited.
| The cnlistmcnts of recruits for tho
rural guards in Havana are proceeding
rapidly. The people in the towns con-
| tinuc asking for arms in order to de-
fend the government, but the impossi-
bility of accurately gauging the domi
nant motives in the Cuban character
adds another element to the uncer-
tainty of the situation.
Leading Citizen Joins Rebels.
The government has received Il re-
port that cXConsressman Carlos Men
dieta, a leading citizen of Santa Clara,
has taken up arms with large force.
While the report is not confirmed, the
government officials are inclined to
believe it, as Mendieta has been re-
gardel with suspicion.
Secretary of the Treasury Font
Sterling, one of the most reliable mem
bers of the government, said Wcdncs,
day afternoon that the government
had been definitely informed that tho
insurgents in Santa Clara province
were, with the exception of machetes
and revolvcrs, mostly unarmed.
new party of so insurgents has
appeared at Santa Cruz Del Nortc,
Havana province.
No Cause for Alarm.
Havana, Aug. 23.-Prcsidcnt Palma,
in an interview with press CORE.
spondent Wednesday, said:
Our situation, at first, was one OF
unprcparcdncss, as is usual in such
cases. We arc taking little time to
| prepare to cope with it. But there Is
| positively no cause for alarm. The
| movement in Santa Clara province is
| small, in MatanZas 1t Is triflng, and
the bands in Pinar del Rio are smaller
than reported and are poorly led"
Roosevelt Not Interested.
Oyster Bay, N. Y, Aug. 23.--At the
executive Offices Wednesday It was
stated that President Roosevelt has
received no information whatever on
| the Cuban revolution; that the prcsi-
dent has taken no action on the mat
ter and has given the subject no
/, thought.
Little Anxiety at Havana.
| Washington, Aug. 23.-Mr. Sleeper,
the American charge at Havana, adj
viscd the department of state that
there has been little change in tho
revolutionary situation and that al
though the information in Havana con-
corning the activity of revolutionists
is meager, there is little anxiety about
the situation.
Says Revolt Is Suppressed.
Paris, Aug. 23.-The Cuban legation
has received an official dispatch from
Havana, stating that the government
has suppressed the revolt raised by
a few mutncers in three localities
situated in the provinces of Havana
and Pinar del Rio" and that "abso-
lutte quiet has been restored every
where in the republic"
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