The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-08
Liberal Leaders Decline to
Treat Further With Off,
cials of Cuba.
REBELS BLOW UP TWO
BRIDGES OF RAILROADS
Fighting Is Still Carried on in
Parts Of the Island; Out
look Dark.

HAVANA. Sept, All peace over
lures are blocked by the refusal of Pino
Guerra, the insurgent leader in Pinar
del Rio province, to enter into any ar
rangemcnt for an armistice. Guerra 3
answer to the Government S announce
ment of its readiness to grant ten
days armistice is the blowing up OF
two bridges on the Western railway,
the cutting of railway communication
beyond Pinar del Rio city and an at
tack on San Juan de Martinez. 1t IS
believed here tonight that San Juan de
Martinez is In the hands of the lnsur-
gents and that the garrison, consist
ing of 100 Government recruits and a
small force Of mounted rural guards,
has been defeated or captured,
The fact that other leaders of the
insurrection are willing TO agree to an
srmistice can have little effect so long
as Guerra Is determined to prosecute
tho war, and there is slight doubt IN
any quarter that Guerra can control
the situation in his region. His force
is reported by those who have visited
him recently as ranging from 5000 TO
1000 men, all of them well mounted and
some of them we'll and others inditfer-
emily armed The Government force
opposed to him, which is under COM
mand of Col Avales, comprises about
1000 men. it was reinforced at
clock this evening by Lieut.. Col.
Clews, with $50 men and three machine
guns from Havana. Col, Avales s force,
with the exception of small detach-
ments left at San Juan de Martinez
and San Luis. is at Pinar del Rio city,
but is without means of transporta-
tion 70 90 to the relief Of San Juan de
Martinez. Not more than 400 of them
are mounted.
Two bridges of the Western railway,
1o1 T.unc
south of that city, were blown up with
dynamite this morning A force OF
men sent TO repair the bridges was
stopped by body of rebels, number
ing at least 500 men,
Telegraphs for Guns.
Gen Avalos, commander of the Gov
ernmeni forces, has telegraphed 10 the
authorities to send three rapid firing
guns to the scene of the bridge de-
struction, in order to enable him TO
protect the workmen sent to rebuild
the structures. With proper protection
the railroad company officials think
days.
Plno Guerra a force. however, is be-
coming increasingly numerous in that
part of the country The people there
do not think that the Government can
suppress the insurrection.
Late InlS AFTERNOON III was announced
that the Liberal leaders declined to
hold any further meetings TO consider
peace, owing TO the action of the Gov
ernment in arresting prominent Lib
erals while the negotiations were IN
progress. dispatch from Cienfuegos,
province of Santa Clara, today says
that IN an engagement between Gov
ernment troops and insurgents near
palmira yesterday, the former lost two
men killed and had fourteen wounded,
while the insurgents had six men killed
and twenty wounded.
The dispatch adds that more Govern
ment troops deserted to the insurgents
today from Cienfuegos
The attitude of the Liberals, the in
creasing strength of the insurgents and
questionable loyalty of many of the
Government recruits have caused the
managers of some of the large business
interests TO cable TO the foreign heads
Of their companies their belief that the
Government of President Palma will
be unable to cope with the insurrec-
ton.