Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-23
NEGRO GENERAL
KILLED IN CUBA
Bandera, Most Daring of In-
surgents, Fell in Conflict,
At AN EARLY HOUR TODAY
Between Rural Guards and Dead
Chiefs Followers.
DETAILS OF THE ENGAGEMENT
All Of the Rebels Escaped Except
Bandera and Two Leading
' nG.
At AN EARLY HOUR TODAY
Between Rural Guards and Dead
Chiefs Followers.
DETAILS OF THE ENGAGEMENT

The insurgent forces come
manded by Pine Guerra have caps
tured San Juan de Martinez, the
terminus of the Western railroad,
in Cuba, and have occupied the
town and railroad station.
There was no bloodshed at the
occupation of San Juan de Marti-
nez, according to the reports just
received. The small force of rural
guards which held the town fed
at the approach of the insurgents.
HAVANA, August 23-The body of the
negro general, Quentin Bandera, the most
daring insurgent in Havana province. lies
in the morgue at Havana today flanked by
those of two mulatto comrades, all fright
fully gashed by the long, heavy machetes
of the rural guards who ended their ca
reer. Across the street, In Neptune Park.
a great crowd, mostly negro friends OF
Bandera, are watching the morgue with
silent interest.
The arrival of Banderas body here waa
the first news of the fight in which he
met his DEATH The conflict occurred at
the Siveira farm, near Punta Bravo, If
teen miles from Havana. A detachment OF
thirty EIGHT mounted rural guards, under
Capt Ignacio Delgado and Lieut.. Marti-
nez, were searching throughout the night
for Bandera's party.
At z o'clock this morning the guards
were breaking through a wire fence at tho
edge of the Silveira farm when they were
suddenly fired upon by Banderas follow
ers, twenty in number. The guards rushed
upon the insurgents, but with the excep-
tion of their chief and his two leading
comrades, they all succeeded in getting
away The guards made the chief and his
two companions a special object OF attack,
and all three received several bullet wounds
and were horribly mutilated by machete
cuts. Not one of the guards was wounded
The bodies of Bandera and his compan-
ions were placed in a wagon and taken to
Havana. An examination OF Banderao
body showed that his principal wound was
a severe machete blow on the head, which
cut off his left ear and made an ugly in
cision in his face. He also had bullet
wounds in his arms and breast.
The condition of Bandera's two dead
companions was even more shocking. Their
faces and heads were terribly gashed, ana
they also had machete wounds in their
breasts and on their arms The clothes of
all three men showed every evidence OF
the hard life which they had been leading
while eluding their pursuers.
1t has been an open secret among the
rural guards that Bandera would never
live to be tried for treason, his death being
the main object of the government forces
operating in Havana province. The SMALL
ness of the party accompanying Bandera
has caused surprise here. but 1t is believed
that he only had a portion Of his band
with him. In any case, however 1t is be-
lfeved the insurrectionary movement in
western Havana has been broken. up by
Banderas death.
1t was announced from Havana August
20 that Gen. Quentin Bandera, who greatly
distinguished himself in the Cuban war for
independence, had left Arroyo Arenas,
twelve miles west of Havana, with about
twenty insurgents, whose numbers it was
believed were augmented later by force
armed with guns and ammunition which set
out from Havana. The next day ii was re-
ported that Bandera had been wounded In
the head in skirmish.
Bandera was about sixty years old. He
took part in the ten-years' war. as well as
in the war for Cuban independence. He was
well known in every province of Cuba, ana
had great influence with the colored people.
When in Havana Bandera was In the habit
of gathering crowds of negroes about him
and making speeches to them on the ingrat-
itude of republics On one occasion he went
to the senate chamber and delivered vio-
lent speech criticising the government for
not giving him an office. Soon afterward he
was appointed doorkeeper of the house OF
parliament. The position which Bandera as.
pired to was that OF chief of police.
Rebellion is Formidable.
NEW ORLEANS. August 23. The
Picayune's special cable from Havana
says:
In spite of government denials the rev.
olutionary movement in Cuba has as
sumed formidable proportions. The whole
island is in a ferment over the uprising,
and 1T is impossible to predict at this
time what the final result will be. The
government claims that 1t will be able
to suppress the revolt within two or three
weeks, but conservative people who have
been closely watching the drift of events
do not believe that the revolution can be
crushed so easily. The revolutionists have
been preparing for the struggle ever since
the presidential election. and the Palma
administration has underestimated their
strength.
and ammunition have been landed In Cuba
from the Florida coast during the past two
months, and the insurgents are abundantly
supplied with war material.
men that it will be necessary for the
United States to Intervene and annex the
island before the revolution will be crush
ed. Annexation is openly favored by the
cities and towns In Cuba. The revolutions
ary leaders even prefer annexation to the
United States to continuation Of the pres
ent conditions. The American residents
on the Isle Of Pines have taken sides with
the revolutionists against the Palma gov.
ernment, and they are giving the insur,
gents all the alO pOSSiDie Inc Isle VI
Pines will be an important base of opera
tions for the revolutionists.
Gov. Nunez's Escape From Assassina-
tion.
HAVANA, August 23.-The man who yes
terday evening attempted to assassinate
Gen. Emilia Nunez. governor Of Havana
province, as the latter was entering his
home, gives the name of Luis Morales. and
says he is a resident of Havana. He does
not attempt to justify his act. He said hk