Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-06-03
MAY ASK For
AMERICAN AID
Santiago de Cuba Chamber
of Commerce To Re.
quest Intervention
REPORTS WERE EXAGGERATED
Damage in Sacking of Lamaya
Said Will Not to Exceed Few
Thousand Dollars

10Y Specidi lIeaScu hlEc TO New Mexican J
! Havana, June 3.-The government
was not in receipt of news from the
front today beyond the report that the
, damage done by the rebels in sacking
. and burning Lamaya had been exag-
!, gerated. The railroad station a TEN.
, porary wooden building and a few
, thatched houses, We're burned, the loss
not exceeding a few thousand dollars,
1t now is denied that General Mendieta
gave the rebels twenty-four hours in
which to surrender.
Slight Foundation.
Ihe story of a government victory
near Palma Soriano last Wednesday
when rebels We're said to have been
siam by artillery fire, now also proves
to have been false. 1t originated in
the fact that the mountain guns she'll
ed a position supposed to be occupied
by the rebels and where the govern
ment troops later found traces OF
blood
Would Abrogate Unpopular Law.
1t IS rumOred a resolution will be
presented in congress today abrogat-
ing the Mora law which prohibits the
formation OF political parties on racial
lines. Opposition is responsible for
the present negro rebellion. according
!; to leaders
Death to the Whites"
) Santiago, June 3.-Many refugees
) from Lamaya, which was seized by the
) rebels on Wednesday, are arriving
) here. They report that upward of 500
negroes entered shouting death to
the whites" They pillaged and then
burned the stores.
) Would Ask American Aid.
! American naval officers at Guantan-
; amo visited Lanlaya after the rebels
had withdrawn and made photographs
OF the scenes of destruction. The sit
Iuation appears increasingly grave and
much alarm is felt. Members of the
chamber of commerce are considering
a proposition to call a meeting at
winch a request for American inter
vention will be made Looting and
turning near Santiago continues.
Improvement Reported.
i washington. d. c., June 3.-An I'M
provement in the conditions near Dai.
) quiri, Cuba, is reported to the state de-
partment today from the New York
headquarters of the Iron Company,
whose plant was threatened by nsur-
J rectos. There is lack of encourage
ment, however, in reports from other
points. The consuls, while not report
ing actual uprisings, indicate the ex-
istence of unrest. Although the Cuban
government has reported a victory
over the insurgent bands near FL Co
bra. state department advices is that
the situation there is still threatening
and 1t is expected the Paducah will
carry out her original orders and sail
to Santiago, the nearest port to Ell
Cobra
Decentralization in Santa Clara.
I Washington, D. c.. June 3.-Demor-
allzation is extensive in Santa Clara
province, Cuba and white families are
taking refuge in Cienfuegos according
to a telegram from American Consul
Baehr, to the state department today.
He reported that negro insurgents are
making attacks near Cruces and Trini.
dad in the same province. Large nu'.
bers of strange negroes appearing in
the province are believed to be from
Haiti and Jamaica.
Owing to the decision of General
Monteagudo to divide his army into
companies of twenty and thirty men
each to fight small bands of rebels in
very wild country, it is difficult for
the American legation to obtain news
of the operations.
Asks Suspension Of Constitution.
Santiago, Cuba. June 3.-Gereral
Monteagudo, commander-in-chief OF
the Cuban army urged President Co
mez today by telegraph to suspend the
constitutional guarantees and to give
the military authorities a free hand in
crushing the uprising General Mon.
! teagudo, said it was necessary to
strike terror among the negroes be-
fore the government could hope to re.
store peace.