Show MISSING HISSING TRAIN FOUND cuban insurgents had taken care of it ALSO OF ITS SPANISH ESCORT derailed the train and held the soldiers for three thre says days until ka lieveld by a it party arty sent bant out to learn what had bad become of the train spanish soldiers era lose six killed hilled and twenty one wounded insurgents Be becoming conini I 1 I 1 bolder in their havana aug ali 31 ISM by tile the press the mystery of the missing lne military passenger train which was due here lost last sunday lit has as been solved and it furnishes another In instance stanco of the audacity of the ln lit suri enta and ot of the troubled state ol of affairs existing in the province ot of rinar pinar del illo fit on sunday last a brwn having on board a number of civilian passengers and a stron escort 0 of troops consisting of 0 regular cara and armored cars cara for the military escort left Consol aclan del sur pinar del illo filoi lor for this Ms city and should have lave an ived here the same game a day but the train did not appear the railroad authorities became alarmed and the tha military authorities were noti tied apparently however the latter wore were very slow in taking action in any case throughout monday the military authorities professed absolute ignorance of tho the whereabouts a of f tho the train although it was understood that In inquiries quIrles of panic bome description had been mado made along alone the una line but without any definite result tills this failure to 0 obtain the necessary information caused tile tho railroad people to renew their representations to military tary headquarters anti and eventually on tuesday several exploring r in C parties consisting of cavalry Is reported having heard heavy firing yesterday between and taco the latter town is about one third the distance between Consol aelon lei del sur and ami havana and not tar far from the important town of 0 san cristobal con solution eola clon del sur Is only a short distance from rom pinar del klo capital of 0 the province of that name later the scouts reported that tho the passenger per coach together with the military cars had been derailed between and taco and that it appeared tb that at severe B e lighting had bad taken place between tho the escort of at the train and the insurgents attacked it this views news stirred up the mill military tary authorities thorit ties les sufficiently to cause them thein to send relief relict trains timins loaded with I 1 troops reaps toward the scene those arces forces consisting of the Ara arafiles arapiles piles and Cas bostio it battalions under the command ot of col Aro naja have just returned the troops brought v alth ath them the passengers pasa engers who are over forty eight hours late an and tho the survivors and wounded ot of the military escort of tile train the latter it appears were run running nini between Bacu naga and taco when ocar dear t the h e point known as kilometre Kilo metre the train was compelled to slow up on OH account ot of an obstruction across the life hue and as aa it did so 40 a smart rille lire was waa opened upon the train from both 9 sides idea of 0 the road white a party of insurgents sur gents i were seen to march out of concealment behind the train and place a heavy obstruction across the tha road other insurgents occupied themselves actively in removing the rails behind the obstruction thereby catching the military train in a trap from which it could neither advance nor retreat tho the troops promptly returned the fire of the insurgents nta who kept well under c over cover the urine firing lasted three hour rs acco according arding to the off official loial statement at the end of this time the insurgents aro are sold said to have been repulsed it li added t that hat tho the military escott upon the tha arrival of the relief train burned tile tho military passenger train and returned to the city with tho the balbastro Baab Basbas astro tro and arapeles Arap lles battalions versions of the affair however clala the train was waa derailed and subsequently burned by the insurgents and that the escort of the military train were rescued just in time to save them from being exterminated by the enemy As aa it was 6 sold soldiers lers of tho escort are admitted to have lave been killed and 21 bold lers were nvere brought here wounded the lieutenant is in expected to die later details the statement that it was derailed by the insurgents 1110 to dynamited it and afterward destroyed the cars completely the defense made by tho the ese escort ort li said to have live lasted practically three days although it la Is riot not clai claimed d thai a the urine firing continued all that time the insurgents who attacked the military train wire in ili strong force and it developed liter later today they also tried to dynamite the relief train but without tilted effect col atinaja reports that in retiring with the he rescued escort of the iho rain he was attacked by antonio and a 11 force of insurgents artillery fire however was opened upon the evenly anti anil the latter retreated cd tho the insurgents loss loa is not known |