| Show NEGRO REBELS BURN WAIT UNTIL REGULAR FORCES LEAVE TOWN AND THEN ATTACK DE FENCELESS CITIZENS after sacking and burning Vf village flage inhabitants of which were mostly negroes the insurgents retire into the hills beyond pursuit havana general estenoz the real leader of the negro insurgents has captured and burned tho the town of lamaya on the branch line of the cuban railroad thirty nilles miles from santiago the government gave out this information sunday night A column of regulars commanded by major San guilly had occupied lamaya for two days but sallied forth sun sunday ay even evening n in n scare search 0 of insurgents ansur hardly had the regulars left when estenoz with men attacked tho the handful of ru rales Cit citizens lzina armed themselves and attempted to oppose the insurgents but were compelled to retreat losing several wounded estenoz then entered the town which he sacked and burned the flames were seen by command which hastened back but found the town destroyed the insurgents sur gents retired into the hills lamaya was a small place composed ot about seventy houses the ot of which were mostly negroes |
