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Show CUBAN INSURGENTS DESTROY LAMAYA Havana, June 3 Geneial Estenoz. the real leader of the negro insurgents, insur-gents, has captured and burned the town of Lamaya, on the branch line of the Cuban lailroad, thirty miles from Santiago The government gave out this information last night A column of regulars, commanded by Major Sanguilly, had occuped Lamaya La-maya for the last two days, but sallied sal-lied forth Saturday ovenlng in searcn of insurgents. Hardly bad the regulars regu-lars left when Estenoz with 800 men attacked iho handful of ruralcs Citizens Citi-zens armed themsolves and attempted lo oppose the Insurgents, but were compelled to retreat, losing seveial wounded Estenoz then entered tiie town, which he sacked and burned. The flanieb wore scon by Major San-guilly's San-guilly's command, which hastened back, but found the town destroyed. The Insurgents retired Into the hllh. Lamaya was a small place composed of about seventy houses, the inhabitants inhabi-tants of which were mostly negroes Report Encounters. Encounters between regulais and rebels are reported to have taken place near Daiquiri and at other placos without decisive results. The general forward movement of the Cuban Cu-ban troops apparentlv is still deferred, de-ferred, pending completion of the disposition dis-position of the troops ordered by General Gen-eral Monteagudo. Reports from the scene ot hostilities say tho rebel loaders continue to ox-act ox-act contributions of army and money from property owners, who are mostly most-ly foreigners, under threat of applying apply-ing tho torch. The government Is making mak-ing strong efforts to supply plantation planta-tion guards, but depleting the ranks of the troops In aclive service. General Monteguado in a statement to the government says he has had no losses up to tho present, which is due to the tactics of tho rebels, who decline combat, firing a few long-range long-range shots on the approach of the troops and then rapidly retiring to the bills General Montoguado says that within a short time he expects to deliver a crushing blow and adds that he does not need further reinforcements. rein-forcements. Attack White Women. The government received a dlspatca tonight from San Luis, stating that negroes entered a hamlet near that place, attacked threo white women and looted the stores. This apparently appar-ently is within the linos of the regular regu-lar troops. The Judge of Instructions of Guanta-namo Guanta-namo today issued a formal proclamation procla-mation of indictment on tho charge of rebellion against General Estenoz, General Ivonet and forty followers, whoso names are glveu. Rumors with a vague baBls continue lo bo circulated of an uprising lu Havana Hav-ana province It is alleged that hardware hard-ware dealers recently sold several thousand knives, daggers and machetes mach-etes toncgroes All tho police and rurales in Ilavnnn are on rosorvo duty. The report of the capture near Daiquiri of the Americans, Wheeler and Collletor, proves to have been untrue. un-true. ' 4 |