The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-12
CEASELESS WAR IN CUBA.
Insurgents Push the Fighting and YELLOW
Fever Is Helping Them.

Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 3-Marshal
Martinez Campos arrived here on the
evening Of Aug. / and went away on
the following day. Upon his arrival the
Spaniards illuminated their club house
and decorated the windows and doors
with flags When Campos saw this he
Immediately sent a message to tho club
house requesting that the decorations
be removed, as there were no reasons
for them.
The sanitary conditions of ManZanillo
Is so bad that the hospitals could not
hold all the patients, and the authori-
ties there were obliged to.iconvert the
theater into a hospital. In this city dur
ing the first fortnight of July there
were 2ll deaths, eighty-five of which
were caused by yellow fever. Seventy
three of the victims were officers and
soldiers and the rest We're civilians
The village of Ti-Arriba, which was
attacked a few days ago by Jose Maceo.
has been burned entirely by the insur-
gents. They fist set fire to the fort,
containing a garrison of one officer and
100 men. The garrison took refuge in
the church. This, too. was burned and
the Spaniards were compelled to sur
render.
On July 81 an open boat and large
empty box were found floating Off the
coast of Juragua, a few miles from
this city. 1t is rumored that four or
five men with a few arms have landed
there.
1t is stated publicly here that Captain
Garrido. of the Spanish guerrillas Of
Guantanamo, was killed in an encoun-
ter with Antonio Maceo. between Per-
severancia and T-Arriba, on Aug. I,
but this report has not been confirmed
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his crimes. and has been the terror Of
Guantanamo for some time.
San Luis Battle.
On Aug. a small engagement took
place near San Luis between the coll
umn of Colonel Sandoval and an in
| surgent hand under Quintin Bandera.
| The Spaniards lost four men. The in
| surgents had only one man wounded.
The Conservative party here Is very
much displeased with Martinez Cam
| pos, as he does not allow them to do
as they wish. They are anxious to
begin an era of terror and bloodshed.
They speak against Campos and work
hard to have him removed, but every
sensible Spaniard and Cuban thinks
that their efforts will be unsuccessful.
| CampOs has appointed General Jose
| Jiminez Moreno to succeed General Sal
cedo. General Andres Gonzales Munoz
| to succeed General Lachambre, and
General Arsenic lLinares to succeed
General Gasco.
| Spanish reports say that on Aug.
the column Of the guerrillas of Guaso,
Guantanamo. had an encounter with a
party of insurgents. The Spaniards
had captain and guerrilla killed and
two guerrillas wounded. On the same
day the Spanish column, under Lieu
tenant-Colonel Segura, had encounters
with Jose Maceo and his men In Case
Jobo, Yerba Guinea. and Iona de la
Galleta. The Spaniards destroyed an
insurgent camp and captured a guam
tfty of ammunition and few rifles.
Seventy insurgents were killed and Ave
were taken prisoners. The troops had
a captain. a lieutenant and sixteen
soldiers wounded.
During the second fortnight OF July
there were 232 deaths here, of which
100 were those Of soldiers who died Of
yellow fever, and ten were those OF
citizens suffering from the same dis
ease.