New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-02
MACEO AGAIN ENCOUNTERED.
HE AND HIS COMPANIONS ARE SAID TO
HAVE MURDERED A SHIPS CREW.

HE AND HIS COMPANIONS ARE SAID TO
HAVE MURDERED SHIPS CREW.
MAHTI AND GOMEZ STILL. BELIEVED TO BE ALIVE
WHY TIE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE
THE FORMERS BODY IDENTIFIED
BRITAIN WATCHING WITH HER NEU-
TRIAL EyE-wHAr TIE AUToNoMIsTs
DESIRI;-YELLow FEVER LIKELY
TO PLAY HAVOC WITH
BOTH PARTIES
Santiago de Cuba June lit is officially an
nounced that Colonel Zamora reports that on
May 20 his force had engagement with
number Of insurgents under command Of An
tonic Mecca al Plazuela Arroyo Cacao The rebel
loss is unknown. The Government loss was two
killed and two wounded. on the same date 400
rebels under Jose Maceo attacked a detachment
OF fifteen troops at Fort Esteron. near Sagua &c
Tanamo The insurgents We're repulscd after five
hours fighting, during which they lost seventeen
killed. The Government loss was five wounded.
The troops under Colonel Capeo routed the in
surgents under Pedro Parcz May IS and again
May 90 The rebel loss IS unknown.
THE AUTONOMIC POINT OF VIEW.
Key West. June IA letter from Havana says:
The Spanish Government has traced Maceo's
itinerary from Port Lmon. Costa Rica. to Ja-
maica. thence under assumed name 10 Fortune
Island where vessel chartered 10 land
him and his companions on the coast Of Cuba.
One unsuspecting crew that refused 20 land the
Revolutionists. were murdered In cold blood
Great Britain has issued imperative orders that
the stricest neutrality shall be observed. In all
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Captains Of British men-o:-war are on the look
out tor expeditions.
The firm ana dignined proclamation by the
Autonomsts to the Cubans had an excellent ef-
feet. In the proclamation the Autonomists pray
TO be delivered from their deliyerers. They
strongly den1unce them. as men wholly unfamil-
lar with existing conditions In Cuba. owing 10
their extended residence abroad.
The committee for the Autonomic party state
that they represen; the majority: they are loyal
to Spain and her colonial SYSTEM they simply
want autonomy for Cuba under Spanish flag
The long and earnest appeal to all good Cubans
70 aid in suppressing the rebellion further re-
cites the many beneficial reforms initiated by
Spain: the constant betterment in the general
condition.; that the Autonomists and their Depu-
ties in the Cortes had been promised new re-
forms when the invaders from abroad set up the
standard OF rebellion in Cuba.
The yellow fever which is now active. will play
an equally important role in the Spanish ranks.
and among the Americans now with the insur-
gents. The American Health Authorities cannot
be too careful; many Of the Americans must now
with draw surreptitiously or be shot and they VIII
| doubtless endeavor to land on the American
| coast at points where quarantine inspection can
| be avoided.
THAT GOMEZ-MARTI AFFAIR OF NAY %
Santiago de Cuba. May 25-On May 10 n large
party Of insurgents set fire to the bridge Arroyo
| Blanco. between Maoron and Dos Camines, on
| the Sabanilla and Maroto Railroad American
| railroad). On the same cay General Bazan met
| the insurgents in Rio Saco Guantanamo. and an
| engagement took place In which the Cubans had
| three killed and two wounded. The Spaniards
| say they had none killed or wounded
on the goth the insurgents burned the depot for
| fruits at La Maya station on the new branch
Of the American railroad II contained at the
time a large quantity of coffee and cocoa, which
was entirely consumed They also burned TWO
stores in the same place.
| II Is rumorcd here that Gomez and Mart!. with
| 500 men. had severe encounter with the span
| iarCs on the dividing line between this province
| and that Of Puerto Principe. the Insurgents be-
ing unable 10 force the lines, and on their re-
turn they met Colonel Sandoval. with 500 span
ish troops and an engagement was fought our
| ing which Ii Is reported General MaFu was
| killed Thore arc go many conflicting stores
| about Martis death that one cannot ma out
the truth The Government officials assert tha'
he is dead; the general public % ho' D.".S"
| II Pooplc from san LUIS. not far rom Inc
Mace Of the encounter. say that Ia" one VINO
! was killed had light hair. while Mart nid bd'N
| hair General SalcadO told IN" lnlt'i lT''7
| corroepondcnt that he had given orders 10 nav"
| the body brought to the city for identlhciI%ion' %
! lie asserts that Marti was killed on the ZV'h
! inst, but up TO this hour T. M Sa,"I""s :
| the 25th-th" body has not arrived. ne '''
| counter in which they report Maru was killed
was due 10 a messenger who was carrying ~" ~ u
ia the city from the camp OF tn" lnsurg'hN. ! ~
| messenger. being caught was rlsh,'n'u ''..
| telling where The rebels were. 'oloh"i H''""N",
Min his column then surprised the Cupans anu
during the fight Marii. il Is reported was K'ilcp;
| IIa received two bullets. one IN thc li't an"
| one I'm the breast. from the mana OF " u.''' a
| mulatto named Antonio DIVA a R""e ~ ,"ee
| cnarfards The Government officers say ina
another leader killed II mortaIy ',' Wpulu,'';
hmt The insurgents fought bravcly ana succ"'d'a q
| In carving him from the field. Inc SpdH'aIu7
| ,bink that II WAS Maxine Gomez
NUN n ,ha 9.,h about five hundred rebels came
ui,hin half A mile Of this city ana captuieu h'di
| iv All the beeves that were grazing 'heie anu
drove them TO their camp Ian q,
INC, before the United Press correspohdeht
e,osod bie letter il was learned that, not
u,t,betandng the formal command 81 tne 'p'-
crnor 10 bring the body OF General NiI'l - Nv n
civ for Identification the order WouIu ny ~ ~. p
connlied with TIE reason given ~ thai tii' p'uy
. Zoo far dccomposed, and that the roads are III
sncb a bad condition It's reaching mere ""u''
he DELAYED so long ihat II could no' De TIDE
This sudden change in the olucis -. 'rt"', rC,'iam
officials strengthens the Dehei ''"' '''o O
leader Mart was not Killed , . 49,. va,
On the oath a party Of rebels went ihto .al- "a.
| n,an.ra the seaport Of Guantanamo. broke 'ne
telegraph wires. set hre 70 lhe rD.tIence,
several passenger cars and private rcsidenrrs'
I'D remnvcd several rails of the railroad. stop
ping all trains for a short tihc'