New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-13
INSURGENTS STILL ADVANCING
UNITED FORCES Of GOMEZ AND MACEO
REACH BAEZ.
DEPLORABLE CONDITION OF GOVERNMENT REIN
FORCEMENTs-S IN MEXICO SUB
SCRIBE 2aOO-O PESETAS-AL1EGED FILL

I DEPIDRABI.E CONDITION OF IONERNhfNi fSf'iN-
FoRcEMENrs- IN MEXIco SUB
SCRIBE Zoo. PEsETAs-ALI.EGED FILL
BUSTERS FREED At NASSAU.
Madrid Dec. IA dispatch from Havana to
the "Imparciar says that advices received from
Santa Clara state that the rebel forces under
Gomez and Maceo have united and arrived on
December 8 at Baez. Their continued advance
makes the situation extremely grave. General
Navarro's column has arrived at Placetas after
twenty days march. The men are in most de-
plorable condition. They without shoes and
are so completely exhausted that they will need
a long rest before they will be able to resume ac-
tive service
The provinces OF Santa Clara and Matanzas
are defended by r. 900 and 5000 Spanish troops
respectively.
General Martinez Campos is reported to have
declared that the Cuban Filibustering Committee
In New-York had instructed the insurgents in
Cuba TO pursue the tactics of devastating the
country and avoiding battle.
The Spaniards IN Mexico recently subscribed
the sum Of 100000 pesetas, to be used by Spain
in meeting expenses incurred through the revolt
in Cuba The amount subscribed was in Mexican
silver which the Government will recon.
Havana, Dec. 12.-The rebel leaders Gomez and
Maceo are still evading engagement with the
Spanish troops They We're encamped upon the
Gonzalez coffee plantation in the district OF Glen
fuegos, but left there this morning when they
heard Of the arrival of the Spanish forces In the
vicinity
The Military Tribunal is DESTROYS that the
death penalty shall be imposed upon the rebe!
leader Acebo. who is prisoner in the hands OF
the Spanish troops.
Adv!ces from Sancti Spiritus say that the
Spanish column under Colonel Segura has had
an encounter with band Of rebels, causing
them loss Of 100 killed and wounded. Among
the killed were brigadier general and captain
OF the rebel army. The courage and military
skill Of Colonel Segura are highly praised.
Nassau, y. p, Dec. 1.-THE twenty-one men
who were arrested october 10 at Inagua, one
OF the Bahamas, on the charge of violating the
Foreign Enlistment act. it being held that they
were Cuban fibusters acquitted to-day.
The jury out only ten minutes.
The men were passengers on the Clyde Line
steamer Delaware, plying between New-York and
Hayten ports Inagua being one OF her regular
calling ports. The British gunboat Partridge was
lying at Inagua, and when her commander
learned that the twen,y-one men who had been
landed from the Delaware were armed he had
them taken on board his ship by file OF marines
and brought them here for trial. The men as
serted that they were laborers and had no in
tention OF proceeding to Cuba The men made
formal protest against their arrest before the
United States Consular Agent at Inagua.
The names OF the men just acquitted are Bran
Ito Pena. Eduardo Yero Pedro F.. BetancOurt
Martin Menero. Anton Ruiz, Gabriel FORBADE
VicOnto Garlic. Cosme de la Forren,e, Antonio
Rivero Federico MunoZ Palomino, Guavino Lam
da, Bonifacio Gomez, Pablo Estvez Carlos Lima
Padia. Paoo Menoca, GerardO Domenech
Eduardo Resell Sanci. Franklin Argilayos. Ser
rano Malvez. Pedro Mendoza and Jose G.. iowa