The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-06
The Revolt in Cuba Is Not Mere
Child's Play
AN OUTBREAK IN Barre
The Death OF Famous Bandit Who
PIundered Right and Left
The Revolt In Seiba Mocho Was Headed by
Manuel Garcia, the Outlaw--The
Insurgents Cry for Liberty

New York, March 5.-The steamer vigi.
lancia, which arrived yesterday, brings
news from the revolution in Cuba. Ac-
cording to the passengers the revolt is Of
more serious character than the Spanish
authorities seem willing to admit. La
Luncha, the leading Republican paper Of
Havana, under date OF February 18th, gives
the following account of the different out
breaks: The first news of the revolt was
received in Manzanillo on February sd. A
party of over fifty men at Callecito had
broken out into the familiar cry OF the
Cuban patriots, viva Cuba Libre."
(Long live Free Cuba.) The band WAS
headed by Don Bastolo Maso one of the
leaders of the revolution in 1869. He was
accompanied by Don Amador Guerra and
Don Enrique Cespedes.
Callecito is very rich district in which
there are many sugar plantations, and
among them the central Salvador, of which
it was the aim of the revolutionists TO
take possession on account of its stores of
arms and ammunition. The Alcalde OF
Manzanillo sent troops to Salvador and
these prevented the insurgents from seiz-
ing the plantation, but the work Of max
ing sugar was stopped. The Governments
tried to capture the band without blood
mission composed of Don Juan Ramirez,
Don Eleusipa Leon, Don Guillermo Stake
mon and Don Ramon Rios was appointed
o treat with them but the reyolutionists
had retreated and the commissioners re-
turned without accomplishing anything.
Don Maso's band retired in the direction
of iao Yara, the historical spot where the
hrst.cry of liberty was sounded quarter
of a century since. They are still under
arms.
Another outbreak was in Barre, but the
object there was to secure the Alcalde Of
Jiguani, and the immediate establish
ment OF reforms long recommended by
Don Maura in the Spanish courts. Still
another revolt manifested itself in Joguey
Grande. The insurgents Immediately
raised the cry Of Cuban liberty. Their
success was of short duration, for they
were met by detail of Government troops
and defeated. They retired in Cienega
de zepata, where it is very difficult if not
impossible to follow them. This band is
headed by the schoolmaster of Joguey,
accompanied by his seven sons. On the
eastern part of the island there is another
outbreak that seems to be OF more serious
character, as the Government has sent
from Havana battalion of troops be-
longing TO the regiment of Isabel la Cot
toloca, under the command of Colonel
Fidel Santoicilldes to subdue it. Another
party OF revoutionists has been discovered
at Marroro, near Colon. In Guantonoma
there is another uprising.
The last revolt reported is in Seiba Mocha,
and was headed by the famous bandit,
Manual Garcia. He proposed to plumber
IN the name of freedom. But one day III
party murdered a mulatto named jose
Lopez. 1}he report of the gun which killed
Lopez frightened Garcia's horse and Q
ran away. When he was returning t. .
whole party met him with voiley. he
fell from his horse desperately wounded.
He was' placed on another horse to be
taken TO Seboretcal, but he died in the
woods There he was discovered Monday
and taken to Lamocha and buried there.
Everybody thought ut the time that the
body was that of Juan Sussa, another
bandit. The body was exhumed Febru-
airy 18th and recognized as that OF Garcia.
A photograph of the dead bandit was
taken. ~