The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-27
CAMP0S IN DISFAVOR.
Spain Decides to Withhold the
Promised Reinforcements.
GENERAL THREATENS TO RESIGN
Campos, Acting - Editor or Press Dis
patches, Sends Accounts ofyictorfes
Over the Patriots by His Armies.

Caafx. Aug. es.-The Diaro DAviso, Of
rorruaz. states that tire government Viii
reIiuguish It's intention OF sending Eco
additional reinforeeme3ts 20 Cuba In De-
tober, and adds that Capt. Gen MartlDez
csuspos has declared that be VIII resign
II the government insists upon appoint
ing Lieutenant general for Cuba.
Havana. Aug. 26--A column OF 90 Span
fsh troops. commanded ~ Lieut. Col. Teu-
ret. IL Is announced. recently attaeked the
insnrRent chiefs sfeIlo and Angel. who
have following OF about 80 men, near
Dolor1tag. In the Remedies district, prov
irce OF Santa Clara The so-called Amer
lean company OF the column charged
with the bayonet and captured three OF
the Insurgents positions. The insurgents
lost three killed, and the troops captured
twelve safdief horses and one prisoner.
the father of Angel.
During fne attack or the fort AZ Nigh
"a. the insurgent Martn Perez was killed.
The troops lost two men killed ard three
wounded. IL is stated that the insurgent
leader. Al0uzo Rivero. with Te9 men. has
arrived IN the neighborhood Of Nigura.
column commanded NY Lieut. Col
Vale. numbering about $50 men. has had
skirnish with an insurgent hand COM
rnanded by Nuenez and numbering. ac-
cordlne 10 official afvices. so men. The In
eurgents are said 70 have been compelled
20 abandon the position which they occu-
pied on Mount cans.tso. leaving seven
wounded on the field. The officiaI reports
say that only two soldiers were wounded
during the engagement
Information received here by the gov
eminent Is 10 the effect that Roloff has
been reinforced by 30 insurgents In Puerto
Principe. and with these and the forces
OF Sanchez he seems to be moving upon
Santa Clara
menf between Spanish troops and the in
surgents. lasting an hour and a half. was
Fought at Siqaero, near Manzaniilo, prov
inee of Santiago de Cuba The insur-
gents are said 10 have lost nifty killed
end wounded. and their leader, Reiter. in
said TO be seriously wounded No details
or the affair. IL is added. have reached
here
Washington City. Aug. es.-The state de-
partment has received no advices confirm
inr the Key West dispatch that Sanguiliy
ana Aguerrc. Americans confined at Mora
castle, had been released twas stated that
about eight or ten persons. American citi-
gems or claiming 10 be such, were under
arrest In Cuba. and that Sanguilly and
Aguerre were the most important OF the
number. These men were TO have been
tried by military courts. but through the
intervention of the United States they
were allowed a civil trial and an oppor-
sunlty 70 prove their Innocence.
Paris. Aug. 2s.-The Figaro. referring TO
the situation Ia Cuba. expresses the opin-
Ion today that IL would be better for Spain
TO grant adequate autonomy to the island,
in order 10 put an end to the separatIst
movement. than to continue an onerous
conflict. after which. IL victorious, she
would be obliged to redress the grievances
Of the Inhabitants.
New York. Aug. 2s.-The Ward line
steamer Santiago. which has just arrived
here. brought several passengers who
could sive authentic information about
the Instruction IN Cuba Among those on
board were DR. Ill. Won Hon. OF this city.
and John la Bourdette. administrator Of
the Santa Maria plantation, at Guanta-
namo, which was recently raided
In conversation with a reporter Dr.
Won Hon said:
II found business OF all kinds in santI-
ago de Cuba at a standstill. Most OF the
merchants are waiting for better times.
Some OF them had closed their doors. Re
Gently the government Issued an order
foraidding the merchants to sell any goods
or materials 10 women and children IA,
the country. This was done TO cut Off fbn
insurgents from obtaining any supplies
from the towns. made trim from San
ftago to the Interior OF the country. but /,
was risky undertaking. The railroad
was guarded at several points by Spanish
troops The province OF Santiago de
cuba IL snarsely settled. the principal
places being the settlements OF the work
men on the big sugar estates The inland
rroVinceS-in fact. the eastern half of
tuha-is mountainous and covered with
dense forests. When the reyolutinnlats
are closely pressed they take to the woods
ana II Is almost impossible for the Spanish
10 penetrate. The reynlutionists are sim,
ply carrying on guerrilla warfare Every
Few days I heard OF some raid. which usr
ally consists In destroying a plantation
There - little lighting going on. No one
ventures 10 predict when the war will
come to an end. IL the insurrectlon goes
on Tor another year tho sugar Industry
VIII be Frustrated. The administrator Of
ono OF the largest plantations I'm the San
tlago district told me that IL would ,ako
the planters four or Eve years 10 recover
from the damage already done MANY
plantations not laid waste hy the insur-
gents have been practically abandoned.
The lahorcrs have fed TO the towns. and
the cane is uncut. Next season. II tho
estate goes uncUltivated tho fields viii
be overrun with weeds and soon become
worthless for producing q crop % sugar
In fact. tho sugar planters realty hear
The brunt or The war. They will have 20
pay enormous taxes. even n the inSur-
gents are put down. At present almost
every planter is threatened with ruin II
he does not contribute money 10 the insur-
gent cause. The sugar planters are be-
tween the devil and tho deep sea II they
90 not pay large sums Of money for pro
lection their lclds ale laid waste IT they
ask protection from the government they
are marked as enemies OF the rcpuhlc
and their property VIII be set on ire or
ruined al the first opportunity"
IA R0u~dette's mission 20 this city is
On unusual one. Some time last Nav he re-
cciyed notice from the leader of the reva-
iufjoniSt army that tho owner Of a plaata-
zion was expected 70 contribute 70 the aid
~ The cause Later on tho plantation
was raided. and recently matters became
50 serious that Ia Bourdette decided 10
York for consultation. In an interview
NJ. n B0urdette, Who speaks no Eng
lis(. said; Tho Santa Maria plantation
Is owned by Senior Fernando Pons. who
now lives in Paris II consists Of about
s.,ao acres, ana the estate IS valued al
st.es0.ea- dd not Pay much attention AZ
Hrss % the demands ~ the insurrectlon-
ists. but on August s received A letter
from Gen. N&ceo Who WAS very much in
earnest. So 4 Asvr come - this city to
see whether We should raise aad rsv tho
money or not"
The Anti-Pcruvian Riots at Ia Paz.
WASHINGTON city. Aug Minister
MoonuEht. ia dispatch 10 the depart-
raent Of state FROM Ia Pas, Rolipia. Iu3v
- gives the first official explanation ~
the disturbance 80 IA Pax on the 18th OF
Jniy. which came near resulting in con-