Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-28
TINE CUBAN WAR.
The Rebels Appear to BE Gaining
Ground.

Port Tampa. Fla, March 27.-The
Plant steamship arrived last night
from Havana with fair number OF
passengers. among whom was a large
patent block manufacturer. who has
been to Cuba prospecting for lignum
Vitae, He has Introductory letters to
two prominent Cubans near Pinos del
Rio, nut upon arrival at his destiua-
ton found one Of them in prison and
the other fugitive with a price upon
his head. both of them having been in
several sklrmishes a few weeks before.
He says there are n number Of insur-
gent bands In the mountains to the
northwnrd Of Pinos del Rio. san An
tonic. which Is about twenty-siH miles
southwest of Havana, Is constantly
patrolicd, the Spaniards being in dread
of the iusurgent bands that are rising
In that vicinity. There Is fraternity
among Cubans who will not talk much
but seem to mean business. Business
IS practically dead and all news is sup
pressed.
Another passenger states that rumors
IN Havana state that Bayamo and
MdnZanillo have been captured by the
insurgents. In the latter place Santo-
Glide. the Spanish commander. was de-
lea' I'd and wounded. The whole island
Is IN an anxious state. the people de-
hlrlng development of the trouble San
sulIly Is condemned in the bitterest
terms. Two French warships are al
havana one Of them, The Duquesne,
mas 900 men ana is a modern ship.
Dehidls Of race war are emphatic,
Reports are that there are $1,000 SPAN
Ish troops now on the island. \ COM
lnlssloned officer Is on every train and
at every station delachment OF
oPah'sn troops come aboard and re-
port. 1t is impossible TO move without
piclous
William j. Ullrich of Mount Clemens.
Mich, states that 1000 troops arrived
IN havana yesterday. He saw them
ttaken on barges from the transport 10
MOROCCO castle. TO him they appeared
10 De Wen drilled, but he states that
tnuse VINO arm near the Passage hotel
every morning are farmers and know
nothing Of handling arms, The troons
arc on their mettle and guard an ports
OF me coast. Tho whole island is prac-
ueHIly under martial law. There IA
more IN the movement than mo
Spuhiards VIII admit. They turn aside
questions by saying that a few hundred
ern department
Another passenger who was on tho
slcAleo' plying between Santiago and
-IN'lIlah via Cape Maysl, on a recent
lrlP states that at Guatemala they
g %o,sed tor the Alphonse MIL and
ION her took 1000 troops to SANTIAGO
lie reports them all young men Of FooI
pnysllue An American surgeon was
among the passengers. While on tSs
island he visited the hospitni nj r,a Nv
asuesos ana saw over 300 woundnd
op ,li He stated that there We're
Il number at private houses which NJ
Deeh temporarily converted info ho ~
w vais -od ms estimate was that there
were ', too wounded men in all Thesc
were Drought from Manzanlllo md
55ahtiagq, coming from Bayamo and an,
G SnIle, ne reports that the Spanish and
high praise. ueserNe
vague reports announce a skirmi.b
co conn ,rtn d,lmo last Friday; also n
sa' 'yt Us'ween Manazillo and Santiago
zen, Garrioh's command with tho J in.
s pisgnrs ne T6e loss was heavy and the
sOvo Spanlards have Joined the ir .,ut
gents IN the eastern department