Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-07-24
REBELS GAIN COURAGE.
Inspired With New Hopes by Recent
Defeat of Spanish Troops.
Quiet Missionary" Work
Going on In Gotham.
Revolutionary Party Anxious TO Aid Their
Brethren In Cuba.

NEW YORK, July PA dispatch from
Havana says that since the news Of the
death of General Santocildes, on July IL,
the authorities have had no news of Gen
eral de Campos. The government fears
that there Is general rising in the prov
ince of Matanzas.
The defeat Of the Spanish troops when
General Santocildes was killed has given
an impetus to the revolution, and espe-
cially in the province of Santiago de Cuba,
where the iron miners have joined the
rebels
have seen letter from General Max
imo Gomez explaining his reasons for the
proclamation forbidding work on the
plantations for the supply of provisions to
the town. He says that while Spain OBJ
tains sufficient revenue from Cuba to pay
her soldiers, the officials will continue to
rule. When the revenue ceases, they Will
retire This practically means that the
insurgents are prepared to ruin the whole
country In order to force Spain's hand.
The owner of a large plantation near
Puerto Principe, employing 900 men, ap-
piled to the troops for protection. The
officer in command advised him to COM
ply with the insurgents order, whereupon
he stopped all work.
Sympathy For Those "At Home."
1t is an open secret here that prepar-
ations are being made for the sending out
of an expedition to Cuba at the very earli-
est possible opportunity. AT the last
meeting Of the revolutionary party in this
city, General de Quesada publicly an
nounced that he would assume command
of the first expedition that started for the
island.
For some time past owners of all classes
of vessels have made overtures to the
leaders Of the revolutionists in New York,
the majority Offering their vessels for i'm
mediate sale. Some few had boats which
they wished to charter for limited periods.
Proposals of this kind have come from
nearly every port along the Atlantic
coast 1t is said that considerable time
has been spent by the Cubans having
charge Of the selection in examining the
various vessels offered for sale in this and
other ports.
1t is generally understood that within
the past day or two suitable vessel has
been selected and purchased by this COM
mittee. The leaders of the movement In
this city declined to discuss the subject,
but the Cuban patriots, who are not iden-
titled with the party as leaders, had all
heard Of the new purchase, and found 1t
fruitful theme for discussion. Few peo-
pie discredit the story, and 1t Is only
natural that the leaders of the revolu-
tionary party deny that such q purchase
has been made.
The vessel is, according to all reports,
an iron steamer, with a power of Is knots
an hour Neither the name of the vessel,
nor the port at which she is now lying,
could be ascertained.
A well-dressed man, who declined to give
his name and said that he was an Ameri
can, speaking English only, entered the
office of Enrique Trujillo, editor of Ell
Porvenir, and announced that he had 100
men, drilled and armed, ready to start on
q flibustering expedition to Cuba. He,
himself, would command the force and de-
fray the expense Of transportation.
Trujillo explained that any such venture
would be violation of the neutrality
laws. The man was insistent, and de-
clared that he was bound to lead such an
expedition, whether it suited the leaders
I'm this city or not.