The herald., 1895-02-27
ARMS ALL OVER THE ISLAND
A General Uprising on the
Island of Cuba
BANISHED MEN AS REBELS
Arms Enough to Stock a Large
rsenaI
BANISHED MEN AS REBEL
The Weapons Were Struggled In from the
United States Despite Strong
Coast Guard

New York Feb. 26.-A special dispatch
to morning paper from Havana gives
the following account of the revolution
! in Cuba:
News has reached here of the attempt
OF the insurgents to overthrow the gov
| ernment. The rebels at Guantanamo,
under the leadership of Henry Brooks,
who is the wealthiest resident of Santiago
de Cuba, had an encounter with the gov
ernment troops near Santa Cecilia. Three
prisoners were captured and the rest of
the insurgent force fed to the woods.
In the engagement at Ybarra near Mat
anzas, two of the rebels were killed and
many wounded They also lost fourteen
rifles and large amount of ammunition.
They are now surrounded in the woods
near the Ignaia plantation. 1t is expect.
ed they will be captured. Manuel Garcia,
the noted revolutonst leader, was in the
vicinity of Aguacate with sixteen ad-
herents and was said to be recruiting men
by force.
A report has been circulated that Garcia
was killed. but no details were received.
Arms for the revolutionists were found on
plantation near Matanzas and seized. In
addition four trunks containing arms and
cavalry equipments were found among the
baggage OF passengers on the steamer City
OF Washington last Monday and confis-
Gated.
Many persons implicated in the revolu-
ton have been arrested. Others who, it
is said, came from New York, arrived
yesterday and we're presented to the Gov
ppara1 Snantsh u,1r hoe 10 kaa,>
close watch along the coast The general
impression here is that the revolution
has been subdued. Public opinion is al
most unanimously opposed to the up
rising.
Havana, Feb. 26.-Martial law has been
declared here and the police and Spanish
garrisons throughout the island are the
alert to prevent an uprising. Slight out
breaks have already occurred at Cienfuegos
and Mantanzas. At the latter place three
Cuban patriots have been arrested and
quantity of arms seized. The coast
guards on land and gun boats by
sea are patrolling the coasts to prevent
the landing of filibusterers from
Florida, Honduras or Costa Rica, Spies
IN Tampa and Key West have reported
UNUSUAL aCulVltv among refugees ana nave
forwarded some information of general
conspiracy afioat. The Government seems
to fear an insurrection and is taking ex-
treme measures to stamp it out.
Tampa, Fla, Feb. 26.-Ferdini Fugu-
redo, late this afternoon, received the fol-
lowing telegram from Gancales Qucseda,
secretary of the Cuban Revolutionary
Club located at New York:
Revolution broke out on Sunday. The
whole island is in arms
Your correspondent called upon Mr.. Fu-
guredo in West Tampa and found the
whole populace wild with excitement.
Mr.. Fuguredo was in the revolution as
Colonel and prominent agitator in the
revolutionary party. His statement is as
follows:
Joseph Marti, leader of the party,
left New York on January 22d for San Do
mngo, in which city he was to meet
General Gomez "a Dominican general and
one of the old leaders of Cuba. The reo-
pie needed him there to take the initia-
tory steps The plan was to land with
a small force OF leaders. The entire