The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-01

HAVANA, Dec. St-The most con-
nlcting reports were IN circulation
again to-day regarding the movements
| OF tie insurgent forces under Generals
Gomez, Maceo, Bandera and others.
The Spanish officials continue to claim
that the insurgents are in retreat, and
that the Spanish troops are pursuing
them out of the province of Matanzas
But the friends of the insurgents point
to the fact that even the authorities
here were compelled yesterday and to-
day to admit that detachEnents Of the
insurgents are still in the vicinity Of the
city of Matanzas, and that they are still
| doing damage
Only yesterday it was reported from
Camarioca, fifteen miles from Matan-
2as, that insurgents, said to number
1000 men, we're moving in that vicinity
which would indicate the determination
of the insurgcnt commanders to CAP
ture Matauzas. although it has hitherto
been the opinion that a dash on Ha-
vana was the real aim of Gomez in
pushing forward so rapidly through the
province of Santa Clara and into the
province of MatGr2as. Even the Span
ish commanders admitted this possi-
bility for a time, and after the engage
| ment near CoiiseO they claimed that
this plan of campaign had been broken
up by the success Of the Spanish troops
and that the Cuban commanders had
been turned back, and would either
have to surrender or else seek refuge
in the province of Santa Clara Since
then the Spanish generals have appar-
emily been displaying considerable ac-
tivity. All the reinfOrcemetns possible
have been pushed to the front from this
place and from every other available
point.
Cubuns Winning sympathy.
The wonderfully successful march Of
the insurgents through Cuba and the
utterly unsuccessful attempts made by
the Spanish commanders, backed by
the picked troops of SPAIN to stop their
progress, have won for the insur%cnt
clIuse sympathiZeTs, iC not adherent3
in circles in quarters hitherto loyal
and extremely unlikely to favor the
republican administration of this
island. What was impossible month
or so ago looks to be quite possible, IL
not probable at present, namely,
turn Of the tide in favor OF the Cubans
in all but the strictly official and highly
conservative circles,
To Offset this, beyond any doubt,
Campos hurried back from MatanZas
to Havana, and the SO-called popular
reception In his honor was organized.
He was greeted with n great flourish OF
trumpets and from that time there has
been a constant exchange of cable mes
sages Of conEratulntion and sympathy
between Spain and Cuba. Tho queen
has expressed her sympathy with the
messages to her by the organizers OF
the popular demonstration which fol-
lowed the return Of the captain gen
eral from the field and the words Of
her message have been circulated in
dustrIousy on ell sides.
Moro Troops Required.
It is reported here tonight that ad-
ditional reinforcemeuts Of troops have
been urgently requested from Spain.
that some of them have already sailed
and that the captain general is very
anxious that they should arrive here in
the shortest time possible. in order to
take part in the defense of Havana, it
being understood that every man who
could be spared has been hurried to
the front.
The railroad bridge near Guamaj-
ales, Just south OF Colon, and on the
branch running out of Cueveritas in
Matanzas province has been destroyed
by Quintin Banderas. The same has
been done to two cuivcrtg. In Santa
Clara province. three culverts between
Rodrigo and Santa Domingo on the
branch of the railroad running to Sag
ua Ia Grande have been destroyed by
the insurgents, and freight train de-
rallied. several cars of the train being
demolished. The insurgents attacked
the train. but were repuIscd with loss
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