The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-11
FORE FIGHTING IN MATANzAS.
FORCE OF 1000 CUBANs ENGAGES
TROOPS FOR FOUR HOURS.

+ IonIy the Arrival of ReinfOrcements
If Infantry Saved the Spanish Cav
.Irv From Being SurrOunded-The
1nsurgents Finally Forced TO FAN
p,cl, With a Loss of Twenty Men
killed.
havana. March 1O.-Gen. Prats reports
,,ving had a battle with a force of reb-
i 400 strong. commanded by Quintin
pan5eras and Angel Guerra, on the San
a Rita estate at Baro, in the province
4 lfatanzas. The troops dislodged the
.7euv who We're entrenched, and later
SISTED successfully an attempt on the
-srf of the rebels TO form in an arc OF a
-r,Ie with the intention of surrounding
IN Prats cavalry. The arrival OF re-
rforcements of infantry frustrated TINS
M with the additional force the enemy
~sre finally dispersed. The fight lasted
swr hours The official report of the
.-qagement says that the enemy lost
a killed and a large number wounded.
The planters Of the provinces of Ha-
v.na and Matanzas held meeting in
,tis citv to-day and signed a memorial
N me captain general, asking him to sus-
end the collection of taxes and prohibit
i5e institution of judicial proceedings
sgainst planters for debt, urging that
fair insOlVent condition is due 10 the
imp0ssibility under the eXistlnsi clrcum-
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The Spanish troops are concentrating
an the middle of the island, leaving the
1afsnse of the provinces of Havana and
Pnar del Rio to the civil guards.
COL Nicuna reports an engagement with
i,surgents at Pedrosa, province of Matan-
7as. in which fourteen of the rebels We're
EIled The loss to the troops was only
one wounded.
chambre has returned from extensive
operations in the vicinity of Songo and
Ramo de las Yugas, province OF Santiago
de cuba. He had constant engagements
with the forces of Jose Maceo. He burned
AM extensive rebel camp, together with a
hospital In one encounter the rebels LETT
Twelve dead and in another seven dead,
including Capt Zayas. The troops had
one guerrilla killed and one officer and
three soldiers seriously, and six soldiers
slightly wounded.
The police of this city have arrested
Jose Montoto and seven others, VINO are
said to be here on a mission from the
Cuban junta In New York. The police
secured papers and bonds of recent date.
Gems Malleira and Moreno sailed Tor
Rebels burned the town of Quivican,
province of Havana, and Union de Los
Reyes, province of Matanzas, yesterday.
They have also burned the town or Mar
tinas, in the province of Pinar del Rio,
and railroad train near Cunanayagua'
in the province of Matanzas.
Madrid, March 1O-A dispatch to the I'M
parcial from Havana says that the rebels
under Gomez and Maceo are advancing
toward Havana. From the position of the
Spanish troops a serious conflict is eX-
pected.
The cabinet in the face Of Gen. Wey-
ler's recent dispatch that no more troops
were needed in Cuba, have decided to call
10 the colOrs $1,000 more reserves, so that
they may be in readiness for dispatch
To the island if their services should be
required. 1t is not believed that that
number of reinforeements will be re-
CURED to suppress the rebellion, but that
The men are to be held in readiness for
any contingency that may arise.
A pamphlet entitled, .'The United States
against spain," has been published in
this city. Its author is believed to be
Senor Valera, sometime Spanish minister
at Washington. The work dilates upon
the injustice of the American colleges
towards Spain, and predicts that, there
will be a revulsion of popular feeling in
the United States when the truth becomes
known The writer says he expects a
favorable outcome of the trouble. He eu-
logizes the American women, and de-
clares that he admires the American men,
who, he adds, are amiable and hospita-
BE unless they are blinded by self-es-