Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-09

The Esarness Of The Insurgents Ap'
prOach Tlrrlfas the People,
FIRES ~ ALL DIRECTIONS
FLAMES Rising fro"
Plainly Seen from NesSe's LEW
A.. ,,.,nor-campos. However, nc
norris That All Il "e"'

4 NJ" vrcatan arrived this after
h'"' 80, Mexican ports and hapana'
Tv,en the steamer left Hapana Oh VIZ
n nh instant the city was IN s'''e
.re., excitement over the approach o' sne
,enel army. which was within hfteen 'n'ie'
4 pf the city. -, terror
n ,,nobitants we're IN a state OF terror
-, 70 the burning Of all the pian'a-
n uons adjacent 10 the city. Inc idi''es
& a,ore plainly visible from the oecAs Vi
ne yucatan. and presented grand sign,
,or the officers and crew Of the vessel
,r,o c,,v was under martial law, and
,ho most intense excitement prevailed
pI-MoRED INsURGENT DEFEAT.
uARANA. January SIT is reported
oere this evening that great battle mas
neon fought near Artemisia. town near
-,panaia the base Of operations OF lhe
r.hels The report has II that the IN
,,,,,-.rts were surrounded BY Spanish
,roone under Generals Suarez, Nalaez,
MADAM. and Navarro. and it Is believed
ihey met with a complete defeat No
details Of the fight can be oDtaii,u.
IL IS said that the rebel leader Nuii.S Nii.H
killed III gACNNANHf ~
General Navarro's forces, ana th"' Nie
rebels lost 200 men.
FROM GENERAL CAMPOs.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. January 81
The following cablccram from rs"Srn' 80
Martinez Campos was received al t"e
snanish Legation late this afternoon;
,rhl coi,,,ons ~ General Navarro yes
ter,iay had an onearement lasting three
hours w,lth the main bands OF Maceo ana
Gomez in CHA DelagOa. dispensing them.
rUentv dead have been found. ana buried
Ia. orr soldiers The Spanish loss was
isbt-fo,ir officers wounded, and twenty
Z sasualties among the men-either killed
q ar badly wounded The troops captured
= nnmbers of horses and ammunition. The
81 column IS recOnnoitring the scene OF
. lhe fight and many columns are hsh,-
Fl inr the Insurgents. The army Is in high
,pirlts. and Habana is completely quiet. y
Minister Dupuy de LONE also received
q long cablegram from the government
M Madrid to-day. giving summary or
4 the latest official reports received there
from the commander-in-chief in Cuba
DIFFICULT TO GET A FIGHT.
These reports show that il is exceeding
~ difficult 20 get a fight with the bands
of narauders, which are continually
aalloping abont. burning and pillaging
dcfcnceless plantations and small viii
laees. General Echague, who is in the
rear Of the insurgents has succeeded
twice in overtaki~S " few Of the bands,
and capturing some prisoners
General Campos says the rebels never
stop long enough 10 be overtaken in any
considerable numbers. In the invasion
of Pinar del Rio by the insurgents, small
bands Of bandits precede the main
forces OF the insurgents, and cause
more damage than Maceo and Gomez.
Yesterday nearly 1900 men were sent
by sea to Coloni. 20 enforce the troops
there In the rest Of the entire island
of Cuba nothing OF a revolutionary char
actcr is occurring.
Minister Dupuv de LONE expresses his
full confidence that these dispatches give
an exactly truthful statement Of af-
fairs. and he courts the comparison
or these dispatches with news from other
sources. which secures publicity from
day 10 day in several newspapers. which
have been proved unreliable recently.
CyBAN-AMERICAN PROGRAMME.
WASHINGTON, January S-Thomas
Estrada Palma, the head OF the Cuban
Revolutionary Committee i'm this country
and Envoy Extraordinary OF the Cuban
Provisional Government TO the United
States. told a reporter tonight that his
committee was doing nothing TO en-
courage recruiting I'm this country for the
Cuban cause. on the contrary, he said,
he and his associates were doing every
thing u discourage the raising of troops
for Cuba, not only for the reason that
such recruiting was In violation of the
neutrality laws. but because there were
already in Cuba more men attached to
tho insurgent army than could be armed
and Il was not desirable TO send others
there 10 increase this large number.
Gonzalo de Quesada, secretary of the
committee, gave some additional reasons
why recruiting In the United States was
not desirable.
ARMS, NOT MEN, WANTED.
Mr. Quesada said that II persons in
America were anxious 10 help his strug-
Cling countrymen. they could do it better
by furnishing arms and ammunition than
by volunteering themselves for active
service
"Our principal aim now is" he said, ito
arm the great number OF soldiers who are
nghting for Cuba. We have received
hundreds Of offers Of enlistment hut all
these we have been obliged to decline
ON account OF our desire TO do all that
can be done to prevent any violation OF
the neutrality laws between Spain and
TIE United States. Even If we were in
which most emphatically we are not. we
could do nothing in this connection. for
Il takes great deal Of money to send
men 20 Cuba. and we need all the funds
that we can secure TO purchase arms for
those who are now in the field"
REBELS STILL BURNING CANE.
HABANA. January S-The rebels
after plundering the towns Of Noyo Co.
dorado. and Punta Bravo, broke I'd
into small parties and burned the sugar.
cane on the Estates I'm the vicinity. The
arrival Of Spanish troops which dispersed
the rebels. prevented them from making
an attack upon the town OF Mariana
General Suarez Valdez is said TO have
defeated a band OF rebels on planta-
tlon near Baracoa.
General Ardrelus has ordered the con-
centraiion Of the forces in Habana in
case any movement Of the insurgents
should cause disorders in the city.
The circulation Of the people In social
and commercial intercourse throughout
the city IS uninterrupted.
INsURGENT REvERsEs.
HABANA. January S.-After an en-
eagement lasting three hours, the Span
ish troops under Generals Garcia and Ma
Narro yesterday dispersed the rebels at
Suanalay. fOrty-ive miles from Habana,
which place was chosen by the insurgents
as the centre OF operations.
Another battle took place late In the
evening at celba del Aqua between the
rebel bands under the command OF lead
ers Gomez and Maceo and Generals Gar
cia's and Navarro's forces. The insur-
gents were again defeated and dispersed.
but the direction In which they fed is
not Known.
Ineir loss was twenty-three killed ana
one taken prisoner. The Spanish forces
captured seventeen Remington rifles. be-