Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-25


lay to for several days in secluded cove
and started for Florida last Monday. She
was pursued by several gunboats as che
entered the windward pass. and a ball from
one of them tore a hole in her bulwarks
barrel of oil on the furnace iree soon
ran up the steam and the fast craft crept
away. Emerging from the Keys, two cruisers
were found waiting for her and race
ensued. The Spanish vessels fired on hel
for half an hour. Captain Lewis then ran
among the keys and escaped from the Span
ish war vessels and reached American
waters near Miami, Fla
INSURGENTS INVADE SANTA CLARA
MnNinO Gomez Snid to he Working
Against His Judgment.
HAVANA, Dec. 24.-(Via Key West.)-
Since December IL the insurgent forces
under General Garrido have besieged and
attacked the town of Vueltas, in Santa Clara
province. Part of the garrison left the
town to engage the Insurgents and drove
them, with the bayonet. into the woods
Some of the countrymen assured the troops
that numerous bands of insurgents were
concentrating in that district. The insur-
gents under Garrdo also beSieged and at
tackled the town of Baez, in Santa Clara,
ard burned several houses in the outskirts
of the town. Notwithstanding the superior
numbers of the insurgents, the garrison re-
fused to surrender and after a two days
siege General Solano came to their assist
ance with his column. Calixto Garcia is in
the Manzanillo district of Santiago de Cuba,
going toward the river Ceuto. 1t is re
ported to be his intention to cross the river
and come westward. 1t is also reported that
Maxine Gomez received orders to move
westward, but resisted the orders of the
Cuban government for a dong time. The
last reliable report from Manzanillo says
Maxine Gomez has finally taken up his
march with an escort in the direction of
Santa Clara. The Spanish government has
semi-official advices of the concentration of
insurgents in Santa Clara, both from the
eastern and western part Of the island.
1t is reported that many insurgent chiefs
including Maxine Gomez, are willing to
accept an arrangement for Cuban autonomy,
but that they are unwilling to treat with
any Spanish general but Martinez de Cam
pos.
Reliable information has been received
that Maceo passed the trocha on Decem-
Der by land, and not by sea. 1t was his
intention to deliver a great blow for the
Cuban cause near Havana, and then to pro-
ceed Immediately eastward 1t is alleged
he made Maxine Gomez and others indig-
nant, and that they abandoned him to his
own fate without assisting him. being jeal
Gus of the preponderatine influence acquired
by him during his stay, and by his able
ludHaSeIneHt III tne pTnVl0Ce OF fluaT uel
Rio. 1t Is further ALLEGED that the white
element among he Cubaiis looked with un-
friendly eyes on him because Maceo repre-
sented the colored element and might have
become in time dictator or president.
General Hernandez We Lasco has made an
extensive reconnaissance in the vicinity of
Aurora, Laco Taco. and Paredon Delindlo,
province of Pnar del Rio. On the heights
of Del Rio he dislodged force of insurgents
and DESTROYED camp of enemy of Iona
Palada At Paredon Delindio the generals
forces had an encounter with the insurgents
and destroyed extensive deposits of provi-
sions and dwellings inhabited by Insurgents
The hattalions of Granada. while engaged
in protecting the gathering together of cat
tie in Santa Clara province, have repused
an insurgent force. inilicting numerous loss
on the enemy. The Soria battallon at the
farm of Hilacio and afterwards at Bernia
encountered insurgent bands which were
dispersed The entire loss of the troops
was Major Longo and twelve soldiers
wounded. The battalion of Guenca at the
farm of Ecodidacio Matanzas met several
insurgent bands and compelled them to re-
treat to the woods near Bufour. Later the
troops again came up to the enemy and,
after sharp skirmish. the insurgents re-
tired, sustaining the loss of many men and
leaving fifteen killed on the field. The gov
ernment forces had sixteen wounded. Dur
ing several skirmishes In Santa Clara and
Havana recently the insurgents left twenty
three killed and the troops had fve men
killed and seventeen wounded
At Caimete, Matanzas, the insurgent
Captain Na2ario Castillo and eleven of his
followers have surrendered to the Spanish
authorities. The well known nsurgent
leader, Juan Rus, died during the night of
December 22.
The ffty-seven men arrested on political
grounds, as cabled few days ago, were
yesterday placed in Jail as conspirators.
Among those arrested were: Manuel
AguirO, Manuel Gulierrez, Trujillox Lu,
Julian Diaz Nunez, Francisco Estrada,
Francisco Montalvo, Pascual Mendive, Jose
Maria Canalejo, Bernardo Alcazar Fran
cisco Xiques, Fernando Scull and Jose
Magca. There were also among the pris-
oners nine II EN- accused OF cattle stealing.
The correspondent Of the Associated press
has made special inquiry in official circles
regarding the condition Of Henry Delgado,
correspondent of the New York Mail and
Express, who was captured in Pinar del Rio
during a raid on the insurgont forces. 1t
is learned that Mr. Dclgado was formerly a
purser ON a Ward line steamer, and ac-
cordng to official information afterward a
flbuster, and still accorded the title OF
major of artillery OF Maceo's staff He
was recently captured in an insurgent pre-
lecture by the Spanish forces under General
Matguizo. in the province OF Pinar del Rio,
with Americans and Germans, ard was
brought to Havana. It was learned that his
WOUNDS are nelhS cafeu Ior at lhe spanish
hospital of San Ambrosia+ Mr.. A. s. Dolz,
the deputy consul general of the United
States, visited the hospital today, but could
not see Degado pending the declarations to
be taken by the authorities charged with the
making of a summary OF his case. Mr.. Dolz
WILL however, see Delgado at the earliest
Permit for IA Brooklyn Tunnel.
ALBANY, N. Y, Dec. 2.-The State Rail
road commission today granted the appli-