The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-01
HARD FIGHTING NEAR HAVANA.
THE CUBAN FORCES REFUSED BY
THE SPANISH.

The Concentrated Forces of the Pa |
triOts Engaged in the Fighting. |
= They Retreat in Good order and /
without Very Serious Loss In Kill I
ed or WOunded-The Cubans Also
Reported RepuIsed in the JIquani
District.
Havana. Dec. S1.-Gens Navarro and
Suarez Valdez held in check throughout
the whole of yesterday the concentrated
forces. Of the rebel commanders Gomez
and Maceo. Gen. Navarro attacked
camp of rebels and dispersed them. Go
mez and MaceO were entrenched at Cen
tral Maria and a battle ensued there
later i'm which the Spanish artillery were
pitted against the insurgents cavalry. The
rebels We're finally routed and retreated
in two colmuns leaving seven dead on the
field. Passing Camanagua on their re-
treat, the rebels had twenty litters and
two carts filled with wounded Gen. Sua-
rez Valdez made an attack upon another
wing of the rebel army, and after two
hours fighting the rebels retreated leav-
ing eight dead and many wounded Gen.
Valdez reached Baro without further re-
sistance. The rebels who confronted him
strong.
The last news from the field shows that
the rebels have been driven back in the
province Of Matauzas after having been
| severely punished by the troops. The loss
or property has been enormous, but
planters now feel more confident in the
future success of the Spanish army, and
VIII try when possible to grind again.
Some of the large central factories, how
ever, have. suffered so severely that 1t
] hp rat fhnVs hof for hon Il
! thing before next year.
on Dec. q two government columns,
one Of goo men under Col Rodon and the
| other OF 200 men under Col Pardon. after
a fight lasting two hours, dispersed the
| rebels commanded by Rabi and others.
| The engagement took place i'm the Jiguani
\ district, TO the eastward of Bayamo, In
/ the province of Santiago de Cuba. The
| rebels made several charges with ma
/ chetes, but were repulsed and finally driv-
/ en- from the field in confusion. Their loss
! was II killed. A quantity of arms and
| a number of horses We're captured by
the troops. The government loss was
eight killed, including three officers, and
/ AZ wounded The latter were taken to
Jiguani and BayamO.
Gen. Suarez Valdez telegraphs that he
! had an engagement yesterday with rebel
! force north of Cuevtas and defeated
! them. The rebels lost two killed.
Madrid, Dec. 31.-A dispatch from Ha-
vana to the impartial says: "Col. Pc
rera. with $50 Spanish troops, made an
| attack upon Maxine Gomez at the head
| Of force vastly more numerous than
| that OF the Spaniards, at Calimete. The
| insurgents cavalry made a charge upon
| the square formed by the Spanish troops
I and for a time the situation of the Span
lighting, however Gems. Navarro and
| Suarez, with their commands, arrived,
! and the insurgents retreated. The Span
ish had nineteen men killed and sixty
| three wounded. The insurgents lost 200
| killed and wounded. Gomez made a stand
| at Marqute and again at Rogue but
| was driven from both positions"
Two thousand Spanish troops embarked
| at Cadiz last evening for Cuba.
Baro, Cuba, Dec. 23 via Tampa, Dec.
| 31.-At o'clock this morning the town
| ofs Rogue was invaded by Maxine Co
mez, Serafin Sanchez. Cayeto Alverez, and
| Aguirrenuz Saurez with 1000 men, the
| majority of whom were on horseback.
| They did no great damage to the town,
/ their depredatlons were limited almost en-
tirely to taking ~ number of horses. They
| seized the flag on the town hall and set
h, fire TO a new but unOccupied wooden fort.
| They marched through all the streets of
| the town. headed by the rebel flag, shout
| tered a number of stores, in some of
/ which they paid for what they took, while
| others they looted They left with the
/ mayor of the town three of their wounded,
! with an intimation that they must have
close cake anE attention. Previous TO
| reaching ROGUE, Gomez and his following
/ had devastated the cane fields of the
| Espana estate. They took on the estate
and had with them at Rogue. two prison.
ers, alleged poisoners of wells.
| While on the way to Rogue the rebels
set fire to the railway work shops on the
| line of the Cardenas and Jucaro railroad
Maxine Gomez, while at Rogue, said that
| their men composed the vanguard; that
| Maceo and Quintin bandera were follow
ing with a large force, and that at that
time the latter was near Colef.
Waycross, Ga, Dec. 3l.-"Havana for
| Cuba is the password that is being used
by Cuban agents in securing Georgia vol
unteers to Join the Cubans in taking Ha-
vana on Jan. Is. The Morning News cor
| respondent accidentally learned this fol-
| lowing fact from Cuban agent: Several
squads Of Georgians, who were unemploy-
ed have left Georgia for Cuba this fall,
and recently the number has Increased.
| Many go by rail to Tampa and thence by
! steamer to Havana, via Key West but
some go from the Georgia coast All per-
sons who are willing to fight for Cuba
Isare being invited to meet the agent on a
| certain day at or near Darien. The eXpe-
I dition is to leave on a regular AItamaha
river steamer and be taken beyond Doboy
and Altamaha sound, where a flibuster-
ing boat will be in readiness to receive
them. Volunteers will be paid 800 cash
I at the start and 800 a month for service
provided that Cuba wins. They will be
/ provided with arms and ammunition. The
I expedition is intended to land at Havana
and join the Cubans in beseiging the
Spanish city on Jan. Is. 1t is learned that
several young men have already left Way
several more viii leave here some time
this week, via the Altamaha river.
Are They Rent ON Ffibustering.
Ocala. Fla, Dec. a.-The Florida Cen
tral and Penlnsular line sold eighty-six
/ tickets to Marti City cigar makers who
| left to-day for Port Tampa.
A BATTLE WITH WINCHEsTERs.