The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-28
DYNAMITE STORY DENIED.
OFFICIALS INSIST ON THE ORIGI-
NAL REPORT OF THE RUBI
BATTLES.
SPAIN WILL NEVER YIELD CUBA.
Vigorous Interview Given Out by
the Captain General Before His
Departure to the Front.

! AFTERNOON, capt. Gen. Weyler leIt da-
vana on board the Spanish cruiser La
Gazpi, for Mariel, province Of Pinar del
Rio, where he will resume personal
command of the Spanish forces operat-
! ing against the insurgents
Capt Gen. Weyler arrived safely at
| Mariel and Immediately started for
Artemisa. From there he went on to
| Vuelta Abajo by train, leaving the
cavalry and Orig. Gen. Calixto Ruiz to
| join him later Gen. Weyler is accom-
panied by hts chief Of staff, Gen. Es-
cribano, and his aides-de- camp.
G. B. Pendleton, a correspondent Of
| a New York paper, was arrested here
last night while upon the point of en-
barking for Key West on the steamer
| Arkansas. 1t is believed his deten-
ton is due to the fact that there was
something wrong with his passports
| or other papers.
| Later in the day the correspondent of
the Associated Press called upon the
! chief Of staff here and informed him
! that a dispatch received in New York
| from Jacksonville, Fla, stated that
/ Gen. Weyler, during the recent cam
paign in Pinar del Rio, lost 700 killed
| and 1900 wounded by the explosion of
an insurgent mine and that 1000 men
! of the Spanish force were killed and
! 1000 wounded during the two days
! fighting in the Rubi hills. The chief of
| staff stated that there was no truth in
the statements made, that no mines
were exploded by the insurgents that
! there has not been two days fighting,
and that the report of the engagement
cabled at the time was correct in every
! particular.
So many contradictory statements
have been attributed to Capt Gen.
Weyler, since his return from the prov
ince Of Pinar del Rio, that the CORE
! spondent here of the Associated Press
| was instructed to ask the Spanish COM
mander for a full, official and author
| lied statement on the subject.
Therefore, just previous to the de-
! parture Of Gen. Weyler, for Pinar del
Rio, the correspondent called at the
! palace where he was courteously re-
! ce1Ved by the general, who was asked
! to supplement the exclusive interview
with the correspondent of La Lucia,
! at Artemisa, which was cabled to the
Associated Press on Tuesday after
noon, and which contained his first
| public utterances since his return from
| conducting the operations against An
| tonic Maceo. This the general agreed
| to do.
| The correspondent opened the inter-
view last evening by informing the
captain general that the Associated
/ Press was anxious before his return to
| the feld to place before the public in
| the United States his official view on
the Cuban situation, adding:
1t is understood that you have re-
| turned from Pinar del Rio highly con-
| tented with the result of your recent
| operations, and it is asserted that Won
believe that Pinar del Rio will soon
be pacified.''
In reply, the captain general said.
am not only contented but am
entirely satisfied with the result of nv
1 M plans there 1 went over all
lnsurgent positions without any seri-
| Gus resistance upon the part of the
| enemy. Acarajacara and Rubi. which
| the insurgents claimed were irnpreena-
PIE were occupied by our troops after
! dlslodging the enemy At Rubi he or
| feT3d the greatest resistance, but Weld
+, ed after a few hours fighting We
| found no trace of Maceos people after
| that, although all the other points were
reconnoltered by small detachments
froSn our columns. The southerly points
| we're also reconnoitered and fhe nos.
are now in possession of our troops
| Ihere remains still to be reconn0itered
the ranges of hills in the Eastern part
OF the province. Maceo has nothing
| left for him to do but to scatter his fol-
| lowers into small parties in order ~
| enable them to escape our columns
| which are now hunting for them. since
| they offer no resistance, and refuse IA
accept meeting with our troops who
are chasing them in all directions"
Does your excellency expect soon to
crush the 1nsurrectiOn in the province
of Pinar del Rio and bring about its
pac1hcat1on within a short timer"
WEYLER CONFIDENT.
IT am confident of shortly pacifying
Pinar del Rio" replied the captain.
general, ''since all the strategic points
are in my hands, and because OF cor
| slant activity of our troops in all direc
tons, which completely hinders the es-
cape of the small groups of insurgents
who are now fleeing before them in
| disorder"
The correspondent asked:
DO you think the condition of the
| provinces of Havana, Matanzas and
Santa Clara hampers or favors the sup
preston of the instruction
The captain-general replied: 'NThese
| three provinces are more easily sub
dued from the nature of the ground.
| They have no hills like the province Of
Pinar del Rio, and the facilities for
| the movement Of large bodies Of troops
are, therefore, greater. Besides the
rebel bands in these provinces are less
| numerous and lack the elements and
conditions of those people in the
province Of Pinar del Rio. The lead
ers of the rebels in those three prov
inces also lack the Importance possess
ed by Maceo. Those who had any pres
| tige have been killed"
| hRQT cd
respondent, that Maceo lost many of
his ledaing men,who were with him. be-
| sides those who Joined him after tha
invasion Of Pinar del Rio"
The captain general answered 4.
Nearly all of Maceo's leading men
VINO were at al! valuable, or possessed
Of military ability have persisted in
ether provinces or in the districts
where they headed uprisings."
1t appears that the Insurgents in
Puerto Principe and in Santiago de
Cuba are displaying more ACTIVITY than
peIore, suggested the correspondent
Yes" answered Gen WeyIer oh,,+
the provinces mentioned are not IN !.
state OF instruction. Puerto Princine ic
producing a little, and not much nro
lection is needed there. The same nav
be said In regard to the Holgl1in and
6ayaIno districts The rebels have
destroyed all they could, and. besides
with the death of Jose Maceo the rn'
beH1on in the province Of Santiago de
Cuba lost much of it's Importance
The general then added: 81 have M
intention of allowing the attention of
the troops to be distracted in that III
fection, Tor 1t is evident that that is the
: IRE N 50 i h s.F' Buy Now. BUGGI