The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-09
Contradictory Reports of the Struggle for H.
dependence In the Queen Of The Antilles.
CA MPOS REPORTS HAVANA AS QUIET
Passengers on u Ward Line steamer
Report Ianvnnn Under Martial l.uw
c"InInn crs,s'o,np plain orthc TIcn
Like Activity of Rebel Troops.

HavaIua, Jan. S.-'nhc rebels after
plundering THE towns of Hoyo Colorado
and 'unta Erava, broke up into small
IDrties and burned the sugar cane ON
the estates In the vicinity. The arrival
of Spanish tr.pps, which dispersed the
rebels prevented ,them from MAX inE
an attack upon the town OF Mariana
General SuraeH Valdcs is said To lItvc
defeated n band of rebel; on Il planta-
tion near Blra Goa.
General ArdOrus has ordered the CON
cenmhiiJn OF the forces in Havana
In case any movement of the insurgents
should cause disorders in the city The
circula.iOn Of the people in social and
commercial intercourse throughout the
city Is uninterrupted.
Washington, Jan. S.-Tne following
cablegram from General Martinez
Campos was received at the Spanish lc-
cation late this afte rnoon:
The dclumns of General Navarro
yesterday had an engagement with the
main lodieS of MaceO and Gomez last
ing three hours, in Ceiba Del Aqua. dis
pcrsing them. Twenty dead have been
found and buried by our soldiers. The
Spanish less was light four officers
wounded and twenty casualties among
the men either killed Or badly w-und-
ed.
The troops captured numbers of
horses and arms and ammunition.
THE Column is reconoitering the
scene Of the fight, and many columns
are following the insurgents. The army
is In high spirits and Havana is COM
pletely quisrt."
Minister Dupuy De LONE also receiv-
ed II long cablrgram from thc Govern
mcnt at Madrid to-day giving a sum
mary Of the latest official reports re
ceived there from the commander in
chief in Cuba; THESE reports show
that IL Is exceedingly difficult 10 get II
fight with the hands of marauderS,
which are continually gnll5ping about
burning pnd pillaginS the defenseless
plantations and small villages. Gen
era! 1Ichague. who Is In he rear of
the insurgents, has succeeded twice in
Ovortalsng Il few of the bands and
capturing some prisoners. General
Camros says the rebels never stop long
enough To be overtakcn in any consider
able numbers.
the Insurgents small bands of bandits
In the invasion of Pinar Del Rio by
preccde the main forces of the lnsur
gents and cause more damage than
Macuo ana Cork Il. Yesterday 10000
men were sent by sea to Colonia. the
port of Pinar Del Rio. to reinforce the
troops there. In the rest of the entire
island of Cuba nothing Of Il revolution
AIRY character is occurring.
Nliri'st9' Dupuy DcLome expresses
his full confidence that these dispatch
cs give an exact truthful statement OF
affairs and he courts the comparison of
sources, which secure publicity from
Goy to day in several ncwspapc
which have been proved so unreliable
recently
Havana, Jan. Sit is reported here
that II battle has been fought near Ar
temesa, a town near Guanama. the base
OF the rebels operations. The report
has II that the Insurgents were sur
rounded by Spanish troops under
Generals SurcZ Valdes. MADAM and Ma
varro and II is believed they met with
a complete defeat. No details of the
the Rebel Leader NuneZ was killed
III yesterdays battle with General Ma
Narro's forces and that the rebels lost
200 men.
New York, Jan. S-The Ward Line
steamer Yucatan arrived this after
noon from Mexican ports and Havana
When the steamer left Havana on the
+th instant. the city was In q state of
great excitement over the approach Of
the rebel army which was within nr-
teen miles of the city. The inha bitants
were In state of terror, owing To the
burning OF all the plantations adjacent
10 the city. The flames were plainly
visible from the decks of the Yucatan
ana presented a grand sight for the
officers a'id crew OF the vessel.
The city was under martial law ana
the most intense excitement prevailed
huShiIiS tpn, Jan. S.-InOmaS fsS-
trad.l Palma. the head of the Cuban
Revolutionary Committee in this coun-
try, and Envoy Extraordinary Of the
Cuban provisional Government to the
United States. told reporter tonight
that his committee was do.rs nothing
to encourage recruiting In this country
Tor the Cuban cause. on the contrary.
he said. he and his associates were do
lnE everything to discourage the rais
Ing of troops for Cuba. not only for the
reason that such recruiting was In yiL
lation Of the neutrality laws. hut be-
cause there WAS ALREADY in Cuba more
men attached to the lnSurgcnt army
than could he armd and it was not de-
sirable to send others there 10 increase
this large number.
Gon2alo De Qucsada. Secretary Of the
COMMITTEES. gave some additional rra
sons why recruiting in thc United
States was not dcsira BILE Alr. Qucsada
said if persons in America were &nXi-
ous to help his struggling countryInen
they could do ii better by furnish
ing arms and ammunition than by vol |
untecring themselves for active ser
vice
"Our principal aim now is he said. f!
ito arm the great number of soldiers |
who are fighting for Cuba. We have
received hundreds of offers of enlist !
mcnt, hut all these we have been
obliged to decline on account Of our de |
sire to do all that can be done to pre- !