The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-23

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Still mother report of an encounto,
with Gen. Gomez at a point near So
harucal has been received. This tim.
f. was Gen. Pratt who reports that hs
Las had an engagement with Can
'tomez, and that he has also put tn,
tuban forces to flight. No details q,
he engagement are given, nor is any.
hing stated as TO the amount of thu
| losses inflicted, but IL is SAID Gomez ~
proceeding westward, and that he goes
to relieve Maceo and TO reinforce him
The Spanish authorities claim tina,
they have pressed Gomez hard for
two days, and that they have succeed.
ed in doing what they sought, in drly.
ing him back into the heart OF Pinar
del Rio province. They say that the
combined forces OF Gomez and Maceo
are now in a seriously compromised
position, and they do not fail TO dis.
seminate the impression of their conf.
dence hat they have at last got the in.
surgentS at a disadvantage aud will be
able to prevent their escape from Pt.
mar del Rio.
Havana, Jan. 1S.-Thcre was COnsid.
cradle excited comment yesterday and
to-day over the WU!GiuG Of an editorial
article which appeared In the Diani0i.
della Mariana yesterday containing
some sensational StatementS,a and head.
ed, An Unbearable SituatiOn.' The
article declared frankly and ia def.
ance of the press censor that the time
has come for the government officials
to admit that the situation is really Sc
riOus. and entrcuted the government to
change its present policy, and. if nee
essary, 10 put more men in the field,
claiming that the revolution is amt.
hilating the commerce. and industries
of the island.
With the exception Of Il lively skirm.
ish between the forces under Gen.
LuQur and the insurgents in Pinar del
Rio. there is no notable engagement
reported to-day. Gen. Gomez is said to
have Camped last night at Il point near
Guanajay, between GuayaDcl and San
DimaS, and seems to have evaded his
pursuers, as nothing is said Of any fur
Their losses inflicted upon him.
Gen. Luque received intelligence OF
their movements and set out to inter.
cept the inSurgent march. He marched
toward A~ngOOstura, south of San Girls.
t0bal, near which point he met the in
surgent vanguard, which had already
left the night camp. The main force
Of the insurgents, however, had not
yet come III. Twelve scouts were cap.
tured and Gen, LuQue thsn proceeded
forward. He reports that he surprised
the enemy in their camp. The insur-
gents. however, seem to have made a
pluCky standard the battle ragged very
t~i@rCely for two hours. The troops
tlght in high lpirItS. says the report,
Ind at the close Of thar time their
G"avy artillery fire was seconded by a
Nayonet charge, before which the in
sHrGsntS broke and "retreatCd in all
directions.' as the official report AYERS Z
Nothing has occurred to improve the
situation Of affairs in the city itself,
and the supply OF the ordinary necess.
ties OF life is becoming precariOus and
exceedingly high priced, and the out.
look for the future offers little en-.
COurageplent.
War IN CampOs.
New York. Jan. lS.-A special from
Key West, Fla, says: According to
private adviceS from Havana. there
WAS great excitement on the exchange
there yesterday "Wednesday. where
much seditious talk vas INDUCED in.
Several colonies and officers OF vOlun-
tecrs who were present made speeches
against Capt. Gen. CampOs, and a gen
eIal protest was expressed against his
military inactivity and oyer-humane
policy.
One major OF volunteers proposed
that CampOs be either forced to resign
or be lynched, and the speech was met
by cheers from various Spanish mer-
chants Of well-known principles.
The majority Of the Spanish repre-
sentatives signed a petition to close
the exchange, and many favored clos
ing the stores as a protest against
CampOs' permanence in the island.
The Spanish sentiment against him
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