Evening journal., 1896-06-29
DYNAMITE FOR HAVANA.
The Insurgents Serve Notice on
Families to Leave.
TO DESTROY THE CITY IF MUST BIZ.

Recent Explosions Testify That II Is No
Vain Threat Of the Patriots Terry, the
millionaire Sugar Planter. Now FOR In-
dependence.
NKw YORK, June 2o.-General Bradley
T johnson, The Journals correspondent
in Cuba, sends the following from Haya-
ma. via Key West:
The revoutl0nists have formally served
notice on the people OF Havana that plans
have been completed aud will be carried
into execution this summer to wipe out
syery yestige OF the city by means Of dy-
Mantle, II II be necessary to 90 TO that ex-
IRENE 70 drive Spain on tho Island.
Copies OF the circular conveying this an
nouncement have been left at tho houses
OF all the well TO do people Of the city. A
copy was handed TO me. II Is entitled
Dynamite Circular TO Cuban Families
and reads as follows:
"The summer campaign Is to be sup
ported In tho large towns by tho revolu-
tionists residing therein, and TO this end
terrible means must be resorted to-tho
employment OF dynamite.
"Th0 inhabitants Of Havana are fully
aware that the announcement Of this plan
is no vain throat, as tho pinns agreed upon
for the explosion have already begun TO
materializo. The odinoes doomed to DO
blown up have been solectod and one aft
or the other shall fall.
"Tho revolutionist party cannot re-
trace It's stops and II Il Is necessary Co to-
tally destroy the city OF Havana for the
purpose Of expelling sSpain It shall be do
stroyod Therefore our oompatrlots' fain-
iles must become fully aware as 20 tho
Importance OF hurriedly abandoning the
country, and to those who cannot we
charge them TO be ever on the alert and
employ the constant and ipdefatgablo Wig
ilnnce proper TO those who nnd themselves
noxt to mine loaded TO the utmost.
Ono needs only 20 recall tho recent dy-
Mantle explosion, that nearly completely
wrecked the aqueduct and inenaoed Haya-
mas wator supply, to heed the warning
contained In the circular that II Is no
.vain threat" II hns occasioned uneasi-
ness that bids fair 90 develop into panic
on the next demonstration Of tho nature
that the circular describes.
Terry Turns Revoiutlonist.
Great excitement has boen oreated hero
I'm political circles by the announced
chanAe OF front OF Senator Eliseo Giberga,
inst elected by the university TO tho cortes
nj the last election In Cuba, and Emilio
Terry. former Cuban deputy. Ia letters
received in the last few days Senator CT
berga and ox-Deputy Terry who reside in
Paris, announce TO thor friends hore that
they are satisfied that nothing is TO be OK
neoted from spain, and that therefore
heneeforward thoy will work for the indo-
pendenoe of Cuba They are men of great
Influenza Terry Is one OF the largest
sugar planters IN Cuba and is immensely
wealthy. This accession TO the party OF
sepnsntiOn Is great increase OF strength
aud influence TO It.
was asked when In Matanzas few
da,s aRo by a Spanish official why Ameri-
oan correspondents did not write up tho
barhaflties committed by thu insurgents
as well as those committed by the span
iards. about that tiino my attontion was
called TO the report OF a combat In which
25 volunteers hud boon surprised by insur-
gents. Seven of them were killed., throo
wounded and three, including the COM
naudlng oiiicor, taken prisoners.
The fight occurred noar Cardenas on
June l. Tho detachment Of volunteers
had left tho Prooioso plantations to escort
three soldiers who had boon summoned to
go 20 Card0nas To the boat landing at
RiRuapa After the soldiers had embark
ed the volunteers started to return to- Pre-,
oioso, but before going far the insurgents
fell upon thcm Only 2 Of the 2o span
iards succeeded Ia getting safely back to
the estnto whence they had como. An
alarm was Immediately sent to Cardonas,
aud a column u regular troops came &
the resoro, but only 10 pick up the suven
doad and two wounded OF the volunteers.