The Washington bee., 1896-01-11
HAVANA IS NERVOUS.
CUBANs ATTACK AND BURN THE
TOWNS OF GABRIEL AND GUIRA.

| Telegraph Wires Cut and Tracks Torn Up
! West or salud, Fourteen Miles from
Been Wiped Out.
| Havana, Cuba, Jan. 6.-The insur-
towns of Gabriel. Guira and Artemisia,
| gents have attacked and burned the
| stations On the Western Railway
which runs from Havana to Pinar del
Rio. Gabriel and Guira are in Havana
| Province. Artemisia is in Pinar dei
| Rio Province. The telegraph operator
| 1t the central station Of the Western
| Hallway learned at p. NJ. Saturday
| mat communication by wire beyond
| The town of Salud had been cut. Salud
| IS point on the line fourteen miles
southwest of Havana. Word was 1e-
:eived from Salud at p. NJ. that there
Vas no means OF reaching Gabriel,
town of $500 inhabitants, five miles
west Of Salud. Not only We're all wires
down. but the railway track had been
-orn up The railway superintendent
despatched a construction train from
fiavana, but it got no further than Sa-
iud. 1t returned, bringing Intelligence
of Gabriel had been burned. including
all the railway property. The West
ern Railway is owned by an English
corporation with headquarters in Lon
don. The town of Guira, five miles be-
,-cnd Gabriel, a place of 4,500 popula-
lion, was totally burned last night
The press censorship is absolute.
The Diaria de la Marina contains no
news to-day. 1t has an editorial coun-
selling serenity, even if Gomez and
Maceo are near. 1t says the worst
thing that could happen would be for
me insurgents to return to Santa
Clara Province because the natural
conditions of the country make it easy
to pursue them hereabouts and compel
a decisive battle.
A Madrid despatch states that Pre-
mier Canovas said Saturday that his
Government only thought of sending
men and supplies to Cuba.
Gen. CampoS is still in Havana
WILLIAM SHAW BOWEN.
Tampa Bay, Jan. 6.-Americans pas
sengers from Cuba last night report
that there was great excitement in
Havana yesterday.
The insurgents burned Friday night
the towns Of Duran, San Felipe, Melena
del Sur and Guara, in Havana province
and twenty miles from Havana The
insurgents were seventeen miles from
Havana, and Gomez was said to have
4,G00 men.
In commenting on the situation the
latest Spanish papers received say the
insurgents are practically rapping
upon the front doors of Havana resi-
dences with TIE hilts of their mache-
tes." CampCs threatens all officers who |
disobey LIS orders with dishonorabIe |
banishrlent to Spain
Tho Cuban leaders here scarcely be- |
lieTe any attack will be made upon |
havana this winter, as they have no |
war vessels to properly protect it if |
they were to occupy that city. The |
Spanish navy could lombard it or any |
other seaport they might capture. Next |
summer, when Spain is weary of the |
struggle and the insurgents are strong
er they may attempt such steps
Forty Cubans, in charge OF man
who called himself Martinez Salow, en-
gagged rooms last Wednesday in Nc
Ardle's lodging-ho on Exchange
place, Jersey City. Twenty-Five left
Thursday afternoon, and the rest went |
away Saturday.
From their conversation it is inferred
that they are going to Cuba to JON.
the insurgents. One told the night
clerk that several of the party had been
to Cuba. but were forced to leave.
It is reported that recruiting head
quarters will be opened in Jersey City.