Birmingham state herald., 1896-12-03
LATEST NEWS FROM CUBA Reliable Information Gives the
 True Status. HAVANA ALIVE WITH SPIES Who Report to Maceo Every Movement of
 Captaia-GeneraI Weyer. AMERICANS ARE DOING GOOD WORK For the Cause in the Insurgent Army Havana Bankers Willing to Aid
 With Money to Buy Arms
 and Ammunition.
ARE DOING GOOD WORK

New York, Dec. 2.-The Ward line steamship Yumuri, recently up from Ha- vana, brought news of the revolution which has greatly encouraged the Gu bans in this city. The Yumuri was in the harbor of Havana on the day of the sec ond departure of .Capt.-Gen Weyler in quest of Maceo. .
 A Cuban who had escaped to Mexico was one of the first cabin passengers. He came on secret mission to the junta and traveled under an assumed name. He said this morning that when the Yu- muri left Havana everything was in con- fusion in the city. Soldiers were tramp ing through the streets and officers were dashing about with riders. The most rigid watch was kept on persons leaving the city for fear of the movements of the Spanish army reaching the insurgents. All of the efforts of the Spanish to pre- vent this informat ton from reaching the Cubans, however, were futile, he said. The Cubans knew Weyler's every move. They had spies all through the city and the Spaniards had no means of detecting them. These spies were in constant com munication with the armies Of Gmez and Maceo. t'- '+
 Business in Havana was at standstill when the Yumuri sailed. The stores were shut up and scarcely anybody ex- cept Spanish soldiers were to be seen in the streets. Persons suspected of insur- rectionary leanings were watched by spies and were in constant danger or De- ing thrown into prison.
 In a letter to Cuban in New York, which escaped the Spanish censors is the statement that a number Of Havana bankers who have hitherto held aioof from the revolution have sent word to Gomez and Maceo that they would let he, bo tya bl1V arms With 1T they would hurry the war to conclu- sion Those bankers, it Is said, are very much annoyed at Weyler's mismanage- ment of affairs and in consequence their business has been seriously impaired.
 Austin Aguero, who left this city on one of the recent expeditions. has writ ten an account of Weyler's recent defeat in Pinar del Rio to friends here. Aguero is in Maceos cavalry and took part Tn the battle in the Rubi hills. He pays high tribute to the skill or the young American electrician Linn.
 Aguero says that there are number or Texas cowboys who have seen service m the ranger corps on the Rio Grande Witn Maceo's cavalry. They have proved themselves to be very daring soldiers, all ways ready for any service that required physical endurance and desperate enter prise. Since the defeat of Weyler, Ma ceo's soldiers see very little or the span ish soIdiery in Pinar del Rio. They do not venture from thelr strohghoius eA- cept in large bodies. .
 The cubans are always. on the alert ds ri and when they catch small detached bodies they invariably destroy them. A great many of the Spaniards captured have joined the revolution. They say that Spain's commissariat has been so frightfully mismanaged that half the time they did not get enough to eat. The Spaniards cannot get anything by forag- ing, because they are afraid to forage.
 The cubans on the other p1aa hand ar, are 1ly, Po are thoroughly patriotic, and the atro-- cities of the spaniards s have n,t.b aroTsea rhea voluntarily contribute to the support of the Cuban soldiers.
 Havana, Dec.l 2.-A, party of rebels made an attack yesterday afternoon on the town of Guanabacoa in the province of Havana near this city. The fire of the attacking party was returned by the garrison and the rebels were repulsed Before retiring the rebels set fire to a house which was destroyed. The rebels left one man dead on the field and the T 4<x,A ,,oxT