Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-07
GOMEZ NEAR HABANA
GOVERNMENT MILITARY POLICY.
IL Is TO Surround the Insurgents
md That Plan Is being Carrie"
Out-Mnny Sugar Plantations L"io
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HABANA, January 6.-The stauons oi
yIllanuevo and Cara, a few miles 10 '"e
westward OF Gunes, In this province
have been destroyed by the rebels. Inc
insurgents then marched on the town oi
San Feline. at the junction OF the ba,a-
pabno and Vilianuevo road. The Mayor
of the town was warned OF the'r "p-
proach and gathered 200 men, Win "hoi"
he intended to defend the place. MaN'nio
Gomez. the rebel leader. sent WORD 10
the Mayor that II the insurgents were
fred upon he would burn the town 10 'he
ground The inhabitants begged the
,,avor 70 make no resistance. as they ala
not want to lose their property anu ',''
Navor acceded to their wishes ana ho"-
fed Gomez that no defence OF the ,o"',
would be made. The latter, at the heau
-, 900 men. then entered san feHpe'
No damage was done to property.
I, the zone of Quivicah. Duran, ana Fan
r-otin. the rebels have destroyer ."e
sugar estates Of Salvador, Juiia, san 80
s,,stin Mercedita, Santa Teresa MORA
and Mirosa. ,,-,.e
REFUGEES.
number Of families heeing lion, -
rebeIs AT Melena have arrived at 'eou'
deI Monte. a suburb of Habana. Inc sos
eminent column, under the confhshu ..
General Suerrez Valdosta, arri'eu ias1
evening at Regatta, a smail TOW" si'"A'
across the bay from Habaha' -,
train on the yillanueva railroad
which arrived here at 3 o'clock last eve
n,ny brought a number of families from
san Feline. Bejuel, Durana, Melel' anu
pada who are seeking safety under tne
Guns of Habana The train also prougn,
n detachment OF troops from the bd'l'o
estate at Duran. 49,.
Passengers from Melena state that the
rebels entered that town ana mace an
attack on the church establishments lnc
Mayor tried to oppose them' put wa
killed A body of rebels also marcheu INV
Ouiyican, where they captured quah,.F
Of arms and ammunition. At san ia
br,sI the rebels burned the town and the
| statIon of the Western Railroad COM
many The inhabitants OF the place TOOK
| refuge i'm the brush. Only three houses
in the place were left standing.
EXPLOSIONS.
netard was exploded i'm front or La
| Corona cigar-factory, In this CITY, .o-uaS.
! The explosion caused great eAci'e,hen'
I'm the vicinity, but no damage was uoie'
An iron bomb also exploded near Alvarez.
A house was damaged ana idrse "o'e
| was made in the ground.
CABLE COMMUNICATION BROKEN
NEW YORK. January 6.-The western
| Union central cable office reports coihnhu-
nication with points south OF Hapaha' wa
| Cuba. Submarine Companys cap'es, IN
terrupted. Messages can go tor"ard VI"
! Galveston, Panama, and Kingston
SURROUNDING THE REBELS.
uARANA. January 6.-The troops that
have been ordered TO proceed east from
the province of Santa Clara, In order 10
ioin the forces in the provinces or Haoaha
! and Pinar del Rio, are arriving at ba.ah-
bano. the southern terminus or the ma
bana and Batabano railroad whence they
can be quickly transferred 10 fiaoaha VI
points in Pinar del RIO.
The rebels still avoid fighting decisive
hattie with the government troops, al
WAYS retiring after exchanging a Few
shots with the soldiers. AS these are the
tactics always followed by them. 1t has
| heen thought advisable to surround them
and then to gradually close the lines upon
them. driving them TO stand In the
centre orders to this effect have been
issued and the troops are reported 10
be rapidly surrounding the insurgents.
The trains on the railroad running west
from Habana do not go any farther than
La Salud.
LADIES ARRESTED.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, December 18th,
| via KEY WEST FLA, January 6.-The
Spanish authorities here are not satisfied
| with imprisoning men, but are beginning
| to arrest ladies also. On the 2ith instant,
Mrs. Manuela Cancino de Beola and Mrs.
| Juana Quintero were brought here from
| Manzanilo, and were taken through the
streets on foot 10 Jail. surrounded by
soldiers, who would not allow them to
take coach. hoping by this TO humiliate
them the more.
Mrs. Beola was the principal Of public
school in the Nicana jurisdiction OF
Manzanillo.
On the steamer which sailed from this
port for Habana yesterday. the govern
ment sent back TO their prisons in Spain
a brigade OF soldiers. who, at the begin
! ming Of war, were serving sentence for
different crimes, and who were ordered
to be released on condition that they
come to Cuba TO fight against the in
surgents. They say the government has
sent them back TO prison because ma
jority of them have Joined the rebels.
More than 400 men have gone to the
field from this city, Guantanamo, and
Manzanillo during the last week.
MACEO IN ESCANDEL.
The rebel leader, Jose Maceo, with 1.7O(
men. has been encamped in Escandel
nine miles from this city. since yester.
day. 1t is said that he is there TO pro-
tect Cuban convoy of 10000 round:
of ammunition. which arrived with an
expedition lately landed near that place
and which is on its way to Camaguay.
AS soon as Lieutenant-General Pandrc
arrived at Guantanamo he began his old
methods of arresting people in the
middle OF the night. Three or four OF
these men were taken out of the towr
and killed with machetes.
On the 10th instant General Canella'
entered Guantanamo. taking with him
2i5 men. who were wounded i'm the bat
ties OF Ramon de la Yaguas la Ton
tina, and Palmeritos. Among the wound
ed are a commander and a guide
The few sugar estates that began t,
grind I'm Guantanamo have been obliged
to stop. as'th rebels under Periquit,
Perez set fire to the sugar-cane
The insurgent generals have ordered
that all the arms and ammunition.
that may land in the Oriental Depart
ment be sent at once to Puerto Prin
ciple. so that they may be Forwarded
to the army.
WESTWARD MARCH ARRESTED.
MADRID. January 6.-An official dis.
patch received here states that the west
ward march of the insurgents In Cuba
has been arrested by government troops
The dispatch adds that General Navarro
has defeated the rebels. but gives no de-
tails.
The Heraldo claims TO have knowledge
that II Is the intention OF Captain-Gene.
raj Campos TO resign on February 9Th