Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-31
MACEO IN STRAITS
Short, Il 70 Stated, Of Ammuni.
ton and Provisions.
FILLING HIS HORSES FOR FOOD.

0oanss Said 20 Have Gotten Threuxh the
eeanish Gordon Between Himself saa
HIS Comrads-wiSe Of . Cuban Leader
cspeured n ths Rsnks-spa.ish Msvs-
vePar Opinion q the Senate Rssolutssu
On Cube-situation on the Isla,d.
HAVANA, Jan. 8l.-General Marin, the
captain general pro TOM. with the head
quarters stan, has left for the field in or.
der to take charge Of the operations against
the insurgents General Suarex valdes
has been appointed acting captain general
In the absence of General Marin. Reports
In circulation here are to the effect that
Antonio Maceo isin sore straits, hts follow.
ing bcing short Of both ammunition and
provisions and being obliged1to slaughter
their own horses to eat. These reports ara
not to be traced to any very authoritative
source and in part are based upon sur
mise. There ID no doubt that Gomez 10
making strenuous efforts to open . way
through tho military line along tho rail-
road from Havana to Batabano, and It ID
said that Maceo has sent several ennis
sarles to Comes appealing urgently to
Comes Outgeuerals the Spanish.
In response to this appeal Gomez has sue
cceded in passing the military line. but the
authorities claim that he has not been able
10 keep any line Of retreat open for himself
Be that a. It may, he IL making progress
westward either with the purpose of join
ing Maceo or Of creating diversion in the
north and drawing of the forces in pur-
suit Of Maceo while that leader works his
way eastward in tho south. Tho latter is
regarded rs the more probable course by
observers here, as Gomez has been re-
ported as passing Banes and as having
proceeded towards Cabanas along tho
northern coast. The Spanish authorities
arc claiming that If Gomez has in reality
set out for the west, and is not merely
planning countermarch back towards
Havana province his position will soon be
badly compromised.
Capture Of An Armed Woman,
But these claims have been made be.
fore, and the fact remains that Gomez is
apparently In o way to succeed in his i'm
with Maceo or Of affording him relief
Three companies Of the Las Navas battal-
ion, Of tho column of General Cooley, had
. skirmish in Voladura, Santa Clara
province, with . group of insurgents and
captured woman armed with revolver,
who turned out to be the wife Of the lead
or Aragon. Some time afterward, the
same day, the same column disbanded q
group Of forty insurgents, capturing some
horses.
Protest Of the Spanish Editors.
LONDON, Jan. 3l.-A dispatch to The
Standard from Madrid says: Tho papers
here protest theoretically against tho
United States senate committees atti-
tude on the Cuban question. They de-
clare that the insurgents have fulfilled
none Of the requisites Of international
law or usage for the recognition of bellig.
crency. The government organs, with o
view to pacifying the public irritation,
point out that President Cleveland, his
ministers and the federal authorities SO
far have preserved perfectly correct and
friendly attitude towards Spain, contrast
Ing strongly with the popular sympathy
and assistance the insurgents have OBJ.
tained from the American people.