The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-11

Havana. Jan. 1e-'The luu which seemed
20 have taken place in tae activities OF
the Insurgents in the past few days has
given pace once more 10 an WneN peC trd
dash on the part OF Maxine Gomez inte
the heart Of the rich t0ha eco growing ~
triet Of PinAr del Rio. Confident claims
have been made for several days past on
the part OF the authorities that the time
was fast approaching when the insurgents
were 20 pay the penalty fcF their tener-
ity. and when the spanish were TO oloSc
in upon them a. In trap and annlhilate
them. The sympathizers wlsh the in
surgents have themselves not been freq
from keen anxiety ~ the persistent stand
the leaders were making on the northern
coast or Pinar del Rio and almost up 10
the outskirts 81 Havana NseIf while the
continued activity OF the Spanish generals
was disposlng about them a force OF
troops that seemed likely 10 hem them in
ann cut them of.
The news oabled last evening that CO.
me- had passed Alquizar ana Guiramelna,
in the Havana nruvince, was received
with relief by the friends OF the iusur-
gents. though the direction he had taken
beyond that was not known. bat II was
generally supposed he was bent upon
retreat into the eastern provinces. g,ad TO
escape the trap set for him. Ii Is now evl-
dent he was mercy saaking pfetense at
retreat to misisad his enemy, and that
meantime No has ence more counter
marched. like fox doubling upon It's own
trucks, and tonight he has nearly his
who.e effective force In the tobacco dis
trct in the southern part OF Pinar del Rio
ready 10 visit destruc tion upon the topaceo
erop, as he has already widely visited II
upon the sugar crop.
There are indistinct rumors here that an
Important expedition FOR tho relief ot the
Insurgents has been landed upon the
northern coast OF Pinar del Rio. The
boldness or the insurgents in remaining
upon this coast in the face OF the danger
OF being cut of has been attributed To
their expectation OF the landing OF the sA-
pedition.
The authorities have discovered evidences
Of what they consider conspiracy TO
cause an uprising in Havana and 10 hand
the city over 10 the insurgents. The con-
spiracy is believed 10 be widely ramiheds
and its discovery has caused grave uneasi-
ness in Havana, and the suspicion that the
disaffectlon is much more widely dissemi-
mated than has been admitted. Thirty per-
sons have been arrested for completely In
the plot. and eight have been imprisoned.
while AauiliRo Solano, police Inspector FOR
the port of Havana. has been relieved fron
duty.
An engagement has occurred between
the combined columns of Gen. Navarro
and Col Arizon and the hands led by Ma
Geo and Zayas, at a point between the
plantations of Ragaldo and BeEona, In the
district of Cabanas. The Spaniards, IL IL
reported. took the insurgents position.
who fed, leaving twelve killed and carry
ing of many wounded.
II is announced that i23 wounded insur-
gents who were picked UP on the battle
field OF iacsioa are now in the Spanish
hospital at san Antonio de Los Banos.
The garrison OF Hoyo Colorado. twelve
miles from Havana, consisting OF twenty
Spanish volunteers, has surrendered tn
the insurgents.
Paris. Jan. ia decree has been gazet-
ted prohibiting the export from France or
French colonies OF @afiike munitions In
tended for Cuba.