The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-20
CUBAN REPORTS CONFLICTING
UEYLER REPORTED VICTORIOUS
AND VANQUISHED.

sDonish Advices Say MnceO Is Hard
pressed and His Followers Desert
,ne Him-RumOrs AhOat at Key
west Say WeyIer Has Met With
nisaster and Is Wounded.
Madrid. Nov. 1s.--Omcial advices from
Havana say that the insurgents are rap
,5lv Incoming demoralized through want Of
provisions and their incessant pursuit by
Gen. Weyler.
Marcos forces are dwindling by reason
of continuous desertions and Maceo is
soeling to conceal himself in the province
Of Pinar del Rio
dispatch to the impartial from Havana
avs that the state of the country may be
oanged by the fact that there are no longer
env neutrality inhabitants in the districts
where military operations are proceeding.
only combatants are to be found.
Tampa, Fla, Nov. ia number Of
nrominent Cubans arrived by the olivette
from Havana this evening, and will make
their homes in Jacksonville and Ocala un-
IN the conflict ends. They declare that no
honest man, who has any respect for his
family. can live under Spanish law, as
# is administered on the island.
A prominent Cuban said, relative to the
engagement reported between Maceo and
Wevler. that important battles had been
fought. and that Weyler had been de-
feated owing to the surveillance of the
government, definite news has not been
received in this country, but that it was
trne all Cubans in Havana knew through
their official sources. He stated this in
formation could be given the American
neonle with every confidence. They
further stated that Puerto Principe Cas-
cora and Guimarao were all in the hands
of the Cubans under Calixto Garcia and
his aides. 1t is reported that Gen. Wey-
Ter is wounded, and the rumor is be-
ueved to be well founded.
Havana. Nov. ia train conveying
troops was wrecked to-day near Mangas,
by the explosion of dynamite bombs,
which had been placed in position by
rebels. Fourteen persons We're wounded.
The train was crossing a culvert when
the explosion occurred The insurgents
had placed five bombs for the purpose of
blowing up the train but one of them did
not explode 1t is said here that the reb-
els thought that Gen. Weyler was on
the train.
Madrid, Nov. 10, 10 p MA dispatch to
the Impartial from Havana says that
Captain General Weyler has reached the
town of San Cristobal, about fourteen
leagues northeast of the city of Pinar del
Rio, and about midway between that
city and Havana.
Maceo's headquarters is said to be in
the hills between San Cristobal and Caya-
bos.
Atlanta, Ca, Nov. 19-A man, who
gives his name as Carroll, representing a
western manufacturer of dynamite, pass
ed through here to-day on his way home
from Cuba. He went over on the last trip
which the filibustering tug Dauntless
made, He says that she transferred her
cargo to fishing smack not far from the
Cuban coast. Carroll went on board the
smack and was landed at a point within
sixty miles of Havana. He made his way
through the country to the capital, seeing
some Of the insurgent leaders in the in
terror
Carroll states that the insurgents have
standing offer of $1,000 for every Span
ish officer killed and 5000 for Gen. Wey-
Ter dead or alive. A company of sixty
Iexas Rangers, armed with Sharp's nee
ale rifles, carrying wind gauges and
telescope sights are in the field doing
snarpshooters' duty. Each ranger is ac-
companied by native with a field glass.
Inc natives scan the country for officers,
and wherever one is found the ranger
trles to drop him. The rifle weighs
tWenty-eight pounds, and will kill man
IVe miles away. These rewards account
Ior the high death rate among the officers.
Inc insurgents spare the Spanish COM
mon soldiers as much as possible, believ-
ing the privates have no feeling against
tnem. But the rebels have determined to
give no quarter to officers.
carroll said that he had information
that had been corroborated from another
source, that the seat of the filibustering
operations will be transferred from the
south Atlantic coast to the Gulf coast.