The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-07
Spanish ARREST WOMEN
Not Satisfied with Imprisoning Men
They humiliate Ladies.
CONVICT SOLDIERS RETURNED
The Jail Birds Sent Over from Spain
DO Not Make Good Fighters.
Progress Of tho Insurgents.
Property Destroyed.

Property Destroyed.
Santiago lie Cuba. Dec &c. via Key
West. Jan. G.-The Spanish authorities
here are not satisfied with imprsoning
men. but are beginning to arrest ladies
also. ON the a4th inst. Mrs. Manueia
Cancino de Boea and Mrs. Juana Quin
tero We're brought here from ManZan-
lilo and We're taken through the streets
on foot to Jail surrounded by soldiers.
who would not allow them tn take a
coach. hoping by this to humiliate them
the more. Mrs. Beola was the principal
of u public school in Nicana jurisdiction
Of Manzanillo.
ON the steamer which sailed from this
port for Havana yesterday, the govern
ment sent back to their prisons in Spain
u brigade OF soldiers who at the begin
ming of the war We're fulfilling sentences
for different crimes. and who were or
dered to be released on condition that
they go To Cuba to fight against the in
Surgents. They say that the govern
mcnt has sent them back to prison be-
cause Il majority of them have joined
the rebels. More than 400 men have
gone tn the field from this city. Guam
tanimo and Manzanillo during the last
week. Rebel Leader Jose Macco. with
det. nine miles from this city since yes
terday 1t is said that he is there to
protect a Cuban convoy of 100000
rounds of ammunition which arrived In
an expedition lately near that place and
which is on it's way to Camaguey.
AS soon as Lieutenant General Pando
arrived at Guantanamo he began his
old method of arreSting people i'm the
middle of the night. Three or four of
and killed with machetes. ON the 10Th
inst. General Canellas entered Guiana
tanimo taking with them .i5 men who
were wounded in the battles of Ramon
De La Yugas La Tontina and Palmrrito.
Among the wounded are a commander
and guide.
Rebels Fire sugar Cane.
The few sugar estates that began to
grind in Guantanamo have been obliged
to ston. as the rebels under Peruuito
Perez set fire to the sugar cane
The Cuban government Is in Cana
gu.y at present and has ordered that all
the arms and ammunition that may
land i'm the Oriental department be sent
at once to Puerto Principe so that they
may he forwarded easily to the army in
Las Villas. They have also ordered the
rebel army in the east to keep solely on
the defensive and prevent by all means
the grinding of sugar cane, to protect
the landing of expeditions and to or
ganizo the reserve army, which must be-
ready to go to Puerto Principe when
called. ...
Havana, Jan. G.-'rhc troops that have
been ordered tn proceed east from the
province of Santa Clara in order to join
the forces i'm the provinces of Havana
and Pinar Del Rio are arriving at Bat
abano. the southern terminus Of the Ha-
vana and Batabano railroad, whence
they can he quickly transferred to Ha-
vIna or points in Pinar DeL G,io The
rebels still avoid lighting n decisive
battle with the government troops. al
ways retiring after exchanging Il few
shots with the soldiers. As these are
the tactics always followed by them II
has been thought advisable to surround
them and then 20 gradually close the
lines upon them,driving them To a stand
i'm the centre orders to this effect have
been issuel and the trors are reportcd
to be rapidly surrounding the nsur-
gents.
The trains on the railroad running
west from Havana do not 30 any
further than La Salud.
Campos Severely Criticised.
Madrid. Jan. G.-An ofiic d dispatch
received here states that the westward
march of the insurgents in Cuba has
been arrested by government troops.
The dispatch adds that General Ma
varrO has defeated the rebels. but gives
no details.
The Heraldo claims to have knowl-
edge that ii is the intention of Captain
General Campos to- resign on February
j.
The snread of the rebellion causes
great uneasiness here. In military cir
cles Marshal Camoos is severely criti-
cised. hut the cOncensus of opinion is
that the government will not remove
him from the command in Cuba.
stations Destroyed by Rebels.
Havana Jan. C.--Thc stations Of the
Ni!lanueva railroad ut Melena and
Guara a few miles Ia the westward of
the Guinos in this province. have been
destroyed by the rebels. The insur-
gents then marched on the town of san
Felipe. at the junction of the l'atabaho
and Villanueva railroads. The mayor
of the town was warned OF the approach
and gathered 200 men with whom he
Intended to defend the Gown. Maxine
Gomez. the rebel leader. sent word tn
the mayor that If the insurgents were
fired unnn he would burn the town To
the 81 und. The inhabitants begged
the Tayor to make no resistance. as
they did not want to lose their property.
and the mayor acceded tn their wishes
and notified Gomez that no defence or
the town would be made.
The latter, at head Of 1000 men. then
entered san Felipe. No damage was
done tC property.
In the zone of Quivicah. Duran and
San Felipe the rebels have DESTROYED
the sugar estates of Salvador. Julia.
san Augustin. Mercidita, Santa Teresa,
Mora and Mirosa.
A number of families fleeing from the
rebels at Melena have arrived at Jesus
Del Monte. a suburb of Havana. The
government column under the com
mand of General Surez Valdez arrived
last evening at Regela. II small town
situated across the bay from Havana.
A train on the Villaneuva railroad
which arrived here at o'clock last
evening brought a number of families
from San Felipe. Bejucal. Duran. Me-
lena and Guara. who are seeking safety
under the guns of Havana. The train
also brought a detachment troops
from the Barrito estate at Duran.
Mayor Of McIcna Killed.
Passengers from Melina state that the
rebels entered that town and made an
attack on the church establishment
The mayor tried to oppose them but was
killed.
a body of rebels also marched into
Quivican where they captured q qlian-
tity of arms and ammunition. The rail-