St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-06
IN THE LAST DITCH
THE SPANIARDs HAVE BEEN CON-
PLETELY OUTGENERALED
IN CUBA.
cooPED UP IN HAVANA.
WHILE THE INSURGENTS ARE
MASTERS OF THE ISL
AND.
His Evident Intention Being to
Completely Surround the
City.

His Evident Intention Being to
Completely Surround the
City.
| HAVANA, Jan. Havana has
| spent a day of nervousness and anx-
| iety, and has been in hourly appre-
| hension Of an attack by the insurgent
army or part of it. Yesterday the
| bands commanded by Nunez and Ber-
mudez were seen at Managua, a vii
lage not more than twelve miles from
| Havana. It must not be supposed
| that the city is open to the advance
! Of the insurgents, or that there are
none within It's borders to offer re-
sistance. There has been no overt act
! Of defiance Of the authorities within
| the city, and there have been numer
Gus voluntary offers to bear arms in
defense of the city-thousands of them,
! the authorities say. But there has been
comfortable conviction in the minds
! Of the residents OF Havana from the
beginning Of the instruction that they
were in no real danger Of molestation
from the insurgents. Many hundreds
of non-combatant inhabitants OF the
island have come to Havana to await
the passing Of the storm. Still more
have sent their wives and families here
as a safe refuge. This class OF the
population LIS in a state Of utter con-
sternation and dismay, and spreads
an infectious spirit Of panic through
all other circles.
The authorities no longer make the
slightest concealment of the serious
view they take Of the situation, and
there are some who do not hesitate to
rail at the Spanish generals and the
troops and make bitter criticisms of
them. There has been great fear that
the light and water supply of the city
would be cut off by "a sudden raid Of
the insursent forces. The idea of the
city being left in total darkness for
the unseen working of plots and sedi-
tons is itself enough to
WORK A PANIC
in the nervous condition Of the public
mind Special preparations for the de-
tense of the works that supply these
have been made, and artillery has been
placed to command them against all
probable source Of attack, All possible
recruits have been enlisted for the de-
Tense Of the city, and the available
ground about the city has been filed
with batteries of artillery, which are
manned night and day,
Ihe Spanish authorities have MAIN
tanned Gordon Of military forces run
ming from Havana to the town of Bata-
paho, On the south coast, since the in
Yaslon OF Matanzas province by the in
surgents, beyond which they hoped to
prevent the advance of the DESTROYING
columns Of their enemies. This Gordon
mas proven no more effective than was
the line laid to keep the rebels out of
santa Clara province. This line was
broken yesterday by the forces under
Gomez, and the main body of the in
sufgents today passed into the province
OF Flnaf Gel lilo and are now overrun-
nlng thaI province With fire and the
SWORD, The passage was effected near
Bataban6 at PoZo Redonde and Gomez
burned tbs village of Gabriel on the
way and partially destroyed the town
OF Gulra Melena and of Alquizar, The
work or destruction in Havana province
has been as complete as was that in
Matanzas and the sugar lands of Pinar
Gel Rio are fast being put into the same
desolate condition,
Inc proclamation Of Gen. Campos to
the ERECT that all horses in the isIa
are to be held subject to requisition by
the Spanish authorities has little effect.
beyond being a confession that the
Spanish forces are badly handicapped
practically helpless against the cayal-
ry forces Of the insurgents.
In erect, the whole Island Of Cuba.
OUTSIDE or the city Of Havana, is now
IN THE ENEMY's HANDS.
They have not annihilated the forces
| nor have they routed the whole army
IN any single pitched battle, yet the
situation Is completely in their hands.
ana so completely have they out-gener-
aled the Spanish that, to all appear-
ahces, Campo's army might as well be
In Spain for any check it puts upon the
movements of Maxine Gomez's army.
Inc latter'S progress has been accom-
panied with continual acceSsions to his
FORCES by volunteers and he has cap
tured enough horses, rifles and artil-
lery to add immensely to the effective
strength Of his men. He has practi-
cally carried his base Of operations
with him and has usually counter
marched over different route from
that OF his advance, apparently count
ing with confidence upon living upon
the country as he went.
There Is little doubt really felt here
that he will get as much or more SYM
pathy in Pinar del Rio than he did in
Santa Clara and Matanzas, and the
general fear here is now that, after
sweeping over Pinar del Rio. he will
SOAiAS
operating in an attack with the forces
of the insurgents which have been east
OF Havana for several days past The
advance guard of Gomez beyond Bata-
bano has cut the line Of telegraph and
cable communication with the eastern
part Of the island upon which Campos
principally relied for directing his
forces in Santiago de Cuba, Puerto
Principe and Santa Clara.
TAMPA, Fla, Jan. 5.-An American
passenger arriving from Cuba tonight
reports that the Cubans are within
seventeen miles Of Havana Accord
ing to his statement, Gomez has $4,000
men. Gen. Campos has issued mani
festo to his officers, urging a strict
obedience to his orders, and threat
ening those disobedient to dishonora-
BILE return to Spain in forty-eight
hours. The insurgents burned Quivi-
can, San Felipi, Duran, Meleno, Del
Sur and Guara on Friday night. These
places are twenty miles from Havana.
The Man at the Other End.
Pittsburg Post.
The Democrats Of the house and sem
ate will be unanimous in opposing the
tariff scheme Speaker Reed is thrustiner