The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-04
more Spanish CRUELTY
Cuban Laborers at JnruagaNines Are
Tortured BY Soldiers.
NINTH EXPEDITION TO SAIL
Another Lot of Troops Will Embark from
Spain for Cuba on Feb. l2-Agitnt'
ing the Question of Bel
Iigcrant Rights.
Correspondence of the United Press.

1ampa, Fid.. Feb. IA noIflDie tfliiic
was perpetrated on the estate of the
Juruaga Iron Mining company on the
10th inst. Three Spanish soldiers,
armed with guns, left the village Fir
mosea to ask aims and were met by a
party of rebels who killed the soldiers
with machetes, taking their guns and
ammunition. As soon as this was
known the chief of the Spanish
forces of that place ordered the inn
prisonment of all the Cuhans working
in the Juruaga mines. The order was
obeyed, but of the entire force of Gu
ban laborers i'm the mines. the Span
iards could catch only eighteen or
twenty as the others ran away and
Joined the insurgents. The unfOrtu-
nate prisoners after having been bar
barously beaten. We're hanged. some
by the neck and others by the feet. and
tortured until some of them died. A
few escaped. but they were in a terrible
state. The survivors have been brought
to this city and are in Jail. twelve i'm
number.
Madrid. Feb. 3.-The ninth expedi-
tion sent from Spain to Cuba will sail
from Cadiz. Barcelona and Corunna
on February - This expedition COM
prises 1866 troops.
New York. Feb. 3-Senor Thomas
Estrada Palma, the delegate to this
country from the Cuban revolutionists.
left this morning for Washington. His
mission to the capital is for the pur-
pose of agitating the granting Of bel
ligerent rights to the Cuban insur-
gents.
breaking Through the Lines.
Havana. Feb. T. via TAMPA. Fla,
Feb. 3.-GomeZ has crossed the stra-
teric line, or trocha. between Havana
i IN.l tx..i. Ii.
He had no serious difficulty either time.
although the wall Of men is the strong
est one ever s.read across the island
by Spain. Troops have been drawn
from all parts of the island to make II
invunerablc. and several thousand
volunteers have been added to the force
of regulars along the line. With all
these preparations and the building of
block houses of wood and stone, the
throwing Of earthworks and the trans
forming of railroad stations. churches
and dwellings, into forts, the daring
rough-riders of Gomez push through
the lines, leaving at each dash q few
dead and wounded Spaniards to mark
their passage. Every time the lire is
crossed the authorities of the palace.
who sift all news published here or
cabled direct, eliminate all reference to
the crossing, and state i'm official re-
The hosDitals are fun of wounded
soldiers. and thousands have died on
the field. DESPITE tie light losses given
in the Spanish reports. Twice each
day the government issues official re-
ports to the local papers and to the for
eign correspondents. The press censor
hands them out and all news published
here or cabled abroad must conform to
these reports. Similar reports are
cabled to the Spanish minister at Wash
ington. London and Paris.
Martinez Camoos said that these re-
ports were ludicrOus, every press CEN
sor who has held the post has said that
they are absurd, no intelligent Ameri-
can has any faith in them. but forsooth
the correspondents are compelled to
send these misleading reports or give
up the use of the cables.
General Marin Is now a. Quivical.
eighteen miles south of Havana. He
missed his great opportunity of pen
ming both Gomez and Maceo in Pinar
Del Rio province by starting one day
late. Now he has Gomez on one side
of the line and Maceo on the other. and
will try to prevent their meeting.
While practically all the Spanish
forces which can be spared from guard
ing the cities are concentrated about
the strategic line i'm an effort To main
tain It's impregnability, the various
bands of insurgents roam at will in all
the provinces of Cuba They have had
daily encounters with Spanish trops
and continue gaining in strength.
Pinar Del Rio. Maceo is racing to
tn. Havana border after triiimphal
and has turned away thou
sands who wished to join his army.
The few Spanish troops in the province
had succeeded in holding the capital
city and Coloma. its port, but every
other town has been entered and occu-
pied by Maceo in Havana province.
Americans Are insasy.
American residents are becoming
alarmed as to their safety in case the
report of the committee on foreign ar
fairs becomes law. The news of the
action of the committee caused many
bitter utterances in the local papers
AGAINST Americans. The feeling against
Americans has been fed by newspaper
editorials and public utterances OF rab-
jd Spanish office holders. To the effect
that the United States is to blame for
al! the trouble that has came upon
Spain. The feeling has been intensi-
fled since the recall of Campos. and
American citizens who are merchants
and business men, professional men
and who are permanent residents here
are. very much worked up over the out
look. They would feel much more Sc
cure If one of Uncle Sans warships
WAS anchored i'm the harbur. Already
reports of severe measures against Sus-
poets are coming in. The intense span
ish hatred for Cubans which led to nor
rible atrocities in the last war is begin
ming to manifest itself. only the other
day at Hoyo Colorado. a little town.
eighteen miles southwest OF Havana, Il
Cuban named De Venatio Suraez. who
had been arrested on suspicion. was
shot dead by his guards. a list con-
tanning 100 names of suspects was made
up and. presented to the commander of
the volunteers in the town. Most of
the list fed to- this city but others Were
arrested one of them was the unfor-
tunate SuraeZ.
Excuse for Murder
The guard who were Spanish volun-
teers make the following report:
Suraez was arrested and while being
taken by four guards through the main
streets of Hoyo Colorado asked to be per-
mitted to step into the house of his
mother which they We're passing. THE
guards say that he closed the door
and fastened ii after entering and then
escaped from rear door. They saw
him running among some banana trees
and fired at him. The ball penetrated
the shoulder and came out at the
breast. The Cuban version Of the af-
fair Is that the man was killed in cold
blood.
In the old war of 1861 49,. it was said
to be common practice to take a pris-
oner to the outskirts of a town. give
him a tip that he could escape. and
then shoot him down as he ran. Re-
ports of arrests are made daily but no
further mention of trial or release or
execution of prisoners is made. In
some cases the persons arrested are
members of prominent families and po-
litical influence Is used to save them.