The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-14
HANSOF THE CUBANS
TO Wage Vigorous War During
the Rainy Season.
ARMIES NOW BEING RECRUITED.
oomex and Macco Take Rifles Prom
vosunteer~-M sceo Eniisfing the
Negroes OF Pfnar del RIO.
Havana Letter In View York sun.

Havana Letter IN New York San.
Reports have been received from santa
Clara saying that Ges. Maxine Gomez re-
Gently entered that city IN the night with
g09 rnen. The volunteers surrendered
stvsnx gp all the arms and ammunition In
<he city. Gomez captured 10000 rounds OF
ammunltion-
The clerk or secretary OF the municipal
ny Of Batabano. province Of Havana. Is
IL this city. Speaking about the insur-
Rsnts entering and burning that place. be
eaid: The insurgents crepf IN the night
bssween the forts thai guard the entrances
% the town, and when a large number
we're In the town they made an assault on
the church where the volunteers were, and
1T FIRE TO houses In the town The right
sned people ran about yelling and scream
ing, the insurgents adding 20 the din and
uproar by shouting Al mache.e. al ma
ckete. The volunteers. numbering only
thirty. were scared and gave Up the arms
and ammunition In the church. The In
surxsnts took pains to destroy all ceduias.
/ Wzs frightened. ran into the swamp, and
remained until II was safe 70 come out.
took the first train for Havana. ard will
rot go TO Batabano again. The regular
Spanish troops are good soldiers. bur the
country volunteers are worse than moth
ing and II the insurgents had a stuff cient
supply Of cannon they would sweep every
thing before them" This Statement. comes
from a Spanish official. ard was made TO
PERSONAL friends. II probably illustrates
ne manner in which Gomez entered Santa
Clara Gomez IL now reported to be
marching 70 Puerto Principe. the capital
Of the province OF Puerto Principe, and a
plsce OF over sl.0tS Inhabitants. The CEN
cor does not allow any information to be
dren out regarding the movements of
either Gomez or Maeeo.
Gen Maceo f. reported TO have taken the
city OF Pinar del Rio and burned a Dor
don Of II, including the gas works. He
probably destroyed the gas works so that
he could enter the town under cover OF
darkness He IL quoted as saying thai
be intends 10 march east. enter every In
land town, and capture the arms and am
munition. II the plan OF the insurgents
Is to enter every town In the night in the
manner before Indicated. weyIer's order
prohibiting the sale OF petroleum will as
sist them greatly. because all the small
places are now In darkness owing TO their
being unable to procure petroleum.
Just how Maceo proposes to take all the
ammunition In the possession OF the vol
untesrs has not been announced The
Spanish say there are now nine columns
Of Spanish troops in the province OF pinar
Del Rio. aggregating 1900 men. and more
coming II would seem as though this
force might be some obstacle to Maceo's
operations. Most OF the force. however
Il detailed to form an impossible trocha.
. wall Of men from Mariel on the north
TO Natana on the south. distance of
svsnty-three miles. TO ~---srt Maceo's
escape from the province OF Pinar del Rio.
Up 70 the present time the Insurgents
have crossed these trcchas whenever they
have desired without giving battle.
The eclored men of the provinces Of Ha-
vana and Pinar del Rio have not enlisted
~ generally IN the army of the insurgents
~ they have In the east. That is one rea-
son why Naceo brought Quintin Bandera
with him. ard why Pedro Dias was ap-
pointed military governor of the ives stern
district OF Havana. They wish 20 attract
al the colored men they can. They are
especially serviceabie because they are
tough. hardy men. and can withstand all
the Injurious effects of the climate and
endure an endless amount OF heat and
hsigue. They are expert horsemen. and
81 WELD the machete with terrible effect