The morning times., 1896-02-03
SOUTH AMERICAN ARMS
Spain Says Cuba Is Receiving
Aid From That Continent.
MARIN'S LINES STRONGER
He Is Making Desperate Efforts Pre-
uaratory to the Threatened Meet
Ing with Gomez-Cuban Account
of Battle of Several Days Ago
Shows Startling Misrepresentation
Iy Cable to The Times. }

tbN tHDIS 10 Inc ultS.l
Copyright by James Gordon Bennett.l
Havana. Cuba, Feb 2.-santiago De
Cuba adyices report the arrest at Duragua
of several employees of an American iron
mine, charged with having assassinated
three Spanish soldiers.
One Havana firm yesterday sent more
than one mil.ion dollars in Spanish gold from
the island for deposit in New York banks.
The Madrid press declares that the
Cuban insurgents are obtaining arms and
munitions from South American ports, also
from Hamburg and Manchester.
Shipments from the latter ports are sent
in transit through the United States dis
guised as merchandise.
MARIN RETURNS.
Gen. Marin, with / 200 cavalry under
Col. Rutz, and an equal number of in
fantry under Col. Gaibis, reached here to-
day from Quivacan, being reinforced short
ly after his arrival By Cornells brigade.
Col. Macon with more troops is expected
momentarily.
Quvacan presented n sad aspect. When
Gen. Marin's forces entered the town every
house was found closed. The residents were
notably uncommunicative, and the fact
called forth Significant comments.
The march thence to Guira was without
incident, though rebel scouts were sighted
ard shots exchanged at various points at
long range. The people of Guira, despite
their abject poverty and sufferiDgs in
the recent rebel raids, gave Gen. Marin's
forces as hospitable a reception as their
scant means would permit.
Rebel camp fires can be seen from the
town, ana Gomez is reported to have been
this morning at the Guayraho plantation,
half q league away, with the bulk of his
Immediate command. An employe of the
estate tells me that the rebel chief, when
he saw him, was eating an orange in ap-
parent good health.
CHICKEN-POX EPIDEMIC.
Many of his men, however. were suffer
ing from chiclsen-pux, and many wounded
accompanied the column.
a small rebel detachment rode into town
just previous 10 Gen. Marins entry. TO
obtain medicines from drug store. Owing
to the reticenee or the country people. who
refuse to give the Spanish columns any in
formation, further details about the force
Were unobtalnable- Several persons have
been detained by Gen. Marin as suspects.
sharp skirtnish has just occurred in
the suburbs. Two hundred or more auda-
Cious insurgents were dispersed by the gov
ernnenJ ca ayalry, Gcn. Marin awaits ad-
ditional reinfoTcements 10 begin energetic
operations.
No official details are reported OF the
fight between General Canella and Maceo
near Guanajay. Marin's plan, apparently,
is to prevent the consolidation OF rebel
forces and keep Maceo and Gomez from
uniting in the vicinity of Guanajay.
Maceo was last reported as between
Hoyo Colorado and Mariel.
Havana, Feb. 2-Gen. sabas Marin. the
acting captain general, who has taken the
| field in person against the rebels, is direct
ng active operations with view to fore
ing Antonio MaCeo, who is said to be on
the eastern boundary of Pinar Del Rio, to q
| decisive engagement.
Yesterday Gen. Marin was at Guira de
Melena, and today he was at Quivican
province of Havana.
strong force is proceeding against
| Gomez the rebel commander-in-chief. who
was last reported to be east of Quivican
near the center OF the province Of Havana.
Several engagements between the troops
] and rebel bands have taken p ace recently,
| but no details are obtainabie. \ freight
| train, consisting Of thirty cars was stopped
| by insurgents yesterday at Poso Redondo
Il few miles south of San Felipe, on the
| Havana and Batabano Railway.
| Troops have been sent in pursuit OF the
rebels, who stopped The train by remov
ing rails. The engine was badly damaged
| 1t is not known whether the rebels made
way with any of the freight or not, but it
| is supposed that they did.
STRENGTHENING THE LINES.
! The tfodha. or military line, that ha
| been established across the island with
| view to preventing Maceu from going east
! ward across the province OF Havana, ha
| been greatly strengthened, and the authUri
| ties here believe that if Gomez is to the cas-
| of the line and MaCeU to the west, that Gen
| Marin will be able TO prevent junction o
their forces, and to defeat each of the rebe
| commanders separately.
From Cienfuegos comes news of insuTgen
doings in the province OF Santa Clara. Bus
ness is at a standstill in all cities, raj
| roads operate only when trains are guarde
| by detachments of troops.
The grinding of sugar cane on all bu
one of the vast estates in that region ha
been stopped, and the will OF the insurgen
| is law.
An American mining Inspector, who ha
| quantity of ore which he wished to Shi
to New York for assay, was told that hi
people would be shot if they attempted t
haul the ore to the railroad.
One lumber merchant who sent out
load of lumber after receiving a simila
warning bad his driver shot.
Mills that had prepared to grind suga
We're threatened with destruction IL Gomez
| order was diSODeyed. ON the other hanC
the government talked about removing
the small detacbmentS of troops distrit
uted among the plantations unless the latte
begun grinding. The owners of the estate
are between the devil and the deep sea.
The true story of what happened whe
the insurgents entered Sabania has neve
been told, owing to interference of tn
Spanish authorities at Havana. 1t is a
follows:
THE TRUE STORY.
Sabanilla, an important railroad tow
in MatanZas province, was entered
about 400 insurgents under Eduardo Garci
at $50 q. M, January %. The main bod
of insurgents, numbering over /, ,00t
camped on the outskirts of the towr
Garcia, the leader belongs to one of tn
best families Of MatanZas, and many
his followers had friends and relatives i
Sabanilla.
Fifty regulars under Capt. Juan Gala
and ten guardia ciyiles shut themseiyt
up in the barracks, and after being warne
by Garcia's men they refrained from fl
; ingupon the invaders. A numbcrOf SpaDis
volunteers fired upon the rebels from IL
church, which had been transformed int
fort. The rebels returned the fire, KILN
three volunteers and wounding two civ
guards.
One insurgent was wounded by she
from the church tower. He was taken o,
of town on horseback and is said to !
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