The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-01
lalVEz NOT FLEEING.
., Napoleon of Cuba Makes
Raids as He Pleases.
-,,ors GAINING SYMPATHY.
p,-iuc in Havana Feared by
s'1 .nfartls. and with Album
dant Reason

~ ?; The most conflicting
go ~ eir-ula don again toeay re-
~ -. raovenents o. the insurgent
pk Gems. Gomez. Maceo and
- rhe SDanisa officials continue
$50 the insuTgent forces are IN
80 fhaf the Spanish troops ara
them out ~ thE protmee Of
put the friends Of the insult.
-, ~ the fact that even the au-
~ se~e we're compelled yesterday
e.- "a admit that detaehments 1t
~ .s4se insurgents are san IN the VI
- The city % MatanZas, and they
aolng damage
go yesterday II Tas reported from
100. ofteen miles from Matanzas.
s..yrgents said TO number Z.er9 men
- -so,ing 80 that vicinity. which
- "a b. an indication o. the deter-
-, 81 the insurgeuI commanders 70
-.ss.rs Nstanzas.
ss,seg attachments or nsurgent cayal-
slso reported To have passed Mat
s.zas going from the direction north
- - Iaruco and southwark OF Guines,
.a.,ortant towns w.thin a short dis
- n Havana However. Il Is believed
- s.rxara movements are made by
ezFary only, ,. o.... -.
- that the insurgent infantry and ar
- viii follow the cavalry westward In
s,s,ss u time, and that Gomez and
-. have simply been collecting the
- SUPPLIES OF men and ammuni-
- rrsaarasory 70 a final movement UPS
usvsaa. Indeed. there arc rum0rs
-. fkaf the Insurgents have been await
=. s.,aniI.s Of ammunition. etc. which
- ngg be within their reach, and
- sfev will be "On to Havana" within
~ days.
!, Inc gpanish headquarters here the
..s9tstv Of rbe advent OF Gomez outside
ssrflaeatlons Of Havana Is secuted as
- al ahsurd.iy, and II is stlll insisted
-. he and his companions are in retreat.
w,bss 4 the case. all outward signs here
=. sssesving in the extreme. The naval
~ military authorities are exhausting ey-
- resource ID hurrying troops To the
80. ard in preparing for the defense cf
- esp.tal The police have been kept in
SAFE Of hurry and mystery for some
tns cast. and a number Of arrests Of
frsnss Of the insurgents are understood To
nave been secretly made.
7sess is no d0ubt that the authorities
ssre. ghlle expressing great confidence Of
ing able to repel an insurgent attack
ser Havana, are not quite 50 certain Of
ssiag able TO suppress a popular uprising
egalf there be an outbreak here In favor u
~ Insurgents. While the vast commercial
sisresss Of this city are mainly in the
hoas q persons who support the Span
= rse. these people do not form by any
mans a majority OF the populauo and
,asy would. IL is believed, be unable. even
sih The troops. 70 stem the current Of
so9alar sympathy with Gomez should the
inssrgebf flag be- hoisted here or appear
sssi4s Of Havana.
Tae wonderfully successful march of
o. Insurgents through the island of Cuba
"a tie utterly unsuccessful attempts
rAas by the Spanish troops to stop their
vlzrpss have won for the insurgent
zsse sympathy. II not adheTeuts. in cir
ID ard quarters hitherto entirely loyal
b SPAIN
= reported here tonight that addi-
t-sl endorsements OF troops have been
sgsni.y requested from Spain, and that
s1e d them have already started. in or
in % take part In the defense Of Havana.
- statement Is made In official quarters
Aal the Insurgents acknowledge a loss OF
asf 81 in the engagement at Calimete.
y he 18th Saturday.
ksy West. Fla Dec 3l.-An account
kas been received here of the recent Gght-
tg around Colon and the rough manner
: which the SpanIards We're handled.
SWe Of the Spanish commands were
hsarly sut 20 pieces one brigade com
fassa o. 600 men was partially destroyed.
faSbrlgade early ip the engagement be-
ome detached from Campos' main army
al tried 20 make IFS way 10 Cienfuegos.
ihe guides proved treacherous. ard led
hs Spaniards tbro sh country swarm
Hs 18th Insurgents. From every point
vantage the Insurgents poured in a
s3asTing fire upon the Spanish. ard all
@mbIance 81 discipline was lost. The
SPANISH retreat became a rout. each man
SEEKING shelter from tho bullets Of the
5aacfslesi Zoe. After four DAYS of tncred-
~ snferiEg the remnants Of the brigade
ealsed san Domingo. on the road 10
teai1tEos 90 the 2ts1 soldiers who be
; - re retreat 100 we're missing More
tanhaJf theoHicerS OF The, command were
- Missing Many of the soldiers and
sFrs had 1erished hv insurgcnt bullets.
- tae larger number had dtet from OK
-slsion. Foe three days the troops were
lHaoai TODD Al The horses belonging 10
9mmant w-Qp killed and eaten.
ta9e ~ao reached san Domingo were in
Naaole condition Their gums had been
Na aUav their feet were bare and
..''fTei and the -iothin- ~ many was IN
sss lhf ACCOUNT concludes hy 3esertb-
i6e sounded Sraniar,lS pouring into
hospitals az Matanzas. Ca~Ienaz. Ta-.
aRd other points since the recent