The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-12
BANDS HAVE COMBINED
.,,,v ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN
TO HAVANA 10000 STRONG.

re,ders Relieved to Be Anxious
90 GET i'm a Position 10 Strike an
rgective BIOw-The Condition of
n. PeaeeabIe inhabitants of the
leland Most DepIOrabIe and the
,vhoIe island Impoverished by the
o,,eratfons of the Two Armies.
Havana. March 11.-Gomez. Maceo. La
.-s- and other leaders have united Just
sss+ Of the Havana line, near Nava Paz-
l. fs supposed their intention is to return
:, ,bis province. The troops have recent
~ made several combinations for the pur-
80 Of crushing Maceo and Gomez sep
sratelv. but all have failed, one failure
ling blamed on the telegraph opera
.ors for failure to deliver messages. This
q said TO be an excuse, the charge against
he operators not being proven.
7v,are is considerable uneasiness In Off
,isl circles in regard to the cOncentra-
.on of the rebel forces. Taken in con-
nsction with rumors that the main por-
,ion of Collazo's expedition with ammuni-
inn and also that Calixto Garcia and
twenty others have just landed, it may
mean the rebels want to be prepared to
strise an effective blow. The news of the
first action by congress has already
cached the rebel camp. The union for
ces aggregating 5000 men, may be the
result.
During the past ten days the cane has
bssn burned in all parts of Matanzas,
showing the impossibility to resume
grinding.
An the recent encounters with Gomez
and Maceo were nothing but outpost
fights. and the losses were trihing on
OVs' report has reached here that Gen.
pando has been defeated near Caibarlen,
INF II is impossible to obtain details. Ihe
encounter is not mentioned in the ohlclai
renorts Ii is now learned that the at
tack upon Sagua Tanimo, reported as a
,overnTnent victory, resulted in the rebels
Santuriug the town and using cannon IN
me bombardment. The insurgents IN thls
supposed to have been taken from Spanish
Domingo Betarte, the owner of the Oya-
lta estate, has filed a clam WIN IN, tne
French consul for the destruction OF prop
ertv by Spanish troops, and also Tor an
insult to the French flag Manager DuaIte
being shot while raising the nag. Inc
consul has cabled the details to Paris.
Refugees from interior districts continue
10 arrive. They report great desftutioIs m y :
in all the districts. Tne opsratlo&ns & u
try The stoppage Of cutting ana gfhu-
ing cane and shipment OF other crops
Is reducing the peaceful inhaDltahtS 10 d
deplOrabe condition. ,,
The government proclamation declaring
property of absentees liable to eonnsca-
tion is denounced.
Reports Of excesses committed by Span
ish troops reach here daily. Making al
lUwarces for Cuban exaggeration, prob
ably some truth remains. No one mas
been yet punished for the Guatao hor-
ror The fifteen peaceable citizens taken
from their homes there still remain IN
Moro Castle. There is one American
among them and nearly q dozen other
n American citizens languish in SPANS n
dungeons with no prospect of an early
trial and release, although in most cases
there is no evidence of guilt Clarke.
Bands of insurgents under the leaders
Olivia and Hernandez are reported TO nave
had an engagement which lasted hVe
hours with SDtnish troops at Monteguelo,
near Mantua, in the western province.
The battle resulted in the defeat or the
e rebels The government troops are said
. 10 have had five wounded, While the reDels
. lost sixteen killed.
The town of Monteguelo was complete
ly destroyed by a fire started by the in
surgents. The towns of Macagua, in the
& province of Matanzas and Pilotas, in the
a western province, were attacked also and
partially burned.
The American citizen Walter Grant Dy-
CART regarding whose arrest and impriS-
onment United States Consul General
II Williams required the authorities to make
at Guines for about three weeks. He is
Fl accused of being "El IngleSito," one of
the insurgent leaders.
Berlin March 11.-Agents of the Span
ish government have arrived at Obern-
H dorf Wurtemberg, to receive 10000 Maui
Il ser rifles for use in the Spanish army.