The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-13

and N he does. will the insurgents. as
| they have often declared. lose two thou-
sand men to Kill the Captain Generai!
| Time will show. but even now IL ~ sure
| they will mover Kill General WeyIor az
many times as the Spaniards nave kiicu
| Macco and Gomez already.
| IT, as has been intimated, Generai Nc!-
lcr Is OF u timid nature when II comes
to "A question OF personal safety, nc
ought to he on the verge OF nervous
prostration just now. out there In those
htlls of pnar del Rio, where he KNOWS
he isn't. TO say the least. popular. Any
WAY. he Is there, and the reflections on
his courage may have been unwsrrantcd.
Certainly. hc will deserve the greatest
credit II he succeeds where so many
have failed. But ~ he. too, makes no
Roadway against Maceo. his sphere OF
usefulness herca bouts VIII be weii-msh
ended. and he nigh, as well take those
pins on the map and put them back IN
the pin-cushion.
Naturally. II IL not known where Cen
eral Wcylcr will head from Mariei but
81 he is making for the hills OF Cacara-
ilcara. he has a march OF more than
sixty kilometres as the crow iies. Ma
Geo cannot well flee before him because
of those 5000 men IN his rear. Thirty
pins. as IL were, waiting for him 10 st
down on them. Certainly. it Is an inter-
estins situation.
VIII the result he such that the CEN
sOr will let me send IL from Havana?
Here is the account from the Heralds
correspondent in Nuevtas of the insur-
gent victory which started the ball roll
ing. 1t is dated November Sth
The announced attack on the forti-
fed town of Guaimaro resulted in the
capture of the place by the rebels, the
garrison having been surrendered. lso-
lated from Puerto Principe since the 3lst
ultimo. on account of the interruption
of the railroad service, we only knew
that the bridge over the Saramaguacan
river had been blown up and $40 metres
Oe the track torn up by the rebels with
dynamite bombs
DESTROYS of getting the news from
Guaimaro, we had an interview with
two men made prisoners i'll the attack,
who arrived here on the evening OF the
9Th. one of them was Manuel Lopez.
partner In Il store which was destroyed;
the other. a young man. y. Garcia, clerk
for wealthy dry-gOods merchant, MI.
Lamas, of this town.
Both state that the attack on Guaimaro
was begun on October 18th, by large
rebel force commanded by General Calix-
TO Garcia i'm person. with two pieces OF
artillery. At shutdown ON the 18th the
enemy occupied the whole front Of the
town with trenches and had surrounded
the water tanks. The ten forts existing
in the vicinity were destroyed by cannon
shot. The garrison having surrendered,
the town was occupied.
THE garrison WAS commanded by Ma
ior Martinez. Captain Jose Rosario tried
TO commit suicide because his troops
did not answer the rebel fire. The gar
risOn comprised also Licutcnants Arias
and Garcia. with one hundred and fifty
soldiers and twenty armed citizens. Ma
Tor Martinez and seventeen wounded
soldiers were sent 10 Puerto Principe BY
order OF General Garcia. to he delivered
TO the Spanish General Castellanos. Ma
ior Martinez died after the amputatiOn
of his wounded arm. The two civilians
mentioned. Lopez and Garcia, held as
prisoners. had To pay $500 and 500 re-
spcctivcly as ransom They were then
escorted by the rebels 10 the town of
Baga. where they were set at liberty.
IAN male residents Of the town were
forced by the rebels to assist them in the
destruction Of tho houses and other build
ings. Dynamite was used TO destroy the
tower of church which had escaped the
rebel shells. Among the prisoners car
rico away by General Calixto Garcia was
Quartcrmastcr Miguel Angel Mola. son of
a wcll-knOwn Cuban. The paymaste.
and chief OF the commissarlat were given
their liberty and sent with the wounded
TO Puerto Principe. 10 is estimated that
the enemy lost about forty killed and
wounded.
after the attack on the town it is re-
ported that Garcia took the direction Of
Cascorro ana that General Castelanos,
with a strong column of infantry. caya-
Try and artillery, started in pursuit.
II submitted TO the censor tonight the
following statement in a dispatch to be
sent directly, but that gentleman took
his axe 10 IT:
''The alliance just made between the
Conservatives. the ReformiSts and the Au-
Economists who have agreed to obliterate
all separate party lines and have formed
what is known as the fusion party. in
which all agree TO support the govern
ment. is not treated seriously or regarded
as important 1t suggests coercion rath-
er than spontaniety. and as one promi-
nent American here put il the whole deal
consists of nothing but wind " - New
York Herald.