Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-11-16
A BATTLE IN CUBA.
Wsylsr and Nacto Believed 10 Have
Net 10 the Hills.
iNcrssASr REPORTS OF FIRE ARMS
Several Towns Apparently In iiames
--spaninrds Repeatedly lie.
pulsed by RIB Is.

CHICAGO, Nov. i6.--A Tribune
special from Jaoksonviile, Fla, says
Cipher dispatches just received report
n fiotoe battle In progress in Plnar del
Rio.
II IL believed Maceo and weyler
have met. Tho reports Of ute am,
have boon almost necessarily heard
for several hours.
No details OF the engagement are
given other than the statement that q
most decisive engagement Ia being
wagod. Tho last definite news Of
Captain General We yler located him
Mt oleaya, within few miles Of
Maceo's inlrenchments, where the
battle 10 raglug.
The dispatch addi;
Intufgent forces are well located In
thc hills and are pouring n hot fire
Into thu spanish tfoope, which have
repeatedly beon driven back IN nj.
tcmpis 10 capture tho Cuban strong.
hold.
Tue insurgents have tho advantage
OF positions being ut . great elevation
but the bpsniards are making n most
desperate attack. From distance u
looks ~ n several towns are In fiamst.
lhe sky II lighted up by No constant
HE OF the artillery. Wntthet or not
Maceo himself IL directing the lnsuf.
gents' tsciius cannot nj this time bo
learned.
wEYLER MUST DO SOMETHING.
wAsuISorOs, Nov. ig.-itis LEARNED
on authority tnat tho spanish gOvefn-
ment has given General Meylur TO
understand that he must push opera.
tlona against the Insurgents hggfes-
sively and vigorously. Unless he soon
achieves n deciiiva victory over the
Cubans, II Il believed he will be ~.
called. wtyler, II II Understood, Il
aware OF the alternative anh the pres.
ent esmpaign IN Pinar Del Rio IL ca.
pecied TO result Ia an engage ment tina,
viii put u new aspect on the Cuban
situstiou, one way OF the other.
Weylsr has oil the troops he eau utc.
There are over 200, 900 Spanish soldier.
IN Cubs and the iofce under the cap.
tain general In the present operations
IA over $1,000 mon. Maoeo, against
whom he u now operating, has
under him, u ~ estimated, about I, 900
men. spain, having fulfilled ali tnst
Wsyier wi-hoa ~ 10 iroopa. expects rs'
suits.
PaEsipESr CLEVELAND wAITISa ron
nEsuLTA
Consul General LIE has acquitted
the administration with these facts anu
tho President tinaply IL awaiting
events and will shape his course by
the developments. 1, IL tho hope Of
Weyler that no will be able to &c re a
decided victory before the assembling
Of Congress. DeoBmbet 7,h. spain
fears ndvefss aoii0n by that body And
urges General Wey Ter 10 dsmonstrats
his ability 10 crush the rebellion within
two weeks u possible.
In view Of the fact that spain Il
now making an almost supreme effort
TO subdue her insurgent colony aud
that crisis apparently IL at hand, the
President will delay writing that part
o. his forthcoming message on the
Cuban situation, until the last moment
before tho meeting OF Congress. The
position the standardization will take
with reference to Cuba Va lhis nee
cage will DO largely determined
by the news received before Do.
csmber 7th. Should this DO favor.
able TO the success VI ths Spanish
army, II 10 probable the Pres don't
would continue 70 pursue mis- policy OF
nc northumberland; should II be- distinct.
ly favorable 10 ths insurgent cause,
especially should woyl-r DO defeated,
Mr.. Cleveland, II IN believed, wouli
no longer hesitate TO recommend Tecog.
milton Of their rights as belIigerents or
some other action equally undssirabi.
TO spain. Whal action would follow
n simple negative result OF tho
csmpaign-that IL q ruthless chase
| after tho Insurgents by Weylof-is lees
| clear. Probably tho administrations
course would DO Influenced, la soms
| measure, by the representations Spain
will make as 10 the policy II would pur.
sue aud tho instructions given the
new captain general VA the event
General Woylsr should b. summoned
home.
General FiiEhugh Lee, consul gen.
eral TO Cuba, called at the state depart.
mont today and was with Secretary
Oinoy hall an hour. A. far Ms could
DO learned, there was 40 special slg.
nlncanos la the visit beyond n uiseus.
sion oi the general situation. The
consul general had not called NJ tue
white House up 10 noon ana hardly
Ia expected 10 go there today. Mir.
Cleveland 10 engaged on his annual
message and few callers SEQ him.