The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-07
REBEL STRONGHOLD.
1T is REPORTED CAPTURED BY
THE SPANIARDS.
Insurgents Led by Hernandez and
the Fighting Women Called Anna
IONS Reported as Doing Murder
Gus Work.

MADRID, Aug. 6.-{Copyright, 1895,
by the Associated Press).-Trouble of a
serious nature is being fermented in
Spain, particularly in the province of
Valencia, by agents of the Cuban in
surgents
The minister of the interior, Senior
Cos-Gayon, yesterday, replying to a
question in the chamber of deputies
admitted that riots had occurred in
Valencia, caused by friends of the
Cuban insurgents, who hoped thereby
to prevent the departure of reinforce
ments of troops for Cuba. Hitherto
the popular demonstrations have been
attributed entirely to protests against
the imposition of new taxes made nee
esSary by the financial strain the
government has been subjected to
Through carrying on the campaign
AGAINST THE INSURGENTS IN
CUBA;
but while the government is only will
ing to admit that riots have been in
stigated by agents of Cuban revoJu-
tionists. it is generally admitted that
tine roots Of the trouble are much
deeper and that it is being nOurished
by a natural feeling of alarm and
dismay at the apparent utter Inability
to cope with the situation in Cuba.
That the large Spanish army in Cuba
must be still further heavily rein
forced is looked upon here as being a
confession of weakness ON the part
of the administered and as an adj
mission of the growing strength of the
CIbans. In addition many letters
have been received in different parts of
Spain by the relatives of the Spanish
soldiers serving with the army in
Cuba and that they tell such terrible
tales of sickness, privation, incompet-
e1lcy and mismanngem to say
nothing OF lack of pay, that a danger
GUS feeling against the government
has arisen and is gaining strength day
by day. Under these circumstances
the agents of the Cubams do not have
much difficulty i'm
CARRYING OUT THEIR PLAN
of causing popular outbreaks They
steadily fan the flame of discomfort
by pointing to the apparently unneces-
saCy hardships which the Spanish
troops in Cuba are compelled to en-
dure.
The republicans are also taking adj
vantage of the situation to push their
propaganda, and the com bined move
meqlts are making more Roadway with
the Masses than the government will
admit, although it is already beITaying
symptoms of alarm and has sent sitr'in-
gent instructions to the prefeots to
promptly and effectuadly suppress
Demonstrations which may OCCUR in
their districts and to have no hesllta-
ton i'm calling out the military for sup
port.
A NUMBER OF CONFLICTS
between rioters and the police and
soldiers have already occurred. Shots
have been exchanged several persons
have been wounded ON both sides, and
a number of arrests have been made.
This the revCtutionists nope will serve
to call attention to their cause and
enlist in their behalf the sympathy of
the people. The roads in Valencia
are being patrolled by gen d'armes,
troops are pursuing armed bands of
revolutionists in the mountainous dis
trictS of the same province, and fur
Their trouble is apprehended.
Madrid up to the present has been
quiet, but signs are not wanting that
the Spirit of discomfort is abroad and
that the efforts OF the government to
gain support by trying to throw the
States. the chief bugaboo of Spanish
politicians, will not much longer avail.
In a factory near the city OF Valencia
the authorities have discovered a
quantity of arms and ammunition, and
similar stores. are believed to be in
existence in different parts OF the
province. The arms referred to are
known to have been
SMUGGLED INTO SPAIN
quite recently, and are of foreign man.
ufacture, showing their shipment to
be part of the plan of the campaign
being conducted by the Cubans in
Spain.
The Spanish officials, as usual, are
blaming the United States for the
troubles in this country, basing their
assertions upon the fact that among
the leaders CT the recent riots was Dr.
Bernardo Toledo, said to be an Amer
lean citizen, whose brother is in COM
mand of force CT Cuban insurgents
1t is claimed that money, arms and
ammunition were served out to the
rioters from the house which he occll-
pied and a, search of the building is
saGdl to have resulted in the discovery
OF q. number OF letters from the United
States, Cuba and Argentine Republic
showing that the outbreaks here have
DSCn pIdnp6O by WlE lSdUSTS OF IEle
Cuban instr gsrl.rs and that the move
ment is widespread and capable of
ASSUMING SERIOUS proper
TIONS.
Another feature of the situation here
is the efforts being made in certain
quarters to arouse the masses against
the Protestants, and to them, as al
ready STATED, are attributed Spain's
reveTses in Cuba. and the growing in
surrection here. The Cuban ineur-
gents, however, are doing everything
possible to c5untaract this movement
and are urging the people to place the
blame fer the excessive taxation, the
military plundering and the political
buster where it really beiongs-upon
the shoulders of the Spanish govern
ment-end rot to be nfsled by such
foolish inventions as the statements
emaEating from semi-official sources,
and for a time generally believed, that
agents of The United States govern
men' were overriding the agents of
Spain wherever the latter tried to
purchase warships for the Spanish
government
Important Military Operations.
NEW YORK, Aug 6.-A dispatch
to the Herald from Havana says: