The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-11

BRILLIANT CAMPAIGN
Gomez Has Nov Dashed rats ri \
Tobacco DlstrIct, a
HIS CouNTERMARca VERY DHcEPIIve
One Hundred and Twenty-Thfee Ios
surscnts Wounded.
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A CONSPIRACY At HAVANA i
us couNTERMARca yERYDHcFpIIv
A CONSPIRACY Al HAVANA!
Plot 10 Deliver Over the City - IL H..
sursents Thirty Arrests 81
Made.

Havana, january 1o.--The iull which
seemed to have taken place in the 90
tivity OF the Insurgents In the past few;
days has given place once more To "a
unexpected dash OF Maxine Comes Into
the heart of the rich tobacco growing dis.
trict OF Piuar del RIO. Confident claims
have been made for several days past on,
the part Of the authorities that the time
was fast approaching when the insurgents
were to pay the penalty for their ternerity,
and when the Spanish were to close M
upon them as In trap and anniniiatas
them. The symrathizvrs with the ingur.
gents have themselves not been free FROM.
keen anxiety at the persistent stand the
leaders were making on the northern coakt
of Pirar del Rio and almost UP to ttA
outskirts of Havana itself whilo the COM
tnucd activity of tho Spanish generals
disposed about thein force OF troops TINT
seemed likely TO hem them In and cut
them on. ss
Tho news cabled last evening that
Gomez had passed Aluuizer and Guira
Melcna In Havana province was received
with relief by the friends OF the inalr-
gents. though the direction he had taken
beyond that was not known, but II was
retreat into the eastern provinces. glad
10 escape the trap set for him. 1t -
now evident that he was merely making
q pretense at the recall to mslead hta
enemy and meantime he has once mora
countermarched. like a fox doubling up
on its own track. and tonight he has near-
" his whole effective force in the tobacco
district IN tho southern part OF Pinar
del Rio. ready TO visit destruction upon
his, M strn NO n hhS
widely visited on the sugar crop.
Ils march westward from Guira Melena
WAS II swift one and he had been reported
today from Artmesia, ManEos. BaRate ana
Candelria. Tie town OF San Cristobei,
which came next In his course was LETT
on ono side. but Judging from tho route
taken by his vanguard, he has pa4sen
by Santa CRUZ. Taco Taco and Paso Real
toward Consolacon del sur, which IN tnt
terminus OF the railroad from Havana
running southwest into Plnar del Rio. Tho
northern portion OF the province of Pinars
del Rio has also by no means been strip.
ped al insurgents, and 1t is reported To-Day
that a band OF 200. commanded by Periens
del Garda. has passed westward along
tho coast In tho northern part of Pinar
del Rio, going west through the sugar
district and by the plantation OF Tinaja.
ouebra Pacha, to the port of Cabanes,
and thence again through Anool and san
Diego de Nunez TO Bahia Honda and to
Los Pas beyond. When the news OF this
movement was received, troops werh
hurriodly dispatched from hero to bnhia
Honda by sea to reinforce the garrison
ut that important seaport town. There
ara indlstinct irimors that an important
expedition for the relief OF the insurgents
had landed on the northern coast OF Pinaf
del Rio.
THE boldncss OF the insurgents In re-
mainlng upon this coast In face OF tnc
danger OF being cut off has contributes ,
TO their expectation OF the landing OF the
expedition. .ss
Tbe authorities have discovered evidences (
az what they consider a conspiracy to Y
no,,sc an UPRISING In Havana ana to mana
the city over to the insurgents. Tho COM
sp,racy IL believed TO be widely ramine1 I.
and its discovery has caused grave uu-
easlness in Havana and suspicious that
tIisaffectlon In much more wineiy uissc''ss
mated than has been admitted. -
Thirty persons have been arrested sor
comn,Icity In the plot and eight have neen5
imprisoned, while Aquilino Solan0. pcuce
insnector for the port OF Havana, mas 80
relieved from duty. &
An engagement has occurreu
thc combined columns Of General N.Y.
and Colonel Arizon and the bands 10 u y
Maceo and Zayas at point petwoen w {.
plantation OF Relgado and Bonaua ~ ~ w ~
d,strict OF Cabanes. The Spaniarn. Y. ~ X
re ported, took the Insurgents p0. 49,
M fiod leaving twelve killed and cAxtyesa
ing OF many wounded. ~. 49, Il
A. ce,ba and Aguacate, between tfavAnH
ana Matanxas. in the province OF Havs3es;.
!" hard of 1bO insurgents is reported 90 ~ q 4
active. AT Duant they have desstvsZs 49, 4
the telegraph. The insurgents nave 49,
s str the railway station and nave ~ !.
the telegraph at Aguada in the prosAn '''s y
OF Matanzas. & 8