New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-17
REBELS ACTIVE AT HAVANA.
COMMUNICATION WITH THE INTERIOR
CUT OFF.
GOMEZ AGAIN SAID TO HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY
DEFEATED-A DUEL BETWEEN OPPOSING
FORCES NEAR CoBRE-INsURGENT
GAINS REPORTE

GAINS REPORTED.
Madrid Ian 16.-A dispatch from Havana
saws that the rebels have cut off all means of
communication with the interior except by the
shor, railroad from Havana to Marianas The
telegram wires are all cut and the railway
tracks torn UP. and the only means Of official
communication with the outlying provinces is
by steamship.
The principal insurgent leaders said to be
going westward. accompanying conveys of arms
and ammunition.
The "Imparcials" Havana correspondent says
that on January 15 the Spanish General Suarez
Naldes defeated the rebel leader. MaXmo
Gomez and his 5000 men near Cayorosa. Both
sides had many losses. Captain Sanchez with
800 men defeated force Of 200 insurgents
near Lomas and Santa Maria. killing eleven and
woundins thirty of the enemy.
FROM AN OFFICIAL POINT OF VIEW.
Washington. Jan. 16.-Sefor Dupuy de LONE
the Spanish Minister. late this afternoon re-
ceved the following dispatch, dated January
l6. from the Duke of Tetuan, Minister of For
eign Affairs, at Madrid:
General Suarez Valdez met and disbanded Gomez
killing ana wOunding some OF his men, who were
lec. on the field Colonel Molina defeated band
also defeated the enemy the Clarera plantation;
SolSnel Mar ai,o me- ana deieaed an3bncr Ian 1ann
Encounters. all TO the advantage of the Spanish
policy Of scattering adopted by the insurgents.
telegraph TO You the news with perfect accuracy.
Santiago de Cuba. Jan. 6 via Key West Fla
Jan. 1.-THE people of the town of Cobre have
been greatly alarmed and many families came
10 this city for fear that Cobre would be en-
tered by a large party Of rebels under Miginis
Vazquez who for some days have been in the
vicinity. On January Vazquez sent message
10 the commander of ,he garrison at Cobre
which was composed Of 800 infantry and fifty
guerrilleros. telling him to come out as far as
san TurgO, where he would wait for him. The
Spanish chief accepted the invitation, and with
the guerrilleros and 2j0 men went TO san Torgo
But the rebels. who numbered about 500 received
them with such a terrible shower o. bullets that
although the Spaniards fought braVely Tor
nearly hour they we're defeated and were
almost disbanded and had To retreat in haste
Spaniards had thirty -four killed. among them
being captain. EightysX soldiers were
wounded in the engagement. The insurgents had
seven killed and sixteen wounded
The guerreros of Colonel Tejeda and sec
tion Of Colonel Sandovars column had an en-
counter January in Sabana de Miranda
with a rebel party OF 200 men under Pancho
Sanchez. Both lea iers are brave men and fought
well, but the enthusiasm Of the Cubans in their
cause for independence doubled their courage.
They fought with machetes and kept their
ground. killing six soldiers and wounding thirty
four. Spanish Chief Tejeda received a slight
wound one leg.
The people here are always in a state Of ex-
citement. as rebel parties appear every night in
the suburbs of the city. and some small groups
have entered some Of the streets near the
entrances of the city. Last night they visited
store IN san AntOnio-st. and carried away with
them five guns cartridges and some provisions
OF course when the alarm was given and a
company CT troops went down 10 the place the
rebels had disappeared