The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-24
AN OFFER TO. REBELS
GENERAL WEYLEH ISSUES A PROC
LAMATION TO CUBAN PATRIOTS.
Terms on Which Those Now in Pinar
Del Rio Province VIII He Par-
comedian Interview.

HAVANA, April ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Wey-
Ter has just issued a proclamation called
out by the condition Of affairs in Pinar del
Rio. After the Usual heading and preamble
the proclamation says:
"It having reached my knowledge that
rebel parties in the province Pinar del Rio
are in distress through the constant pursuit
by the troops and the imp0ssib.lity of break
ing the military line between Mariel and
Majana and through other insurmoantable
difficulties, and being fearful of surrender
ing under the fear of the death sentence,
the certainty of which has been falsely dis
seminated among them, i proclaim and COM
mand:
Clause 1.-The rebel leaders who sur
render within twenty days from this date
with their firearms viii be at once pardonsd.
Clause 2-Those who are not leaders, but
who surrender under the same conditions,
with their firearms. wills also be pardoned.
Clause 3EThose surrendering without
their arms, viii be likewise pardoned, but
the military authority will designate their
place of residence in the island.
Clause 4The surrender must be madelto
the military authority or to columns oper-
ating In the field"
The column Of troops commanded by
Colonel Moncada has been engaged with a
band of insurgents who occupied a fortified
position at Jutia, province of Santa Clara.
The enemy, who numbered about two thou
sand men, were dis.odged from their posi-
tIons with heavy loss. The troops had two
killed and eight wounded.
The case of Walter G. Dygert, the Ameri-
can who has been in custody for some time
past suspected Of being Inglesito, the. in
surgeon. leader, will, it is said, soon be set
tied satisfactorily to the friends of the pris-
oner
1t was reported here this morning that
one thousand insurgents in the province Of
Pinar del Rio had surrendered unconditional
ly to the Spanish authorities.
The town and district of Baracoa, province
of Santiago de Cuba, are described as be-
ing in a horrible state on account of famine.
During the month Of March of last year only
nine people in that district died, but this
year during the same month seventy-one
persons died.
There is said to be. great discomfort be-
tween the whites and the blacks who COM
pose the insurgent armies in the field. They
all want 10 be leaders, 1t appears, and 1t Is
asserted that the blacks say that when An
tonic Maceo returns eastward ne will have
to comply with his promise OF seeing tnar
the negroes are treated on an equality with
the whites. On the other hand, IT is reported
able to cross the military line. Under these
circumstances it is added, he is going 20 try
and save himself and others. The plan, as
outlined here, is to have his forces make ar.
attack upon the military line, and, II they
are repuised with serious loss, he viii pro-
pose to capitulate. Other versions Of the
story have at that Maceo will not try to
cross the line until President Cleveland de-
cides upon the question OF the belligerency
Of the Cuban insurgents.
An America anne G~reenville, described as
being a correspondent of Puck. has gone into
the insurgent camp.
Private Information has been received here
of an engagement between the Spanish col
umn commanded by General Melquizo and
the insurgents under Aguirre. The latter
lost sixty-two killed..
At Artemisa, province of Pinar del Rio. a
woman. described as an author, has been ar
rested on the charge of being connected with
the burning Of the village OF Cayajabos..
At. the Romero farm insurgents have
hanged two volunteers. and they have de-
rallied a train, by means OF a switch, at Pau
lima.
The insurgents have been routed at Fedi-
mas and Arroyes, province Of Pinar del Rio,
as a result Of the combined operations OF the
wedras. Pizaro and Cortes battaions. defeat
ing the bands of varona and others.
Fifteen hundred persons, among them be-
ing $50 men, all of whom have been with the
insurgents, have come over to the govern
ment lines recently.