The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-07
MAKING WAR ON W0MEH
Spanish Leaders Arrest Women and Garry
Them To Jail Through Public Streets.
the INSURGENTS GRADUALLY GAINING
Turning ihc Cane cFicrds-Conductir,-
IRrrnssing Wnrfnrc-AlI CInsscs
ana conditions Of Ncu Pressed into
service In Havana -Spnnish Sol
dicrE Sent To Prison.

havana, January 6.-Tha troaps that
nave been ordered TO proceed Eas.
iiohl the province OF Santa Clara in or
der 10 join the forces In the provinces
| or Havana and Pinar Del rio. are ar
llEhlG at 'atanbano. the southern ter
minus OF the Havana and Eltahano
iniroad. whence they can bc quickly
transferred 10 Havana or points in
alnar Del Rio. The rebel; still avoid
lEniing Il decisive battle with the
ioVernment troops, always retiring af-
ter exchanging q few .hotS with the SOL
uieiS. AS these are the tactics always
ioiloWeu by them 1t has been thought
advisable To surround them and then 10
GRADUALLY close the lines upon them
driving them To a stand III the cers.re.
Orders to this effect have been issued,
ana the troops are reported 10 b. rapidly
surrounding the insurgents.
The trains on the railrcad running
west from Havana do not 20 amy
further than La Salud.
santiago de Cuba. Dec. PC, via Key
West. Jan. 6.-Thc Spanish authori-
ties here are not satisfied with lmpris-
oninS men. but are beginning to arrest
ladies also. ON the 24th instant Mrs.
Nanuela Cancinimo De Beula and Mrs
Juana Qu!ntero We're brought here
from Man@annillo. and We're taken
through the streets on foot To iail sur
rounded! BY soldiers. who would no; al
low them u take n coa CHI hopry by
this TO humiliatc them the more. Mrs.
l2cola was the principal OF Il public
school in Nicana, jurisdiction OF Man
zaNnlllo.
ON the steamer which sailed from
this port for Havana yesterday the
Government sent back tn their prisons.
in Srain II brigade of soldiers Who at
the beginning of the war were fulfilling
sentence for different crimes and who
were ordered to be released on condi-
ton that they 40 to Cuba TO fight
against the Insurgents. They say that
the Government has sent them back
to prison because a majority of then,
have Joined the rebels.
Rebel Leader Aracco. with l.100 mon,
has been encampcd in t!scandel nine
miles from this city. since Yesterday
II is said that he is there 10 protec; Il
Cuban convoy of 300, 900 rounds of am
munition. which arrived in an cxpedi-
tion lately near that place. and which
Is on its way to Camagucy.
AS soon as Lieutenant General 'ando
arrived at Guantanamo he began his
old method of arrcstinE people in the
middle of the night. Three or four of
these men We're taken out of the town
and killed with machets. On the 18th
instant General CancllaS entered
Guantanamo, taking with him 245 men.
who We're wounded in the battles of
LII La Il
Palmeritos.
The few sugar estates that began
to grind in Guantanamo have been
obliged 10 stop rs the rebels under
Pcriauto Perez set fire to the sugar
cane.
The Cuban Government is in CANA
Eu"y at present and have ordered that
all the arms and ammunition that may
land in the Oriental Department be sent
at once TO Puerto Principe. so that they
may be forwarded easily to the army
in Las Villas They have also ordered
the rebel army in the East to keep solid
on The defensive and prevent by all
menus the grinding of sugar cane. to
protect the landing Of expeditions, and
10 organize the reserve army. which
must be ready TO go to Puerto Principe
when called.
The stations of the Vallanucva ran-
road at Mclcnn ana Gnara. a few miles
to the westward OF the Guines in this
province, have been destroyed by the
rebels. The insurgents then marched
on the town of san Felipe, at the
junction OF the Batarabno and Villa
neuvea railroads. The Mayor OF the
town WAS warned OF their approach and
gathered 200 men with whom he intend
ed to defend the town. Maximo Gomez.
the rebel leader. sent word to the Mayor
that If the Insurgents were fired uron
he would burn the town to the ground
The inhabitants begged the Mayor 10
make no resistance, as they did not
want To lose their proncrty and the
Mayor arccr.Pd to their wishes ana
notified Gomez that no defense of the
town would be made.
The latter. at the head of 1000 men.
then entered the town. No damage
was done to property.
In the zone of Cuivicah. Duran. and
san Felipe, the rebels have destroyed
the sugar estates Salvador. julia San